The application of simulation in logistics

It is an indisputable fact that logistics has been developing over the last 150 years, along with science, technology, production forces etc. As a notion, logistics is mostly associated with activities necessary´ to efficiently organize the delivery of products, half-products, raw materials, equipment, reproductive materials and all other goods from the supplier to the end user. Simulation is the process of creating a model of a real system and experimenting with that model with the aim of understanding the behaviour of that system and/or developing various strategies of its functioning. Nowadays, simulations are used in all serious projects. Simulation modeling is one of the leading modern methods of computer modeling. It enables us to describe, understand and quantitatively analyse complex dynamic systems in different areas, from production and transport, economics and IT. After we develop a simulation model, we have to translate it into a computer model. To create a simulation model we require the appropriate tools, such as a simulation language or a package to create a simulation program. With the development of computer science the area of modeling and simulation has been given a jinn ping-off point for a lightning fast development and the popularization of world proportions.