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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I didn’t 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
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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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Case Analysis: 961 Beer: Launching A Lebanese Brewing Company Introduction 961 Beer has a fascinating history which illustrates to aspiring entrepreneurs that with hard work and determination‚ even crazy business ideas are able to succeed. At a time when building were being destroyed and the city of Beirut‚ Lebanon was in shambles‚ the founders of 961 Beer decided to move forward with founding Lebanon’s first craft brewing company – a surprising fact because this region of the world begin the tradition
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What’s better‚ mass produced or crafted beer? According to (http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/craft-brewer-defined) a craft brewer is “small‚ independent and traditional”. They have to produce less than six million barrels to be considered a craft brewery. Also from a financial point there is a difference to a mass producing beer brewery‚ an alcoholic industry can only have a maximum of 25% of the brewery. If they own more than this they are considered
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perspective on this subject of light beer versus full flavor beer is an on-going argument that all beer drinkers have taken part in at one time or another. Once the truth had been discovered about light beer in this age of staying slim‚ many have traded in their full flavor beer for the light beer. One might bring into question the subject of such trivial importance‚ but one would think that if people cannot openly discuss a subject as trivial and inconsequential as beer‚ then how could they be expected
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PDF processed with CutePDF evaluation edition www.CutePDF.com THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI (ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) COMPANY APPLICATION NO. (M) 123 of 2012 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT‚ 1956 (1 OF 1956) SECTIONS 391 & 394 AND IN THE MATTER OF SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION OF BRAHMAPUTRA INFRAPROJECT LTD WITH BRAHMAPUTRA INFRASTRUCTURE LTD IN THE MATTER OF BRAHMAPUTRA INFRAPROJECT LTD APPLICANT/ TRANSFEROR COMPANY (A Company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act‚ 1956
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Sabrina Mohammed NRS301 Dr. Mood 10/29/2015 Ticket to Class - Week 9 1. In one paragraph‚ describe how Maria O’Rourke conceptualizes the professional role of the nurse? Maria O’Rourke’s model of the professional role of the nurse is a framework that describes how nurses can communicate‚ practice‚ collaborate‚ and devolve the concept of professional role. To determine the stability of the patient condition‚ a nurse must apply the model of the professional role proactive “which contains four domains
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Claudia Ruiz October 3‚ 2011 MGMT 80- International Business Written Assignment: The World Beer Industry Beer Around the World Approximately‚ 100 billion liters of beer are consumed around the world every year (Olfir‚ 2007). The worldwide growth rate of beer consumption has been recorded for the past 19 years (Kirin Holdings‚ 2005). This‚ however‚ is not to say that the beer consumption around the world is alike. The alcoholic beverage consumption levels around the world and the rates
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is forever.. but power may be not” D E B EE R S C A S E S T UD Y A Cash Cow Industry An estimated US$13 billion worth of rough diamonds are extracted every year Extracted diamonds can be used for industrial purposes or in the luxury sector (gemstones) Diamond jewellery is worth more than US$72 billion per year (very high profitability) The biggest slice of the cake A giant’s first steps Founded in 1888 in South Africa by Cecil Rhodes‚ De Beers quickly obtained a dominant position
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