System Dynamics Modeling (SDM)
Bachelor's Degree Thesis
Department of Management Science and Technology of Athens University of Economics and Business
The purpose of this thesis is to understand how to modify the complex systems into a simplified and structured form of a solution. Through simple steps, the user can build a model to either make decisions or formulate policies concerning a system and its modules.
​This project openly approaches this interesting topic by providing the reader with a tangible study of system dynamics and rich thoughts for the future.
SDM are applied on
Urban Consolidation Centers (UCC)
From time to time, various failures have been counted (Kollias, 2016) at the urban consolidation centers that have questioned many researchers.
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Firdausiyah et al. report that city logistics are a dynamic system. It constantly changes and is influenced by the decisions of multiple agents (municipality, customers, employees, managers, external distributors, drivers, companies, other UCCs, etc.) and multiple processes (receipt, storage, picking, packing, distribution, scheduling, communication, space management, returns, etc.).
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Managers and Management Scientists need to apply specific techniques to understand what they accurately need to do, what decisions to make, what policies to follow, where upgrades can be applied, and how to discover problems and trends precisely.
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Overall, what is this methodology that merely represents complex problems? Can SDM be integrated into the systems of the UCCs, contributing to the sustainable and more efficient service of the city centers?