Friday, January 05, 2007

IIMC Intaglio - Finalists (State of Affairs)

Pallavi Agarwal & Ambar Sharma have progressed to the final round of STATE OF AFFAIRS event at IIMC INTAGLIO!! . Hearty congrats!

This is a simulation game designed to test service-oriented supply chain management principles and whether participants can use them effectively. The Beer Game has for long been the standard for teaching complex principles of supply chain management in a finished good inventory supply chain. Services, however, typically cannot hold inventory. Backlog of services can only be managed through capacity adjustments. This game revolves around the adjustment of two parameters - backlog and human resource capacity adjustment costs. The winner shall be the team that manages to minimize these two costs while satisfying the given constraints.

Round 1: In this round participants were tested on the basis of their understanding of Supply Chain Management and Operations. It was in the form of a quiz with 40 questions. Round 2 will be held on 6th of jan, 2007.

- Bistrobanter, Kolkatta

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