Building a Planning Model

After taking this course, a user will be able to identify and solve problems in distribution and production planning. The user will be introduced to Linear Programming (LP) basics, be able to view and analyze production and distribution networks and be able to modify planning model formulations, controlling the solution process, and interpreting solutions using Expert System rules.

Audience:

Managers, planners, implementers, and modelers.

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    SM905

  • Duration:

    3 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    2.1

  • Level:

    Introductory

Benefits

  • Provides a generic introduction to the Aspen SCM planning module capabilities
  • Reviews Linear Programming (LP) basics
  • Fulfills prerequisite for subsequent Aspen SCM courses and certification

Approach

  • View and analyze production and distribution networks
  • Basic examples and exercises explain matrix generation, optimization, and report generation
  • Provide examples of Expert System rules for modifying planning model formulations, controlling the solution process, and interpreting solutions

Pre-requisites

Should have extensive experience of using LP planning models.

Agenda

Lesson 1: Introducing LP
  • Learn the types of problems linear programming addresses
  • Review the course business problem
 
Lesson 2: Getting Started
  • Create new sets and tables
  • Execute Aspen SCM set/table commands

Lesson 3: LP Formulation
  • Review LP terminology
  • Translate a simplified business problem into mathematical terms
  • Solve simple linear programming problems graphically
 
Lesson 4:  Build a Simple LP Model
  • Define and fill the generic data structures for an LP problem
  • Generate/review the LP matrix for a simplified business problem
  • Learn more LP terminology
 
Lesson 5: Solving the LP Model
  • Specify the direction of optimization
  • Invoke the optimizer
  • Solve the simplified business problem
  • Analyze the optimized LP solution
 
Lesson 6: Building an LP Model
  • Formulate the business problem using step-wise procedure
  • Perform matching with subsets/supersets via matrix generator
  • Use no match markers
  • Calculate a matrix term rather than using a table

Lesson 7: Standard LP Reports
  • Define reports in Report Catalog
  • Build a series of reports for the business problem

Lesson 8:  Building Multi-Time Period LP
  • Incorporate time periods in an LP model
  • Understand how LP models handle inventory
  • Transform the business problem into a multi-time period inventory model
  • Work with multidimensional tables
  • Add new reports to handle inventory and time-dependent solution data
 
Lesson 9:  LP Matrix/Solution Analysis
  • Extract rows/columns from the matrix and understand the row/column intersections
  • Use TRANROW and TRANCOL commands
 
Lesson 10:  Automating Model Maintenance and Execution
  • Create and execute macros
  • Understand how the Expert system affects LP applications
  • Track model updates with the Blackboard process
 
Lesson 11: Other Matrix Generation Topics
  • Define set relationships with compact incidence tables
  • Make matrix generation efficient
  • Understand the partial matrix generation concept
 
Lesson 12: Introduction to MIP
  • Generate and solve MIP (mixed integer programming) problems
  • Improve MIP solution performance
 
Lesson 13: Scenario-Based Planning
  • Understand the SCM Scenario-Based Planner
  • Use new LP commands
  • Review an example
 
Reference Material
SCM/LP for the Algebraic Mind by Dr. Thomas E. Baker

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Aspen Technology, Inc. awards Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for training classes conducted by our organization. One CEU is granted for every 10 hours of class participation.