Could we use games to explore different supply chain options, just as the military uses games to explore different strategies? Could a supply chain game show us the best supply chain solutions the same way wargames show the best strategies? If so, what would that supply chain game look like? “We
Cuba 55 Years On: Impact of Supply Chains
Arriving in Cuba for the first time is like stepping into a time capsule that has preserved different periods of the country’s history, and then mixed them all together. There’s old Havana, the center of the city, filled with block after block of cobblestone streets and two and three story Spanish
Supply Chain Simulation in 6 Easy Steps
Supply chain simulations are usually so complicated only a few experts know how to use them. But SCM Globe simulations are both easy and accurate. That makes them useful to a wide audience of academic, professional and business people. Anyone wishing to teach about supply chains, or analyze the
Taking Care of Business on the Silk Road
CASE STUDY FOCUS: Timeless Supply Chain Challenges (Master Distributors and their Inventory Buffers Stabilize Product Flow). Simulations show the best way to support a continuous and predictable flow of merchandise on the ancient Silk Road was to have large stocks of inventory at key locations.
Taming the Bullwhip on the Silk Road
CASE STUDY FOCUS: Timeless Supply Chain Challenges (managing the Bullwhip Effect). How was it possible in the year 210 AD to maintain a continuous flow of merchandise on the Silk Road and to match supply with demand as conditions changed from one year to the next? How could people without
Four Reasons to Use Simulations for Supply Chain Learning
There's an old saying that goes like this, "Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I'll remember; involve me and I'll learn." Logistics has always been the foundation upon which successful companies support themselves. Now in our interconnected and globalized world, skills in logistics and supply
What You Learn from Case Studies and Simulations
DANCING WITH THE STARS - the Spicy Cube "Electric Slide" Version by Frank Scheer, Ph.D., University of Maryland Global Campus Coordinating a supply chain to achieve efficiency balanced with cost is very much like learning a line dance. Missteps stand out prominently, as does not keeping up with
Alexander the Great – Campaign in Afghanistan
CASE STUDY CONCEPT: Military Logistics 101 -- "An Army Marches on Its Stomach." In this case study we look at how Alexander supplied his campaign in Afghanistan. The case study is based on research done by professor Donald Engles and presented in his book Alexander the Great and the Logistics of