Applying Scientific Principles
To Business Problems

With an MSc Operations Management & Manufacturing Systems and subsequent PhD research in "The Use of Agent-Based Simulation for Operations Strategy, David Buxton is well respected in the academic world of modelling and simulation and has published conference papers on:

• Simulating Operations Strategy – An Agent-Based Model for the Aviation Sector
• Simulation for Operations Strategy in the New, Service-Based Aero Industry
• The Aero-Engine Value Chain under Future Business Environments: Using Agent-Based Simulation to Understand Dynamic Behaviour

Starting out in Operational Management, David returned to academia in 2005 to lead a research team developing Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation (ABMS) to support strategic decision making. In 2008, he launched dseConsulting to apply his knowledge and expertise on behalf of clients in the aerospace, retail and public sectors.

David has a special interest in exploring the benefits of Agent-Based Modelling & Simulation, through academic research and commercial application, to deliver insight which will

• forecast the consequences of business decisions
• identify commercial sensitivities to changes in customer and supplier behaviour
• augment understanding of the financial and operational drivers of business

Working as often with early adopting, highly engaged Marketing & Insight teams as he does with Operational Management, David has forged significant advances in the application of Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation.