I need help using the simio 15 simulator. I have an assignment due and I’m looking for any kind of documentation or ideas to help me solve the following :
All I can find is in spanish which i cant really understand
X is a brand of cellphones that has experienced a huge growth and has just closed an
agreement with a Y, a local retailer to lunch a new store in Madrid, first store in Spain.
The intend to meet all the Spanish demand from that store, both for online sales and for in store sales.
They have a single model, which has been very well accepted in other markets and the trust the same
will occur in Spain.
The retailer will by phones from X and sell them and they are interested in estimating what
inventory they should have during the following year.
X has two manufacturing plants. One in France, which produces mainly to meet the European
demand and another one in Taiwan, which produces phones for the rest of the world. The European
plant has a shorter lead time but the cost per unit is slightly higher.
Y would like to decide what policy to implement, and which plant buy from to minimize
inventory management costs.
Phones price will be set to 200€/phone. With that price, Y expects a daily uniform demand,
ranging from 100 to 150 X’s phones per day.
The inventory cost is relatively high compared with other kinds of goods, due to the possible
obsolescence of the products and their value. Y estimates that the holding cost is 1€ por
phone and day.
If purchasing from Taiwan, the lead time varies uniformily between 10 and 16 days, the cost per phone
is 50€ end the cost per order is 3000 euros (due to customs and transport).
If purchasing from France, the lead time varies uniformily between 6 and 10 days, the cost per phone
is 60€ end the cost per order is 1000 euros (only transport).
Since X is new in Spain, there is a need to build a reputation and to consolidate the brand. That
requires not having stockouts. That is why Y has estimated that not providing a customer with
a X phone has a cost of 250€.
X has required assistance from the consulting firm Aspen to decide what follows. The analysis
is to be conducted for a whole year, and the initial inventory is 2000 phones and is not subject to
decision
- How much to order when they place order with the plant.
- Reorder point: quantity of available stock below which we place a new order (available stock is
physical stock plus stock on transit)
I m looking to get started
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