Root Beer Game
The original game developed at MIT in the 1960s. This template uses the official rules and the Beer scenario most of us know (4 roles, 3 weeks lead time).
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Our Clients
They are playing the Beer Game with us
An agile solution
Supply Chain and Beer Games for continuous improvement
Companies, consulting firms and universities alike use our online beer simulation game to meet a wide range of objectives — from reproducing real challenges within supply-chain processes to optimizing an organization’s overall performance.
Students and trainees learn new business and team management skills by participating in a fun and engaging serious game experience.
Wide-ranging benefits
Why should you choose our Beer Game simulation platform?
Easy to start, easy to play
Our intuitive platform enables instructors to set up their games in a flash.
User-friendly and multilingual interface
Both beginners and more senior-level participants can immerse themselves in their roles. The game is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and German.
Self-service and customizable
Instructors need no technical expertise to set up and launch our games in both default or custom settings.
Extensive post-game analytics
Our games automatically generate exportable reports and stats for instructors to debrief players and reinforce lessons.
Use cases
Adopted across various contexts and occasions
Corporate and Team Events
In-company training session, team-building workshop, project kickoff meeting, onboarding program, strategic planning sessions
Conferences and Public Engagements
Seminars, kickoff meetings, industry networking events, trade shows, and exhibitions
University and Educational Development
University training programs, bootcamps, contests across universities, introductory courses
Consulting and Client Engagement
Sales demo, Kickoff client's presentation, Client-focused workshops, Coaching sessions
Discover the game in a live 1:1 demo
To learn more and get all your questions answered, schedule a call with one of our gamification expert.
Ready Player One to 600!
Customize and designate player roles in the supply chain, such as Retailer, Wholesaler, Distributor, or Manufacturer. Whether you’re running a game for a small classroom or for hundreds of employees, all players must overcome real supply-chain challenges… or face the Bullwhip Effect!
- Provide intuitive and individualized dashboards.
- Customize game within your industry context and branding.
- Quickly and easily onboard players and teams.
- Keep players engaged through fluid game stages.
- Choose level of complexity with extensive list of parameters.
Start from one of our predefined templates:
Meet your instructor dashboard.
Once logged in to the platform, instructors set up and manage their own in-person or remote beer games on a personal online dashboard. Quickly configure a simple simulation with the default settings or customize a number of other advanced parameters, such as number of turns, minimum order quantity, customer demand, and many, many more!
- Set up and launch online games in seconds.
- Save game templates and archive results.
- Create a team to collaborate with other instructors in your organization.
- Create and host multiple games at once.
- Share games effortlessly with hundreds of participants.
Review post-game analysis.
Trainees, students and instructors can follow individual performance during the game. When a simulation is complete, the platform automatically provides results, charts, and other visual insights that can be archived and downloaded as Excel or PDF. Use this data to stimulate discussion about what went right or wrong in order to build a strategy and optimize the operation going forward.
- Export results in PDF or Excel format.
- Review multiple KPIs by role and overall teams.
- Generate content to spark discussion for improvement.
- Rank players and determine winners based on various criteria.
- Analyze and compare multiple (up to 50!) game results side-by-side.
This isn’t a drinking game,
so why is it called the Beer Game?
The name is derived from a classic role-playing game developed at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the 1960s.
Professors at the time found that they could grab university students’ attention more effectively by calling it the Beer Distribution Game.
Our beer games can be white-labelled, so whether you trade in aircraft parts or smartphones, you can customize the beer game to your specific widget, industry and audience.
Targeted Experiential Learning
Develop and engage your teams
Awareness
Increase understanding of common challenges and behaviors impacting supply chain management performance.
Cooperation
Improve collaboration and information-sharing across actors, resulting in stock reduction, fewer shortages and emergencies, and less stress on client-supplier relationships.
Anticipation
Help all departments identify system dynamics risks and make better-informed decisions.
Improvement
Engage teams around global objectives and instill a continuous-improvement mindset.