THE DYNAMICS OF A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SIMULATED ON A SPREADSHEET

<p>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dynamics of a typical production-distribution system, namely from manufacturer to distributors to retailers has been simulated with the aid of Lotus 123 on a personal computer. The original simulation program DYNAr10 was run on an IBM 1620 mainframe computer bu...

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Main Authors: R. Reinecke, P.M. Bird, J.T. McNab, A.R. Uys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stellenbosch University 2012-01-01
Series:South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
Online Access:http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/447
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P.M. Bird
J.T. McNab
A.R. Uys
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description <p>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dynamics of a typical production-distribution system, namely from manufacturer to distributors to retailers has been simulated with the aid of Lotus 123 on a personal computer. The original simulation program DYNAr10 was run on an IBM 1620 mainframe computer but we successfully converted it to run on a personal computer using LOTUS 123.<br />This paper deals with problems encountered in using the present MS-DOS limited PC machines to run application programmes written for earlier mainframe machines. It is also shown that results very comparable with those obtained on mainframe machines can be generated on a simple PC.</p><p>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie referaat beskryf die ervaring van magisterstudente met die omskakeling van die simulasieprogram DYNAMO vir die ondersoek van die dinamika van industriele stelsels van hoofraamrekenaar na 'n persoonlike rekenaar.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-c2783683e9284bbc9b1dc7e68405163a2022-12-21T18:46:11ZengStellenbosch UniversitySouth African Journal of Industrial Engineering1012-277X2224-78902012-01-0122THE DYNAMICS OF A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SIMULATED ON A SPREADSHEETR. ReineckeP.M. BirdJ.T. McNabA.R. Uys<p>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dynamics of a typical production-distribution system, namely from manufacturer to distributors to retailers has been simulated with the aid of Lotus 123 on a personal computer. The original simulation program DYNAr10 was run on an IBM 1620 mainframe computer but we successfully converted it to run on a personal computer using LOTUS 123.<br />This paper deals with problems encountered in using the present MS-DOS limited PC machines to run application programmes written for earlier mainframe machines. It is also shown that results very comparable with those obtained on mainframe machines can be generated on a simple PC.</p><p>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie referaat beskryf die ervaring van magisterstudente met die omskakeling van die simulasieprogram DYNAMO vir die ondersoek van die dinamika van industriele stelsels van hoofraamrekenaar na 'n persoonlike rekenaar.</p>http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/447
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