SIMULATION OF THE INFORMATION FLOW AND SUPPLY CHAIN USING ARENA MODELLING SOFTWARE

The present paper presents a simulation of the information flow and supply chain for a SME's, using the ARENA 10 free version software. Methodologies based on simulation are attractive when dealing with supply chain systems. They allow both material and information flow to be modeled, as well as sophisticated decision logic for planning and control. Simulation can also deal with stochastic environments, non-stationary demand patterns, multiple performance criteria, capacity constrained resources, assembly coordination etc. There are also described examples of the simulation which were realized, mentioned the overview of obtained outputs and possibilities of their interpretation and usage for the further work. Finally, various planning and control scenarios were compared, based on demand patterns, product structure and processing characteristics.