Logware物流优化软件教学版

SELECTEDCOMPUTERPROGRAMSFORLOGISTICS/SUPPLYCHAINPLANNINGVersion5.0RonaldH.BallouWeatherheadSchoolofManagementCaseWesternReserveUniversity(C)Copyright1992-2004RonaldH.BallouAllrightsreservedSELECTEDCOMPUTERPROGRAMSFORLOGISTICS/SUPPYCHAINPLANNINGLOGWAREisacollectionofselectedsoftwareprogramsthatisusefulforanalyzingavarietyoflogistics/supplychainproblemsandcasestudies.Itcontainsthefollowingmodules.ModulePageFORECASTForecaststimeseriesdatabymeansofexponentialsmoothingandtimeseriesdecompositionmethods5ROUTEDeterminestheshortestpaththroughanetworkofroutes9ROUTESEQDeterminesthebestsequencetovisitstopsonaroute13ROUTERDevelopsroutesandschedulesformultipletrucksservingmultiplestops15INPOLFindsoptimalinventoryorderingpoliciesbasedoneconomicorderquantityprinciples24COGFindsthelocationofasinglefacilitybytheexactcenter-of-gravitymethod33MULTICOGLocatesaselectednumberoffacilitiesbytheexactcenter-of-gravitymethod37PMEDLocatesaselectednumberoffacilitiesbytheP-medianmethod41WARELOCAAwarehouselocationprogramforspecificallyanalyzingtheUsemoreSoapCompanycasestudy45LAYOUTPositionsproductsinwarehousesandotherfacilities47MILESComputesapproximatedistancebetweentwopointsusinglatitude-longitudeorlinear-gridcoordinatepoints49TRANLPSolvesthetransportationmethodoflinearprogramming51LNPROGSolvesgenerallinearprogrammingproblemsbymeansofthesimplexmethod53MIPROGSolvesthemixedintegerlinearprogrammingproblembymeansofbranchandbound55MULREGFindslinearregressionequationsbymeansofthestepwiseprocedureofregression/correlationanalysis57SCSIMSimulatestheflowofaproductthroughfiveechelonsofasupplychannel62Eachmoduleisselectedfromthefollowingmasterscreenbyclickingontheappropriatebutton.2HARDWAREREQUIREMENTSLOGWAREisdesignedformicrocomputersoperatingunderWINDOWS98,NT,2000,orXP.Atleast16MBofRAMshouldbeinstalled.Harddrivespaceofatleast10MBshouldbeavailable.Acolormonitorcapableofproducingatleast640x480pixelsresolutionisneeded,although800x600isbetterand1024x768ispreferred.Resolutionsgreaterthan1024x768pixelsarenotsupported.Alaserprinterispreferred.Amouseisneeded.A3½″floppydriveand/oracompactdiskreaderareneeded.INSTALLINGTHESOFTWAREONAHARDDRIVEPlacetheprogramcompactdisksintheappropriatedrives.InWINDOWS,clickontheStartbuttonandthenselecttheRunoptionfrompop-upmenu.Type“X:Setup.exe”(“X”beingtheletterdesignatedforyourCDdrive).TheprogrammayalsobeinstalledwithWindows’Start,Settings,ControlPanel,Add/RemovePrograms,Installoption.Changethesubdirectoryunderwhichtheprogramwillbeinstalledifthedefaultsubdirectoryisnotdesired.RUNNINGTHEPROGRAMSAftertheprogramisinstalled,clickontheStartbuttonandselectPrograms.ChoosetheLogwareicontoactivatetheprogram.Clickonthedesiredprogrammodule.AshortcuticonontheDesktopmayalsobecreated.3EDITINGTHEDATAInthosemoduleswhereascreendataeditorispresent,thefirstactionistoopenadatafilebyclickingonthemodule’sStartbutton.Ifafileisnamedthatisnotinthecurrentlistoffiles,adatashellwillbecreatedintowhichanewproblemmaybeentered.Theuseoftheeditorissimpleandtransparentwithalittlepractice;however,afewcommentsaboutitsusemayhelptogetstarted.•PresstheInskeytostartanewlineofdatainamatrix.Thenormalactionistoinsertatextrowattheendofthematrix.TheAddbuttonmayalsobepressed.Thiswillallowarowtobeaddedattheendofthematrixaswellaswithinthematrix.Positionthecursorinthematrixrowwheretherowistobeadded.•PressingtheEsckeyclearsamatrixcell.•PressingtheDeletebuttondeletestherowinamatrixhighlightedbythecurrentcursorposition.•IfColumnarithmeticistobeused,highlightthematrixcolumnonwhichtheactionistoapply.Alternatively,thedataforeachmoduleexceptSCSIMmaybecreatedandeditedwiththeuseofExcel.ItisexpectedthattheuserhasabasicknowledgeofExceluse.COPYINGTHEINSTRUCTIONSANDTHESOFTWAREThissoftwareandtheassociatedinstructionsmaybecopiedaslongastheyareusedforeducationalpurposes.Allcopiedmaterialsmustdisplaythefollowingcopyrightnotices.Copyright1992-2004RonaldH.BallouAllrightsreserved.RonaldH.Ballouoffersthissoftwareforeducationalpurposesonlyanddoesnotwarrantthesoftwaretobefitforanyparticularapplication.TheuseragreestoreleaseRonaldH.Balloufromallliabilities,expenses,claims,actions,and/ordamagesofanykindarisingdirectlyorindirectlyoutoftheuseofthesecomputerprograms,theperformanceornonperformanceofsuchcomputerprograms,andthebreachofanyexpressedorimpliedwarrantiesarisinginconnectionwiththeiruse.Iftheseconditionsarenotacceptable,thesoftwareshouldbereturnedtoRonaldH.Ballou.ProfessorRonaldH.BallouWeatherheadSchoolofManagementCaseWesternReserveUniversityCleveland,OH44106USATel:[phone]Fax:[phone]E-mail:[e-mail]outthesoftwaremaybefoundat