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CFB Simulation Suite

Company: PSU Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department

Major(s):
Primary: CMPSC
Secondary: IE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

Overview The CFB Simulation Suite is an interactive platform designed to help our customers understand how financial volatility propagates through their supply chain networks. By simulating the Cash-Flow Bullwhip (CFB) effect and offering AI-driven advisory features, the tool shall enable the users to experiment with operational-financial trade-offs and develop data-informed strategies for managing risk. Problem Statement The project will address a critical gap for our customers. While our customers are skilled in supply chain optimization, their teams are often not adequately equipped to manage the direct financial consequences of operational decisions, a phenomenon known as the Cash-Flow Bullwhip (CFB) effect. This project is commissioned to develop an interactive, hands-on tool that allows users to analyze, simulate, visualize, and manage these complex dynamics directly, bridging the gap between operational theory and financial reality. The project's required deliverables • Phase 1: A functional backend system. While it will not have a graphical user interface, the tool must be immediately usable to perform static analyses of cash-flow volatility across real-world supply networks. • Phase 2: An interactive UI that allows users to visualize a supply network, run simulations, and see the financial impact of their operational decisions in real-time. • Phase 3: The fully functional CFB Simulation Suite, including all of the AI personas, which must be a tested and polished platform ready for seamless deployment to customers.