The Beer Game - Supply Chain Simulation

Description

The Beer Game - Supply Chain Simulation

A game of interactive learning

The Beer Game Supply Chain Simulation is a hands-on-experiential course, designed to inspire and engage participants, enabling them to understand, and experience themselves, how they can improve and integrate an internal and external Supply Chain.  Unfortunately, the Beer Game does not involve any actual beer!  It is a business process and supply chain simulation which brings to light the issues that arise in traditional supply chains

Topics that will covered:

• Supply Chain Integration
• Sales and Operations planning
• Planning and scheduling
• Teamwork and communication
• Strategy execution
• Supply chain performance
• The lean washes
• Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) improvement cycle
• Cost impacts of supply chain disruption

Learning Outcomes:

• You will gain significant understanding of the root cause of supply chain problems
• You will be empowered to make lasting change happen
• How to work and think together

Who Should Attend:

• Company owners, 
• Senior Managers, 
• Operational management
• Team Leaders

Facilitator:

Geerten Lengkeek

Geerten helps manufacturing and supply chain companies achieve breakthrough performance in their operations. The resulting benefits include sustained competitiveness in cost, customer service and quality, a continuous improvement system and culture, and improved skills, engagement and retention of the people of the enterprise.

Geerten has been in operations leadership and continuous improvement roles for the past 25 years, in a variety of settings globally. His operations experience spans supply chain, procurement, manufacturing and warehousing. He has worked in Primary Industry, Food and Beverage, Engineering, Pharmaceutical and FMCG. He counts among his clients Ballance Agri-Nutrients, Patchell Group, Hustler Equipment, Cedenco Foods, OPAC and EastPack kiwifruit, Sequal, SCA, Fulton Hogan, Synlait, Westland Milk Products and Fonterra.

Thank you for registering for this event. 

This event may be cancelled in which case payments will be refunded.  Any cancellation and/or changes must be made in writing to events@tauranga.org.nz before 10am the day prior to this event. Registrations not cancelled via email by 10am the day prior to the event will require payment, however substitutions are welcome.