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Impact of inventory inaccuracy on service level quality: a simulation analysis

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This article discusses the impact of inventory inaccuracy on service-level quality in (Q,R)continuous review, lost-sales inventory models. A simulation model is built to study the behavior of this kind of model exposed to an inaccuracy in inventory records as well as demand variability. We have observed an unusual result which goes against certain empirical practices in the SMEs that consist in hiking the inventory level proportionally to the data inaccuracy rate. A nonmonotone function shows that at the outset, the service-level quality is lowered as the inaccuracy rate increases but when the inaccuracy rate becomes much higher this quality is conversely enhanced. This relation can equally be observed given that stocktaking commences as soon as the threshold of decline in the service-level rate has been reached and when demand consequently dwindles. Finally, another noteworthy result also shows the same phenomenon between the function involving a level of safety stock defined by the simulation and the function between the service-level quality and the inventory inaccuracy. These different observed results are discussed in terms of both contribution to the (Q,R) inventory management policies in SMEs and of the limitations to this study.
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hal-01462352 , version 1 (06-06-2020)

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  • HAL Id : hal-01462352 , version 1
  • PRODINRA : 26483

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Daniel Thiel, Vincent Hovelaque, Thi Le Hoa Vo. Impact of inventory inaccuracy on service level quality: a simulation analysis. [University works] auto-saisine. 2009, 26 p. ⟨hal-01462352⟩
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