1. What is the POP DSS used for? What are the benefits of the POP DSS? What are the benefits of using a network-based model?

1.    What is the POP DSS used for? What are the benefits of the POP DSS?

 What are the benefits of using a network-based model?  How can what-if cases be used to determine whether to add extra processing equipment instead of adjusting existing processes and chemical use?

2.    Could other firms that process materials use a system like this? Why or why not?  How could a demand forecasting model be integrated with POP?

3.    How could the results of the POP DSS guide an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system?