explain_simulation

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Reference text on supply-chain simulation — how a discrete-event model of a network behaves through time. Covers event-driven execution (future-event list, the consume / check-inventory / place-order / fill / ship / deliver vocabulary), why inventory POSITION rather than on-hand stock drives reordering, which KPIs the engine reports versus which this site derives from the raw order and shipment records, when to reach for simulation, for optimization, and for both together, and the honest limitations of these runs (single deterministic replication, cached results, warm-up inside the reported window, fixed sample parameters). Pure static text — no engine call, deterministic output. Use this when the user asks a conceptual 'how does the simulation work', 'why did this DC stock out', or 'should I simulate or optimize' question rather than asking for a number; call run_simulation when they want actual figures.