Hi dear

When I wrote my final thesis in master I face with some problems in the supply chain which maybe is similar to your project.

We collect the data and information for implementing of knowledge management processes to create agile supply chain, but in some department cost and delay were very high which is unexpectable for the company.

First of all, for solving that problem, we separate department and analyzed data or finance and operating and supply chain to find the problem and solve them.

Secondly, we settle the data based on monitoring anything which you did that.

Thirdly, some events such as increasing of the price of the dollar in our country affect materials cost and other things, so we started to simulation the effects "like using software of bar game" to estimate future of some events. (economic and finance events).

 Hi Robert, 

Few years ago we tried to use input-output analysis as an approach to measure the economic impact of minning and compare in front of non-mining, communities in an arid zone in Mexico; following Rolfe and Ivanova (U. of Queensland) approach that they used in the Bowen Basin in Australia.

In our experience, we faced that the quality of the data available was far from desirable. Then we tried to built the input-output data... again the ammount and quality of data available make it a larger challenge than the project goals. Thus, we choose to mix some basic regional macroeconomic indicators, a survey and a stakeholders analysis, as an approach for measuring some economic and social impacts of minning in comparison with non-mining communities in the same region.  We exchanged the ellegance of the input-output analysis with a more detailed qualitative explanation of the econo-social perception about minning, in both kinds of communities. We published a book (in spanish) about that work last year..

 My suggestionn is to read Rolfe & ivanova's report about the Bowen Basin. Then compare the data available (quality, ammount, historic data, etc), checking the dissagregation level that they allow and, the ammount of assumptions and estimations that you were required to do to dissagregate those data available. If the data is far from that you require, be careful, could be a long nightmare.

Hoping that this cooment could be useful, 

Daniel

Dear Robert,

How about your project now? I think it was done.

Now I have a project which is similar to you that I would like to model the ripple of effect of a disaster to economic base on IO table.

Could I discuss to you? Because I think you can support me so much.

Thanks!