An agent simulation model for the Québec forest supply chain

A supply chain is a network of companies producing and distributing products to end-consumers. The Québec Wood Supply Game (QWSG) is a board game designed to teach supply chain dynamics. The QWSG provides the agent model for every company in our simulation. The goal of this paper is to introduce this simulation model. For this purpose, we first outline the QWSG, and then describe with mathematical equations each company in our simulation. Finally, three examples illustrate the use of our simulation to study collaboration in supply chains. More precisely, we study incentives for collaboration at both the supply chain and company level.