The beer game that teaches the supply-chain bullwhip effect

beer game  The Beer Game is played in smaller groups of 3, each of these groups sits around one table and plays one supply chain stage The game runs in weeks and it 8+ Experience the youth-friendly version of the Beer Game and enhance your skills in managing complex systems

The beer game is a simulation of a production-distribution system for a consumer product, such as beer No actual beer used in the exercise, and another The purpose of the Beer Game is to experience systemic effects and to introduce the need for supply chain and network management The Beer Game supply chain

The Beer Game is a four echelon supply chain consisting of a retailer, wholesaler, distributor, and factory where there is an inventory control problem for each The object of the game is to powerfully demonstrate, through simulation, how inter-related and inter-dependant a real supply chain is and the effect that people