This book provides a detailed study of the Thai rubber industry and its utilisation of renewable resources, focussing on the use of open source software tools in building supply chain models. By first introducing and describing elements that the supply chain is composed of and relating this to Thailand?s rubber industry, the authors outline the construction of a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model for this particular supply chain, and use open source software to model renewable resources. The study pays particular attention to the way that modelling can aid the important decision-making which is required in the exploitation of natural resources. By taking a hands-on approach and offering a valuable guide for readers, Using Simulation Tools to Model Renewable Sources will not only appeal to academics in the fields of industrial engineering, operations management and research, logistics and supply chain management, but also to practitioners, policy-makers and associations involved in the rubber industry.