Name: Aakriti A. Sharma Course : IENG 452 : Introduction to Six Sigma Title : Lab report on The (Root) Beer Game Summary : The Beer Game provides an insight into the supply chain in real world. It is played amongst a retailer‚ wholesaler‚ distributor and factory. The main objective of the game is to minimize the total costs of the supply chain and avoid backlogs. Communication between the four departments is not allowed. The retailer is the only person who knows the actual order
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I didn’t research the Beer Game itself prior to the game being played. I did read the summary provided of the game‚ but if I had done a little research on the web prior to the game‚ I would have had quite a bit of insight. It seems this game is very well known and used quite often in schools and management training to show the supply chain in action. The game has been around since the 1960’s when a group from MIT’s Sloan School of Management introduced the game as a part of a research project
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18‚ 2008; Bled‚ Slovenia The Beergame in business-to-business eCommerce courses – a teaching report Kai Riemer The University of Münster‚ Germany wikari@wi.uni-muenster.de Abstract In this teaching report I demonstrate the use of the so-called beer distribution game in teaching business-to-business eCommerce courses. The beergame is a role-play supply chain simulation game that lets students experience typical coordination problems of (traditional) supply chains without information sharing and
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Player Manual for Beer game Last Modified Jan 7‚ 2011 Game Link: http://davinci.tamu.edu/beergame/ Objective of the Game: Is to satisfy the demand of the customer‚ while keeping the cost low. There is a cost for holding inventory and a cost for not satisfying demand (backorder). The demand for the product remains until it is satisfied i.e. backorder persists until it is fulfilled. Each player would be given an information card as shown below‚ The information card contains details regarding
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What’s better‚ mass produced or crafted beer? According to (http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/craft-brewer-defined) a craft brewer is “small‚ independent and traditional”. They have to produce less than six million barrels to be considered a craft brewery. Also from a financial point there is a difference to a mass producing beer brewery‚ an alcoholic industry can only have a maximum of 25% of the brewery. If they own more than this they are considered
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perspective on this subject of light beer versus full flavor beer is an on-going argument that all beer drinkers have taken part in at one time or another. Once the truth had been discovered about light beer in this age of staying slim‚ many have traded in their full flavor beer for the light beer. One might bring into question the subject of such trivial importance‚ but one would think that if people cannot openly discuss a subject as trivial and inconsequential as beer‚ then how could they be expected
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Surrealism and Advertising How just beer became ‘BEER!!’ 14/12/2008 Contents INTRODUCTION 3 Surrealism and Advertising 3 The Product 3 The Campaign 3 The commercial 5 Conclusion 5 Appendix A 6 Appendix B 6 Visuals: 7 References: 9 INTRODUCTION The intention of this essay is to analyse surrealism in advertising and apply the theoretical background of it and the psychoanalytic theory to a 2003/2004 campaign for Tooheys Extra Dry beer‚ made by BMF Advertising agency.
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Joanne Grace O. Liu 10928456 January 28‚ 2012 DINSYS1 Beer Game Reflection In the game‚ I was assigned to be the factory. The objective of the game was to be able to supply products to the customers at the same time minimize inventory. In a nutshell‚ the demand of the customer should be supplied immediately by each entity in the supply chain. Being the factory‚ I felt that I was actually controlled by the other entities. It is through their orders that I should decide how many raw materials to
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distinguishes it? 2 What enabled MMBC to create such a strong brand? 3 What has caused MMBC’s decline in spite of its strong brand? 3 Should MMBC introduce a light beer? 4 Is MM Light financially feasible for MMBC? 5 Break-Even Point (BEP) Analysis 6 MM Lager Cannibalization 6 MM Light Marketing Strategies 7 Exhibit 1 – SWOT Analysis 9 Exhibit 2 – Financial Data and Assumptions 10 Exhibit 3 – Break-Even Point (BEP) Analysis Calculations 11 Exhibit 4 – MM Lager Cannibalization Calculations
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analyze the brand of Tiger Beer‚ the flag-ship product of Asia-Pacific Breweries Singapore‚ through SWOT (Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats) analysis‚ competitors’ examination and its different marketing efforts by the company. This analysis is restricted geographically to the beer-consumption market in Singapore. Some recommendations are made at the end of this report with reference to the limits of the research for this paper. Company Profile: APB and Tiger Beer Asia Pacific Breweries
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