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SIMULATE Supply Chains

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1. MY ACCOUNT screen –>  2. EDIT screen –>  3. SIMULATE screen

Simulate screen:

This screen is where you run simulations of the supply chain you created in the EDIT screen. There is a sidebar on the right side of this screen (think of it as a heads-up display that you watch while the simulation is playing). It contains menus for selecting the kind of simulation data your want to see. There are also buttons to start, pause and stop simulations and buttons to move around inside the SCM Globe application.

When you click on the simulation button in the edit screen, it will open a new tab in your browser and that is where the simulation screen will appear. It will draw your supply chain on a map in the simulation screen as shown below. There will be no data displays until the simulation starts to play. To play the simulation, click the “Play” button (1).

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As the simulation plays out, the data displays will appear (2). Notice there are four tabs for different views of the simulation data.

“Facility” shows numeric and graphic displays of data for the selected facility.

“Vehicles” shows running tally of operating costs for each vehicle in the supply chain.

“Product” shows running tally of on-hand product inventory at each facility in the supply chain.

“Console” shows all of the simulation data.

A slider bar (3) lets you move up and down in a list of facilities in the supply chain.

At the top of the side bar are the same four navigation buttons (4) that exist on the Edit Screen sidebar.

When you play a simulation, it will run until a problem is encountered in your supply chain model. Then it will stop and show you where the point of failure occurred. To fix this problem you go back to the edit screen and make changes to the supply chain model.

To go back to the EDIT screen you just click on the browser tab that has that screen already open. This brings you to the EDIT screen where you can edit and change your supply chain model. As you work on a supply chain you flip back and forth between the EDIT screen and the SIMULATE screen. Do that by clicking on the browser tab that has the screen you want. This is illustrated in the diagram below.

Keep three browser tabs open for Edit, Simulate and Online Guide

After you edit your model, click on the browser tab with the SIMULATE screen. In place of the “Play” button will be a button labeled “Reload Supply Chain“. Click on this button to reload the supply chain model and the changes you made in the EDIT screen (you can also click the browser refresh button to do this). Once the supply chain is reloaded the Play button will appear. Click Play to run the simulation again.

See more about simulations at these online guide pages:

  • Simulation Tutorial provides a quick overview on using simulations
  • Analyzing Simulation Data shows you how to use data generated by the simulations to help you improve the performance of your supply chain model

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Table of Contents

  • Getting Started
    • Activate Your Account
    • Video Tutorials
    • Create a Supply Chain
    • Simulation Tutorial
    • Working with Case Studies
  • FAQs
  • Map-Based User Interface
    • MY ACCOUNT Screen
    • EDIT Supply Chains
    • SIMULATE Supply Chains
    • Saving Copies of Supply Chain Models
  • 4 Supply Chain Entities
    • Products
    • Facilities
    • Vehicles
    • Routes
  • Supply Chain Modeling and Simulation Logic
    • Tips for Building Supply Chain Models
    • All Supply Chain Models are Approximations
    • Deliveries Do Not Always Work Perfectly
    • The Butterfly Effect
    • Analyzing Simulation Data
    • Cutting Inventory and Operating Costs
    • Supply Chain Optimization & Reporting Template
    • Balancing Supply Chain Risk and Performance
    • SCM Globe Services
  • Download and Share Supply Chain Models
  • Commercial Supply Chain Case Studies
    • Cincinnati Seasonings
    • Hyderabadi Biriyani – Paramount Restaurant
    • S&J Trading Company – Angola
    • Supply Chains of the Roman Empire
    • Collaborative Supply Chains
    • Fantastic Corporation – Business Expansion
    • Ancient Silk Road – First Global Supply Chain
    • Fantastic Corporation – Unexpected Disruptions
    • Java Furniture Company – Indonesia
    • Zara Clothing Company Supply Chain
  • Humanitarian Supply Chain Case Studies
    • Disaster Response Supply Chains – Flooding Scenario
    • Nepal Earthquake Disaster Response Supply Chain — 2015
    • Humanitarian Supply Chain – Syria Evacuation (CIV and MIL Supply Chains)
  • Military Supply Chain Case Studies
    • Alexander the Great Needed Great Supply Chains
    • Battle of Smolensk – 1941 Invasion of Russia
    • Burma Campaign – 1944 Invasion of India

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