Development of a Hybrid Simulation Framework for the Production Planning Process in the Atlantic Salmon Supply Chain

• Published in: Agriculture
• Main Authors: Thomas Vempiliyath, Maitri Thakur, Vincent Hargaden
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: farmed salmon supply chain; agent-based modelling (ABM); discrete-event simulation (DES); production planning; hybrid simulation; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11100907

The farmed salmon supply chain has a highly complex and integrated structure, where activities occur both in the sea and on land. Due to this complexity, the supply chain needs appropriate decision-support tools to aid the production planning process, which capture the material flows, information flows and behaviours of the decision makers in the chain. This paper proposes a hybrid simulation framework for production planning using the case of the Norwegian Atlantic salmon supply chain. This hybrid simulation comprises agent-based modelling (ABM) to capture the autonomous and interacting decision making behaviour of the supply chain actors, while discrete-event simulation (DES) is employed to model the various production processes within the chain. The simulation is implemented using AnyLogic™ version 8.0 simulation software, using a case study from the Norwegian farmed salmon sector. The proposed modelling framework provides a deeper understanding of the activities in the salmon supply chain, thereby enabling improved decision making.