GRA's Beer Game - Supply Chain Simulation - S&OP

GRA Director Dan Knox talks about the Beer Game - a supply chain simulation that lets the players experience the pressures of playing a role in a production/distribution simulation to develop their Supply Chain understanding.
The game is played via a large board game with teams of at least four players. Players move pieces around the board and determine what they want to make or purchase and how much stock to hold, in a fun and competitive environment.
The Beer Game is a fun, interactive session which can help build ownership and develop understanding on why supply chain planning and S&OP (sales and operations planning) are complicated, and why structured, cross functional communication is important.
GRA’s experienced facilitators can increase your team’s knowledge and understanding and link the Beer Game’s learning objectives to a broader program if required.
The Beer Game can be used to:
• Improve understanding on how end-to-end supply chains operate
• Create increased buy in for S&OP (sop) /IBP rollouts - this can work especially well for developing non-supply chain department engagement eg Sales planning & Marketing departments
• Expand your team’s overall Supply Chain knowledge and the part they play
• Increase awareness on why cross functional communication is important within supply chains
• Develop the case for Customer & Supplier collaboration
• Improve culture and have some fun as a teambuilding exercise
Further information on GRA's Beer Game offering - www.gra.net.au/what-we-do/trai...
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