Advanced Logistics Analysis Capabilities Environment

The Boeing Advanced Logistics Analysis Capabilities Environment (BALANCE) modeling simulation architecture (United States Patent 9372917) was developed in ExtendSim to enable accurate, highly user configurable simulations of complex multi-echelon, multi-part indenture supply chain networks, including sub-assembly and refurbishment. BALANCE provides a standardized, reusable supply chain modeling toolset to support inventory management assessment, performance-based logistics contracts risk assessment, and manufacturing schedule risk assessment. It meets a need for a supply chain and logistics modeling capability that can be applied across a wide spectrum of domains, provides detailed output at the individual supply level, can interface to other logistics and performance analysis tools, can accommodate insertion of custom tailored sub-models for modeling detailed system operations and demand occurrence, and is based on standard commercially available software.