Article ID: | iaor20112479 |
Volume: | 46 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 117 |
End Page Number: | 127 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
Journal: | INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research |
Authors: | Choudhury Bhaswar, Agarwal Yogesh K, Singh K N, Bandyopadhyay D K |
Keywords: | simulation: applications, demand, information |
The aim of this study is to understand the effect of end item demand variability, production flexibility, inventory characteristics, the number of retailers, and the impact of information sharing between channel members in a capacitated supply chain. Discrete event simulation is carried out to determine the impact of the above mentioned factors in a supply chain under different information sharing strategies. The simulation allows us to capturing the dynamic and stochastic complexity of the supply chain system. A two‐level supply chain with one supplier having a capacity constraint and