LLamasoft Workshop Objectives

Participants will learn hands-on modeling approaches to analyze and optimize local and global supply chain networks in order to achieve strategic sustainability and GHG emission reduction goals. Participants will use Supply Chain Guru as a powerful tool for achieving 3 main types of analysis:

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 Carbon Footprint modeling
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 GHG Reduction Efforts
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 Carbon Trading, Costs, and Offset modeling
Course is comprised of 50% lecture and 50% hands-on exercises.
Day One
Day Two
Day 1, 0900 – 1030 Hours Day 2, 0900 – 1200 Hours

Module 1: Overview and introduction to strategic supply chain network modeling approaches for green applications

Participants will use Supply Chain Guru to analyze a basic supply chain network. The Llamasoft four step methodology for network design and analysis will be reviewed.

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 Introduction to Modeling Carbon Footprints and GHG Emissions
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 Supply chain planning tools and technologies
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 The four step methodology for strategic supply chain planning
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 How Supply Chain Guru works
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 Exercise 1: Basic application of simulation and optimization to solve GHG emission modeling problems

Module 4: GHG Emissions Reduction through Optimization

The second morning will focus on GHG Reduction modeling and relevant aspects of network optimization incorporated into Supply Chain Guru. Participants will understand the importance of incorporating alternatives in order to enable meeting GHG reduction efforts.

• Network optimization with Supply Chain Guru
• Fixed facility emissions / cost modeling
• Variable Costs and CO2 Emissions
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 Generating alternative sources and transport modes

• Exercise 4a: Optimizing a Network
• Understanding Solutions and Output
• Exercise 4b: Working with Optimization

Breaks taken as needed during this module.
Day 1, 1045– 1215 Hours

Module 2: CO2 and GHG modeling terms

The course continues with a review of CO2 and GHG modeling terms, approaches for solution, and an overview of green supply chain modeling applications. Users will learn how to use Supply Chain Guru’s interface and data editing features to rapidly build models and import model data from spreadsheets and other sources.

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 GHG Modeling Terms and Definitions
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 Overview of Supply Chain Guru interface
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 Guru Modeling Elements
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 Techniques for editing models
• Exercise 2: Importing / Editing data in SC Guru
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 GHG Data and Sources

Day 1, 1300– 1630 Hours

Day 2, 1300– 1400 Hours

Module 3: Carbon Footprint Modeling

The first afternoon will cover the simulation module of Guru in more detail, concentrating on a review of the inventory, sourcing, and transportation policies and the associated CO2/GHG modeling inputs included in the software.

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 Network Simulation with Supply Chain Guru
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 Supply Chain Structure: Sites, Products, Assets
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 Supply Chain Behavior: Inventory, Sourcing, Transportation Policies
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 Inventory and service statistics
• Exercise 3a: Working with Network Simulation (Baseline)
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 Exercise 3b: Analyzing the Carbon Footprint through structured scenarios

Module 5: Carbon Costs and Carbon Offsets

This 1 hour module reviews the various ways in which carbon costs and carbon offsets can be incorporated into the model for strategic planning projects. Participants will enhance their previous models with carbon costs and carbon offset options to address additional GHG reduction modeling options.

• Modeling cost of carbon
• Optimizing Carbon Offsets
Day 2, 1400– 1600 Hours

Module 6: GHG Modeling Issues, Tips and Techniques

The last module of the course will focus on hands-on practical lessons from experienced modelers

• Project Management and Green Supply Chain Modeling efforts
• Modeling BOM's, production and outsourcing processes
• Customizing Green Supply Chain Models to incorporate additional system details
• Productive scenario analysis
• Techniques for “power” model building


Evening Workshop
On Day-1, an evening open lab will be available from 1900 to 2130 for participants to work on exercises, share project insights and obtain additional peer support and coaching from the workshop instructor.



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