Let’s investigate using game dynamics to manage a global supply chain. We’ll start by imagining a company called Fantastic Corporation. They make a fantastic home entertainment system, and Fantastic needs active cooperation from the other players in its supply chain if it is going to increase its
Transform Your Supply Chain: The New SCM Globe Enterprise
In the dynamic and unpredictable world of global commerce, supply chains have never faced greater demands or uncertainties. Enterprises now, more than ever, must find solutions capable of adapting rapidly to shifting markets, managing disruptions, optimizing logistics in real-time, or at the very
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 disruptions. And the frequency of natural and human caused disruptions is likely to increase in the coming years. What happens in one part of a
Fantastic Corporation – Global Supply Chain
CASE STUDY CONCEPT: Challenges of Managing and Coordinating a Global Supply Chain. Fantastic Corporation designs and manufactures a fantastic home entertainment center with smartscreen HD video and surround sound. It performs to demanding specifications and delivers impressive results. Customer
Zara Clothing Company Supply Chain
CASE STUDY CONCEPT: The Zara supply chain drives its successful business model. Run simulations of the Zara supply chain to see how it works, and how to improve it. Zara changes its clothing designs every two weeks on average, while competitors change their designs every two or three months. It
Ancient Silk Road – First Global Supply Chain
CASE STUDY CONCEPT: Managing inventory, location, transportation, and the bullwhip effect are timeless supply chain challenges. It is the year 210 AD, and you manage the largest merchant trading house on the ancient Silk Road. The long prosperity of the Pax Romana has created strong demand in the
Collaborative Supply Chains
CASE STUDY CONCEPT: Collaborative Supply Chains and Shared Services help companies grow while controlling costs. This case is based on a real candy company called Just Born Candy that has it’s main factory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and a competitor candy company that we’ll call Crunch Candy
Supply Chains of the Roman Empire
CASE STUDY CONCEPT: Supply chains of the Roman Empire had much in common with modern supply chains. Supply chains then and now require development of good mental models to understand them and keep them working well. Some ancient supply chains can also teach us lessons about sustainability that we