Safety Stock: Save stock or save service?

This thesis work provides a stock level advice model. This advice model is based on an analysis of the end-to-end upply chain risks. Creating risk profiles help to generalize and structure the risks. The lead time of FMCG goods industry has often a stochastic character. The advice model generates product specific stock level advices based on this lead time and demand, but also generates insights to the supply chain risks. The advices can be used to optimize the current stock levels. The model also functions as a decision supporting tool for supply chain optimization and stock level considerations. To realize this decision supporting function, the tool must be accepted and comprehended by the end users.Transport and LogisticsInfrastructure Systems & Services DepartmentTechnology, Policy and Managemen