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- Provides a hands-on approach to creating a model for assessing the performance of the supply chain
- Provision of a decision support model for non-technical readers, such as manager, entrepreneurs and policy makers in the Thai Rubber industry, through easily-understood instructions
- Guides how to re-apply a similar decision problems in other renewable resources including the palm oil industry, farming and livestock management
- Offers detailed case study examples of how the model can applied to calculate transportation costs in the supply chain and how to restructure the supply chain
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides a detailed study of the Thai rubber industry and its utilisation of renewable resources, focussing on the use of open source software in building supply chain models. By describing elements that the supply chain is composed of and relating this to Thailand’s rubber industry, the authors then outline the construction of a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model and use open source software to model renewable resources in this particular supply chain. Emphasis is placed on the way that modelling can aid the important decision-making required in the exploitation of natural resources. By taking a hands-on approach and offering a valuable guide for readers, this book not only appeals to academics in the fields of industrial engineering, operations, logistics and supply chain management, but also to practitioners, policy-makers and associations involved in the rubber industry.
Reviews
“An excellent addition to the literature on supply chain simulation, [this book is] a very useful resource for anyone interested in applying simulation techniques to optimize supply chains, whilst also contributing on a policy level to help decision-makers choosing between various policy settings. It not only provides a good primer for the modelling enthusiast, but also provides practical knowhow for using Ptolemy II, open source software whichis widely used for modelling. The book is suitable for both technical and non-technical readers. From a technical perspective it provides easy-to-follow instructions on how to formulate a supply chain simulation model and how to use software to solve the simulation. It also benefits non-technical readers such as managers and policy-makers [in understanding] the Thai rubber industry, [and is] a valuable resource to support decision-making on an industry or policy level. … It is highly recommended.” (Martin West, Head of Department of Management and Marketing, Hamdan bin Mohammed Smart University, United Arab Emirates)
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Management, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Janya Chanchaichujit
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University of Chile , Santiago, Chile
José F. Saavedra-Rosas
About the authors
Janya Chanchaichujit is Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Walailak University, Thailand.
José F. Saavedra-Rosas is Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Chile.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Using Simulation Tools to Model Renewable Resources
Book Subtitle: The Case of the Thai Rubber Industry
Authors: Janya Chanchaichujit, José F. Saavedra-Rosas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55816-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55815-8Published: 10 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85756-5Published: 02 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55816-5Published: 27 June 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 158
Number of Illustrations: 109 b/w illustrations
Topics: Supply Chain Management, Renewable and Green Energy, Innovation/Technology Management, Sustainability Management, Asian Business