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    The Beer Game Copyright by Professor John Sterman‚ MIT October 1984 Sources: http://www.sol-ne.org/pra/tool/beer.html The Fifth Discipline: Pg 27-54 Why play the ‘Beer Game’? Instructions for running the game Steps of the Game Outline for post-game discussion and tasks Supplies Checklist & Mock-up of the Game Board Bibliography CHARTS AND TABLES TO PRINT OUT: [only issue Table 1 and 2 at the onset of the game. Chart 1-3 to be distributed at the end of the game and before

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    Simulation game (Beer Distribution Game) to understand the actions of simple and widely use of this system in the Supply Chain Management (SCM). The Beer Game was developed in the 1960s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management (Sterman‚1989; Senge‚1992)‚ it has been successful to attract the attention of SCM practitioners and academics. The layout of the Beer Distribution Game (BDG) is illustrated in figure 1 below. Figure 1 Beer Distribution Game Layout

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    SEB223 2014 – Assignment 1 The Root-Beer Distribution Game A Report on the Gameplay Experience of the Author and its Use of Complex System Management Principles Introduction The Root-Beer Distribution Game‚ as played by the author and used as the basis for this report‚ is an on-line adaptation of the Beer Distribution Game originally created in the 1960’s by Jay Forrester‚ et al‚ of the MIT Sloan School of Management. A pioneer of computer engineering and considered the founder of System Dynamics

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    Bullwhip Effect Through the numerous stages of a supply chain; key factors such as time and supply of order decisions‚ demand for the supply‚ lack of communication and disorganization can result in one of the most common problems in supply chain management.  This common problem is known as the bullwhip effect; also sometimes the whiplash effect. In this blog post we will explain this concept and outline some of the contributing factors to this issue.  [pic] The

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    business-to-business eCommerce courses – a teaching report Kai Riemer The University of Münster‚ Germany wikari@wi.uni-muenster.de Abstract In this teaching report I demonstrate the use of the so-called beer distribution game in teaching business-to-business eCommerce courses. The beergame is a role-play supply chain simulation game that lets students experience typical coordination problems of (traditional) supply chains without information sharing and collaboration. With this paper I want to show how the beergame

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    research the Beer Game itself prior to the game being played. I did read the summary provided of the game‚ but if I had done a little research on the web prior to the game‚ I would have had quite a bit of insight. It seems this game is very well known and used quite often in schools and management training to show the supply chain in action. The game has been around since the 1960’s when a group from MIT’s Sloan School of Management introduced the game as a part of a research project. The game was originally

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    Name: Aakriti A. Sharma Course : IENG 452 : Introduction to Six Sigma Title : Lab report on The (Root) Beer Game Summary : The Beer Game provides an insight into the supply chain in real world. It is played amongst a retailer‚ wholesaler‚ distributor and factory. The main objective of the game is to minimize the total costs of the supply chain and avoid backlogs. Communication between the four departments is not allowed. The retailer is the only person who knows the actual order

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    Player Manual for Beer game Last Modified Jan 7‚ 2011 Game Link: http://davinci.tamu.edu/beergame/ Objective of the Game: Is to satisfy the demand of the customer‚ while keeping the cost low. There is a cost for holding inventory and a cost for not satisfying demand (backorder). The demand for the product remains until it is satisfied i.e. backorder persists until it is fulfilled. Each player would be given an information card as shown below‚ The information card contains details regarding

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    Joanne Grace O. Liu 10928456 January 28‚ 2012 DINSYS1 Beer Game Reflection In the game‚ I was assigned to be the factory. The objective of the game was to be able to supply products to the customers at the same time minimize inventory. In a nutshell‚ the demand of the customer should be supplied immediately by each entity in the supply chain. Being the factory‚ I felt that I was actually controlled by the other entities. It is through their orders that I should decide how many raw materials to

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    Business Logistics Seminar 6 The risk pooling game Learning objectives: To analyse the inventory policy with different distribution systems. Activities before the seminar 1. Install the program given in AG. 2. Read instructions to play the game (p.3-12). Activities in the seminar  Play the game several times before writing report.  Write and upload a report in Aula GlobalMoodle with a summary of conclusions of the game (1 page as a maximum).  Some guidelines are provided to write the report

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