Simulation for Supply Chain Management »

Caroline Thierry is an Associate Professor at the University of Toulouse. Her research in ONERA then in IRIT focuses on decision systems in supply chain management.

André Thomas is professor at ENSTIB - CRAN-CNRS – Nancy University , he works with companies producing manufactured goods for research projects on Supply Chain Control Methods.

Gérard Bel was professor and researcher at the French Aerospace Lab. He participated to more than 100 research projects in industry (systems design and management).

This book provides a detailed insight into the simulation approaches employed in the study of supply chain management and control. It begins by examining the types of simulation models (continuous simulation, discrete-event systems and simulation games) before moving on to the distribution levels of systems and models. It concludes with a thorough discussion of simulation products. Simulation methodologies and techniques are also covered throughout the text and case studies are included to highlight the pivotal role played by simulation in the decision-making processes of those working in this field.

Ch. 1 Supply Chain Management Simulation: An Overview Caroline Thierry Thierry, Caroline Gerard Bel Bel, Gerard Andre Thomas Thomas, Andre 1

Ch. 2 Continuous Simulation for SCM Daniel Thiel Thiel, Daniel Vo Thi Le Hoa Le Hoa, Vo Thi 37

Ch. 3 Discrete-event Simulation for Supply Chain Management Valerie Botta-Genoulaz Botta-Genoulaz, Valerie Jacques Lamothe Lamothe, Jacques Florence Picard Picard, Florence Fouad Riane Riane, Fouad Anthony Valla Valla, Anthony 69

Ch. 4 Simulation Games Thierry Moyaux Moyaux, Thierry Eric Ballot Ballot, Eric Michel Greif Greif, Michel Bertrand Simon Simon, Bertrand 103

Ch. 5 Centralized Approaches for Supply Chain Simulation: Issues and Applications Lyes Benyoucef Benyoucef, Lyes Vipul Jain Jain, Vipul Patrick Charpentier Charpentier, Patrick 129

Ch. 6 The Interest of Agents for Supply Chain Simulation Thibaud Monteiro Monteiro, Thibaud Didier Anciaux Anciaux, Didier Bernard Espinasse Espinasse, Bernard Alain Ferrarini Ferrarini, Alain Olivier Labarthe Labarthe, Olivier Daniel Roy Roy, Daniel 159

Ch. 7 Agent-based Simulation of Business Network Planning and Coordination Systems Thibaud Monteiro Monteiro, Thibaud Didier Anciaux Anciaux, Didier Sophie D'Amours D'Amours, Sophie Bernard Espinasse Espinasse, Bernard Alain Ferrarini Ferrarini, Alain Olivier Labarthe Labarthe, Olivier Daniel Roy Roy, Daniel 189

Ch. 8 Simulation for Product-driven Systems Andre Thomas Thomas, Andre Pierre Castagna Castagna, Pierre Remi Pannequin Pannequin, Remi Thomas Klein Klein, Thomas Hind El Haouzi Haouzi, Hind El Pascal Blanc Blanc, Pascal Olivier Cardin Cardin, Olivier 221

Ch. 9 HLA Distributed Simulation Approaches for Supply Chains Fouzia OunnarOunnar, Fouzia Bernard Archimede Archimede, Bernard Philippe Charbonnaud Charbonnaud, Philippe Patrick Pujo Pujo, Patrick 257

Ch. 10 Software Tools for Simulation Franck Fontanjli Fontanjli, Franck Pierre Castagna Castagna, Pierre Bernard Yannou Yannou, Bernard 295

List of Authors 339

Index 345