SimpleProductionChainIIIFurther extending the first example to explain new product diffusion |
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This information is part of the Business Simulation Library (BSL).
In this final extension of the introductory model SimpleProductionChain
we now replace the Ramp
component for the first-time purchases with a model of new product diffusion.
We are assuming that there are 10 initial customers and a stock of 250'000 potential customers that will be turned into customers by "word-of-mouth" only—for now we will assume that there is no growth or decline with regard to this potential. There is a constant contactRate
of 10 people per month and the adoptionFraction
is assumed to be 2%.
Tutorial.StrategicBusinessSimulation, SimpleProductionChain, SimpleProductionChainII, Diffusion
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modelOutput |
Type: ModelOutput |
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bus |
Type: DataBus |
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modelSettings |
Type: ModelSettings |
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inventory |
Type: MaterialStock Description: Finished goods inventory |
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shipping |
Type: Transition Description: Shipments to the customers |
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producing |
Type: Growth Description: Production of a durable good |
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installedBase |
Type: DelayN Description: Products in use |
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scrapping |
Type: OutflowDynamicStock Description: Discarding of products (which will be replaced by new ones) |
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cloud1 |
Type: Cloud |
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totalOrders |
Type: Add_2 |
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potCustomers |
Type: MaterialStock Description: Potential customers |
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wordOfMouth |
Type: Diffusion Description: Bass diffusion model for a word-of-mouth process |
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customers |
Type: MaterialStock Description: Initial customers (early adopters) |
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productionPlanning | |
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desiredInventory |
Type: ConstantConverter |
AmountRate
for reported flows in v2.0.0.