Research Article

Demand Sharing Inaccuracies in Supply Chains: A Simulation Study

Table 6

Experimental design.

Independent variables

Demand error factor 0±10%±20%
Demand delay time 0 period2 periods5 periods
Lead time mean 2 period5 period
Demand St. Dev 1030

Dependent variablesBwSlInvSlSAI
Model parameters
Customer demand mean
State variables at
Safety stock factor 3
Demand smoothing forecasting factor 0.33