All else being equal, how will you adjust your safety stock under the following conditions: (Increase, decrease, stay the same, or depend on _______)?

a) Your demand increases, but the standard deviation of demand remains the same.

b) Your demand increases, but the coefficient of variation remains the same.

c) Your supplier guarantees on-time delivery (and you trust and believe him). Previously, their on-time delivery was not always a sure thing.

d) Processing time to receive your replenishment orders is reduced

e) You implement a successful demand management strategy