Improving the Understanding of Supply Chain Interaction Through the Application of Business Games

Abstract

Dynamic systems such as global supply chains (SC) compel the workforce of all involved players to be faced with ever-changing working environments. This complexity makes it difficult to predict the impact of decisions taken, thus future SC managers need to be trained in taking decisions under uncertainty and to reflect the impact on the whole SC. This type of practical decision making is necessary to take shape within the business and engineering schools since it prepares future practitioners for the requirements they will face. Game-based learning (GBL) is well suited to GBL process. This paper compares two different game-based learning setups with students. The first explains a pure game-based course, whereas the other discusses how a new game is introduced in an undergraduate course on container security. Our comparison helps others to avoid pitfalls in the introduction of GBL in logistics education.