Introduction to Supply Chain Simulation

This chapter begins with a discussion about the use of analytical and simulation models. Next, general it describes simulation model characteristics as a preliminary step to define the objectives of a simulation model for a supply chain. For this purpose, it differentiates the various simulation models for supply chains: spreadsheet, systems dynamics, systems dynamics with discrete events and business games. Besides, it also describes local, parallel and distributed simulations for the supply chain.

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