Faculty & Research

Areas:  Supply chain

Authors:  Youssef F. Bissada, Emeritus professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise

Minimum time required: 5 hours

Distribution Contact: 
Hoda Irani Bissada
BISSADA MANAGEMENT SIMULATIONS
Tel: (33) (0)1 47.15.29.30
[email protected]
[email protected]

Description

The Supply Chain Challenge is a standalone fully computerised business simulation developed to improve managers understanding of the contribution the supply chain function makes to value creation.

Pedagogical Objectives

• Enhance awareness concerning the supply chain and the different functions involved mainly Purchasing and Production
• Introduce the value creation concept, show its impact on company valuation and demonstrate the contribution made by the supply chain.

Secondary benefits of the exercise

• Networking among participants.
• Getting acquainted with the supply function performance objectives and means of achieving them.
• Practical and hands-on approach to a new and unfamiliar financial tool based on decision making material from participants' daily jobs.
• Fun and competitive "game" method of learning.