Simulación como herramienta de ayuda para la toma de decisiones empresarialesun caso práctico

  1. Puche Regaliza Julio Cesar 1
  2. Costas Gual, Jose 2
  3. Arranz Val, Pablo 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Burgos
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    Universidad de Burgos

    Burgos, España

    ROR https://ror.org/049da5t36

  2. 2 Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
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    Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo

    Viana do Castelo, Portugal

    ROR https://ror.org/03w6kry90

Journal:
Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y la empresa

ISSN: 1886-516X

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 21

Pages: 188-204

Type: Article

More publications in: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y la empresa

Abstract

Business decision making is a critical factor to the viability of companies. In the current more dynamic, global and competitive scenario, this critical factor opens space to wider requirements. Modeling and simulation have traditionally formed a substantial part of the toolkit used to support decision making, especially in the business strategy eld. In this paper, our aim is to open a clear perspective on the added value o ered by simulation. We fi rst introduce an overview about the process of decision making based on simulation. Next, a case study is developed, in which such steps are reflected to decide whether to implement a PUSH behavior or a PULL behavior in a particular company. The results obtained lead us to the decision to implement PULL instead of PUSH, showing that simulation techniques are a very valuable tool to have in the bank of knowledge in any mature company.

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