Where can I get hold of SD models of supply chain management, specifically
inventory management? (I dont want to re-invent the wheel!)
Thanks,
Stephen
Stephen Downes-Martin, Ph.D.
Downes-Martin Associates, LLC
PO Box 1058
Northampton, MA 01061, USA
Tel: 413-582-0183
Fax: 413-586-6765
Internet: dmallc@compuserve.com
Supply Chain Management
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Stephen Downes-Martin
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Chris White
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Supply Chain Management
I have also looked for applications of SD to supply
chains for the last several years, but have only found
a few very specific examples limited to a single
company and/or a single product. Consequently,
any models that I built were built from scratch and
were also limited in scope.
As a result, our company has spent that last couple
of years developing a generic SD supply chain
analysis tool to assist others in this area (as well
as others who simply want to analyze the long-term
impacts of supply chain decisions but dont care
necessarily about SD). We have used this tool with
great success on several Dept of Defense initiatives
to test its effectiveness and utility. The product,
called IBAM (Industrial Base Analysis Model), will be
released commercially early this summer. We are
presently beta-testing IBAM and are still looking for
more beta-evaluation volunteers.
If you have access to past proceedings of the SD
Society Conference, Dr. Louis Alfeld and Bob Sholtes
from our company made a presentation on IBAM at
the 1996 conference in Boston. In addition, there is
information about IBAM on our company website
(www.decisiondynamics.com).
As an overview, IBAM allows users to quickly build
supply chains at whatever level of detail they wish
(from high-level industries, down to companies, down
to product lines). The supply chains look like
hierarchical organization charts. The user can
manually input data, such as production times and
shipping delays, or can pull default information from
a database that has aggregate industry data for SIC
codes (soon to be called NAICS codes). The SIC
data are automatically "scaled" for the magnitude of
the model. Thus, without knowing specific information,
the user can quickly structure a supply chain, assign
SIC codes to all companies in the chain, and begin
simulation. IBAM then allows the user to make
changes to the base scenario for different "what-if?"
analyses.
IBAM is extremely powerful because it can be used
for any supply chain of any size in any industry. As
you are probably aware, the underlying SD structures
are essentially the same.
J. Chris White
Program Manager
Decision Dynamics, Inc.
4600 East West Hwy, Suite 410
Bethesda, MD 20814
tel: 301-657-8500, ext. 107
fax: 301-657-8626
email: jcwhite@decisiondynamics.com
website: www.decisiondynamics.com
chains for the last several years, but have only found
a few very specific examples limited to a single
company and/or a single product. Consequently,
any models that I built were built from scratch and
were also limited in scope.
As a result, our company has spent that last couple
of years developing a generic SD supply chain
analysis tool to assist others in this area (as well
as others who simply want to analyze the long-term
impacts of supply chain decisions but dont care
necessarily about SD). We have used this tool with
great success on several Dept of Defense initiatives
to test its effectiveness and utility. The product,
called IBAM (Industrial Base Analysis Model), will be
released commercially early this summer. We are
presently beta-testing IBAM and are still looking for
more beta-evaluation volunteers.
If you have access to past proceedings of the SD
Society Conference, Dr. Louis Alfeld and Bob Sholtes
from our company made a presentation on IBAM at
the 1996 conference in Boston. In addition, there is
information about IBAM on our company website
(www.decisiondynamics.com).
As an overview, IBAM allows users to quickly build
supply chains at whatever level of detail they wish
(from high-level industries, down to companies, down
to product lines). The supply chains look like
hierarchical organization charts. The user can
manually input data, such as production times and
shipping delays, or can pull default information from
a database that has aggregate industry data for SIC
codes (soon to be called NAICS codes). The SIC
data are automatically "scaled" for the magnitude of
the model. Thus, without knowing specific information,
the user can quickly structure a supply chain, assign
SIC codes to all companies in the chain, and begin
simulation. IBAM then allows the user to make
changes to the base scenario for different "what-if?"
analyses.
IBAM is extremely powerful because it can be used
for any supply chain of any size in any industry. As
you are probably aware, the underlying SD structures
are essentially the same.
J. Chris White
Program Manager
Decision Dynamics, Inc.
4600 East West Hwy, Suite 410
Bethesda, MD 20814
tel: 301-657-8500, ext. 107
fax: 301-657-8626
email: jcwhite@decisiondynamics.com
website: www.decisiondynamics.com