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by Thompson James. P (Jim) A142 Jim
Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:19 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: QUERY Beer Game Simulation Performance Metrics
Replies: 15
Views: 12357

QUERY Beer Game Simulation Performance Metrics

Posted by ""Thompson, James. P (Jim) A142"" <Jim.Thompson@CIGNA.COM> The original query and responses raise interesting questions: What's the Beer Game for? Why do teachers, instructors, trainers or consultants use the Beer Game? What do we want from the players? Does the composi...
by Thompson James. P (Jim) A142 Jim
Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:19 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: QUERY Beer Game Simulation Performance Metrics
Replies: 15
Views: 12357

QUERY Beer Game Simulation Performance Metrics

Posted by ""Thompson, James. P (Jim) A142"" <Jim.Thompson@CIGNA.COM> Regarding performance metrics for the Beer Game, Carl Betterton notes that facilitators may want to ""consider letting players choose (before playing) the performance measure they will use.""...
by Thompson James. P (Jim) A142 Jim
Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:17 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: QUERY Initialization Analytics
Replies: 5
Views: 5964

QUERY Initialization Analytics

Posted by ""Thompson, James. P (Jim) A142"" <Jim.Thompson@CIGNA.COM> There were several helpful replies to the question of why one should find analytic equilibrium (Initialization Analytics (SD5956)). But, as Yaman Barlas observed, finding analytic equilibrium can often be very d...
by Thompson James. P (Jim) A142 Jim
Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:56 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: SD and other modelling approaches
Replies: 41
Views: 40323

SD and other modelling approaches

Posted by ""Thompson, James. P (Jim) A142"" <Jim.Thompson@CIGNA.COM> Geoff Coyle writes. ""... maybe it was a mistake to found the SD Society.... Perhaps we should just be members of the OR Society, Institute of Management Sciences, etc and show ourselves as analysts wh...
by Thompson James. P (Jim) A142 Jim
Sat May 14, 2005 12:25 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Mental model creation process
Replies: 7
Views: 6190

Mental model creation process

Posted by ""Thompson, James. P (Jim) A142"" <Jim.Thompson@CIGNA.COM> (Reposted - first sent as SD5280 with formatting error) Ahmet Ilker Soydan wrote: ""...what and how does the subject simplify the process, which algoritms, line of reasoning, logic, mental tool etc. do...
by Thompson James. P (Jim) A142 Jim
Fri May 13, 2005 11:34 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Mental model creation process
Replies: 7
Views: 6190

Mental model creation process

Posted by ""Thompson, James. P (Jim) A142"" <Jim.Thompson@CIGNA.COM> Ahmet Ilker Soydan wrote: ""...what and how does the subject simplify the process, which algoritms, line of reasoning, logic, mental tool etc. does he/she uses? Why does he/she ignore some issues and f...
by Thompson James. P (Jim) A142 Jim
Fri May 06, 2005 1:46 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: MRP and Production Planning
Replies: 12
Views: 9583

MRP and Production Planning

Posted by ""Thompson, James. P (Jim) A142"" <Jim.Thompson@CIGNA.COM> Alan Graham wrote: ""For a look at somewhat more detailed issues, check out John Morecroft's PhD dissertation at MIT's Sloan School of Management on production planning and the impact of MRP systems on...
by Thompson James. P (Jim) A142 Jim
Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:34 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Evaluating expected modeling benefits
Replies: 15
Views: 18625

Evaluating expected modeling benefits

Posted by ""Thompson, James. P (Jim) A142"" <Jim.Thompson@CIGNA.COM> J.J. Laublé asks how to evaluate the level of results expected by a system dynamics modelling effort. System dynamics applications are investments with unknowable paybacks. However, as John Sterman writes, "...