Research Article
Control Theory Concepts Applied to Retail Supply Chain: A System Dynamics Modeling Environment Study
Table 3
Base Case and alternate scenarios without and with increase in Safety stocks.
| Supplier-retailer model results | Base case scenario results | Finished Goods increased scenario results |
| Parameters | Safety stocks | Smoothing factor alpha/S1 | Unfilled orders | Safety stocks | Smoothing factor alpha/S1 | Unfilled orders |
| Base case-supplier | 1.00 | 0.25 | 0 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | Base case-retailer | 1.00 | 0.25 | 0 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | Random normal-supplier | 1.00 | 0.25 | 998 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Random normal-retailer | 1.00 | 0.25 | 1761 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Random uniform-supplier | 1.00 | 0.25 | 1455 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Random uniform-retailer | 1.00 | 0.25 | 3413 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Random upward-supplier | 1.00 | 0.25 | 3700 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Random upward-retailer | 1.00 | 0.25 | 5565 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Random downward-supplier | 1.00 | 0.25 | 38 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Random downward-retailer | 1.00 | 0.25 | 1940 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Spiked-supplier | 1.00 | 0.25 | 247 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Spiked-retailer | 1.00 | 0.25 | 314 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Dipped-supplier | 1.00 | 0.25 | 448 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 | Dipped-retailer | 1.00 | 0.25 | 473 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0 |
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