Teams of Air Force officers studying military logistics at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) used simulations to recreate and redesign the supply chains that supported three critical campaigns of World War II. Those campaigns were: 1) British Army's campaign against the Italian and
Balancing Supply Chain Risk and Performance
Maximizing supply chain performance at the lowest operating costs and the lowest inventory levels means eliminating duplication of facilities and redundancy of vehicles and routes. It also means reducing safety stock and work-in-process inventory at facilities. BUT elimination of duplicate
Fantastic Corporation – Unexpected Disruptions
CASE STUDY CONCEPT: Managing Supply Chain Risk through Resiliency and Supplier Selection. Global supply chains can suddenly present you with unexpected challenges. They are more unpredictable than local or regional supply chains because there are so many more players involved. And because they
Winning Teams in Morocco Supply Chain Competition
Student teams from six engineering schools in Morocco competed last week in a supply chain competition loosely based on the supply chain of a real Moroccan company. The goal of the competition was to redesign and expand the company supply chain to best support its sales growth and
Good Feedback Grows Good Applications
Early this year we were contacted by a team of engineering students in Singapore who inquired about using our supply chain simulations to help them prepare for a regional supply chain contest: Dear Michael, My name is Tay Jia Shin and I am writing on behalf of our team consisting of Timothy Chu,
A Multiplayer Supply Chain Game – Overview
You can think of business as a supply chain game between competing companies. To show what we mean, we offer this multiplayer, online supply chain game. This is not a game to merely entertain you, or help you memorize a few facts. It's a serious game to engage you, and help you learn real supply
Fantastic Corporation – Global Supply Chain
CASE STUDY CONCEPT: Challenges of Managing and Coordinating a Global Supply Chain. Fantastic Corporation designs and makes a fantastic new home entertainment center with widescreen HD TV and surround sound. It performs to demanding specifications and delivers impressive results. Customer demand
Q&A Video Book – Using SCM Globe Simulations
In an online Q&A session we got some good questions and demonstrated answers to those questions onscreen. Here are ten short clips with those answers. The title and description of each clip says what it’s about. You can start at the top of the playlist and the clips will play one after the