I just returned from a two week trip to Europe and had some great
discussions on the use of System Dynamics in various contexts of our
business--some to do with HR succession planning, understanding constraints
and policy for pipeline networks with multiple inputs from the North Sea oil
platforms, and a quality problem where polymer is forming in a monomer and
indicates danger.
The question I have is if anyone knows a school in France where System
Dynamics is pursued, that might have grad students that would like to have
an industry liaison project where the students work on a real issue and the
company gets some access to student brainpower.
I recently had a very good experience doing this here with MIT, and want to
do it again in a French plant where there is a need and interest. If there
is no school doing this directly (as MIT does) maybe a second choice would
be to suggest some French speaking local consultants who have a good
repuation on SD that may be used in lieu of the students for a project.
If there is a contact, please reply to me directly as noted below:
Paul Monus
Lima, Ohio USA
monuspa@olima.usaref.msnet.bp.com
office: 419-226-2383