Re: The Real Game

[Brecht Debusschere]

I have just send you all an email with the login codes for your specific roles. Please try this out to make sure everything works fine!

 

grtz,

[Brecht Debusschere]

Regarding the remark I made after Tuesday's lecture for decisions which cannot be made undone (and therefore have an immediate cost in the game), this is the explanation:

• During any round you can amend your decisions as many times as you like. In general there are no consequences attached to doing so. However, there are two exceptions to this - cancelling existing contracts and purchasing information.
• Cancelling a contract CANNOT be undone, nor can the associated costs coming the remaining contract duration and the contract value (the purchasing value at the supplier).
• The purchasing of information cannot be undone either, since the requested information is instantly provided. Finally, once a round has ended, decisions for that round can no longer be changed.

Please take this into account when playing the game, it has an effect on the whole team.

Thank you!

Grtz,

[Agung Darmawan]

Brecht. I'm so sorry. but,your calculation for the component doesn't make sense. the lot sizes (the number of goods that is needed to be ordered every order) are impossible became only 1.0 weeks. and the safety stocks (the number of good that will be a "back-up" every order) also are not possible became those big. For the product, it still makes sense. Thank you.

[Brecht Debusschere]

For Safety Stock, we need take into account the lead time from the suppliers:

• Pack 1L: 5 days
• PET: 15 days (= more than 2 weeks)
• Orange: 30 days (= 1 month)
• Mango: 25 days (= 3.5 weeks)
• Vitamin C: 20 days (= almost 3 weeks)

We cannot run out of components during lead time, so minimum SS should be these numbers.

 

Regarding lot sizes, you are right: 1 week is not realistic. The new numbers are OK.

[Agung Darmawan]

Lead time is not only covered by the SS. but Reordering level,which also depends on the EOQ.

I am thinking about the production interval. if we produce more frequently, the production cost will be higher.

[Agung Darmawan]

I am disappointed with the result.. I have tried my best and made a good calculation. but in the last minutes it became useless.

[Ferry Akbar Pasaribu]

Dear all,

 

I would like to thank you all for the effort given to improve our company's performance. Unfortunately, the result was not as expected.

 

I think the reasons why this happened were:

 

1. Lack of coordination

2. Trust yet has to be built stronger

 

Therefore, we need to improve these weaknesses. We are at the point of no return, and for the sake of our study we need to work together.

 

Let's meet tomorrow after the class guys. We need to stick together guys.

 

Best,

 

Ferry

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Brecht Debusschere <brecht.de...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is the email I got from the assistant confirming our participation and the different login codes:

 

Dear Brecht,

 

I already sent the trial login (vubtrial18 HsR0vdvi) to your colleague Agung.

 

For the real game your codes are:

 

vubeng - Team 18 vubeng86 Z7mkAFyw

vubeng - Team 18 vubeng87 bb3XALr5

vubeng - Team 18 vubeng88 phGAARjC

vubeng - Team 18 vubeng89 7F5q3PEF

vubeng - Team 18 vubeng90 iMJ33Vyd

 

Explanation will follow on tuesday evening.

 

You need to go to the following site for playing The Fresh Connection : http://game.thefreshconnection.eu/2012

After you have logged in, you can select the role you will play in the team Please note that we have created FIVE logins per team. That gives you some flexibility in case there is a team of for example 5 persons or when students need to give their role temporarily to another team member in case of absence, illness, et cetera. This fifth person can then take the ‘watch’ role (as participants MUST select a role).

In that role this person cannot take decisions, he/she has more the role of facilitator and guiding the team process.

You have the option to choose either Dutch or English. You select this at the start, but can always change this later in the tab ‘Profile’.

For your convenience, below the buildup of rounds and levels:

 Round     Level   Weight factor in final score

Round 1    level 2       0 (this round is a trial round, score does not count in end score)

Round 2    level 3       1

Round 3    level 4       1

Round 4    level 5       1*

Round 5    level 6       2

Round 6    level 6       2

*we scrap the worst score from rounds 2 up until round 4

Good luck and enjoy The Fresh Connection !

Patrick Willems,

Certified Trainer

email: patw...@vub.ac.be

www.thefreshconnection.org

 

Bye,

Brecht

--
(Mr) Ferry Akbar Pasaribu

Brussels

[Annelies Wouters]

Hello everyone,

 

I just took a look at the results which are indeed not as expected.

However, it is also a process where we can learn from as a team and I believe this is also the primary goal of the course. I agree with Ferry to focus on the next rounds and to improve our strengths and minimize our weaknesses.

For me it's OK to meet tomorrow.

 

Greetings,

 

Annelies

 

 

2013/3/10 Ferry Akbar Pasaribu <ferryap...@gmail.com>

[Anete Freimane]

Hello,

Indeed the week one/round 1 is over and now we can see how can we
improve the process for the game and coordination. I already see that
for the new round there are again new features for which we should
make decisions.

For the coordination, I have a suggestion to create a new topic on the
google group for each round, so that we would not mix accidentally the
information from different rounds.

I am ok to meet tomorrow after the class.
At the moment I looking into results and issues from the Operations
point of view. I will share some points that are relevant to all
departments later today. I suppose we should all look at the numbers
and see which issues could be relevant for other departments.

Anete

[Ferry Akbar Pasaribu]

Guys,

 

Please check the gmail drive, I worked on the spreadsheet made by Anete. I did some readings and I understand that the highest demands come (in sequence) from Dominique, Food and Grocery Land Market on Fressie Orange PET.

 

Then second on Fressie Orange 1 Lt, of which the highest demands come from (in sequence) Food and Grocery and Land Market.

 

The third on Fressie Orange/Mango PET, of which the highest demands come from (again in sequence) Dominique, Food and Grocery and Land Market.

 

But on the value, the highest is on Fresh Orange 1 Lt, of which Food and Grocery made the highest purchase values, followed by Land Market.

 

The second on the value made by Fressie Orange PET, of which the purchase made by Dominick, Food and Grocery and Land Market.

 

The third is on Fressie Orange/Mango 1 Lt, of which Food and Grocery made the highest purchase, followed by Land Market.

 

So overall, the highest demand made by Dominick, but the highest value was made by Food and Grocery. That is why I make the Contract Index as written on the spreadsheet. Please kindly check, I think our sales are quite modest already.

 

Any comments are welcomed.

 

Thanks.

 

Ferry and Dede

[Patricia Coppens]

[Patricia Coppens]

Hi,

 

Annelies  already created a file for purchasing, so I worked on that file. Brecht and Agung, please let us know what do you think of our suggestions. We also need to discuss the amounts we need to order.

 

I already went to class Tuesday, so I'm not at the VUB tomorrow, but I'll hope the file is clear, otherwise you can send me an e-mail/text.

 

I hope we get a higher ROI then the first round :D

[Annelies Wouters]

Dear Brecht and Agung,

 

Concerning the supplier of PET, namely Plantin, it seems any feedback from the other departments like for example supply chain would be useful to determine the reliability, the delivery window,... For this supplier, there is some margin to adapt some factors and to keep the contract index below 1.000.

 

Woud it be possible to give any feedback about the preferences from the other departments regarding some factors?

 

Many thanks in advance,

 

Greetings,

 

Annelies

 

 

2013/3/20 Patricia Coppens <patricia...@gmail.com>

[Agung Darmawan]

Dear Annelies,

From the last round, the reliability for PET is good enough. And currently, we have good amount of stock. Because of the usage of PET and Pack 1 Liter is big enough, you can use Tank for the container (if it is can help the contract index)

[Patricia Coppens]

Dear all,

 

I changed the suppliers as we agreed to in my post on google groups, so:

1) Pack: Brit Pack, quality high, lead time 5 days, reliability 90%, delivery window 1 week, FTL, paymen term = 8 weeks

= contract index: 0.9968

2) PET

= Plantin, quality high, reliability 98%, lead time 15 daysn, delivery window 4 hours, FTL, payment term 8 weeks,

= contractindex: 1.0048

3) Oranges:

= Miami, quality high, lead time 30 days, reliability93%, delivery window 1 week, TANK, payment term 8 weeks

= contractindex: 0.9841

4) Mango: a change of supplier: instead of Tampa, we chose dalima

= Dalima, quality middle, lead time 15 days, 95%reliability delivery window 1 week, IBC, payment term 8 weeks

= contract index van 1.0211

 

5) Vitamins

= All vitamins, quality middle, lead time 20 days,reliability 90%, delivery window 1 week, DRUM, payment term 4 weeks,

= contractindex 1

 

Agung, I just noticed that you suggested to order Tank instead of FTL for PET and Pack. I checked but for PET and Pack, you can only choose FTL or Pallet, so I think FTL  is the best?

 

Have a nice Sunday!

 

Kind regards, Patricia

2013/3/23 Agung Darmawan <agu...@gmail.com>

[Anete Freimane]

Patricia,

Thanks for your information and sharing your decisions!

Agung, Brecht,

Have you made the final decisions and the ones online are the final
ones? We have to use your decision on safety stock to see how big the
finished goods warehouse should be. At the moment we used the numbers
that are online. If you change your safety stock decisions, could you
please let me know asap, so I can adapt?

Thanks,
Anete

[ferryap...@gmail.com]

Agung and my dear other friends, just let me know if the sales have to adapt anything.

Thanks.

Ferry
-- BlackBerry® from Mobistar ---

[Annelies Wouters]

Dear Agung,

In the first round, the negotiated reliability for PET was 95% and the reliability in practice was 93,7%.

Now, at this moment, the negotiated reliability is 98% => contract index = 1,0048. If 95% => contract index = 1,0008.

Compared with the first round: we negotiated high quality (instead middle quality and a rejection % of 4%) and a shorter delivery time (4h instead of 1 week). => Positive effects on the stock to be considered in my opinion.

With your reaction, do you mean, we can change the reliability from 98% back to 95% as in the first round?

Please let me know, if we should make the change.

Greetings,

Annelies

2013/3/23 Agung Darmawan <agu...@gmail.com>

[Agung Darmawan]

For purchasing :
Just keep it higher,if there is no problem with the contract index (I
mean if the contract index still higher than 1)

For operation :
We need to boost the production,I think we need the SMED and the other
feature to boost up. Because regarding the stock now,it's almost
nothing.

For sales :
I think the more shelf life for the customer,the higher the contract
index. Please your you mind to change the service priority also,from
the higher to the lower service level. Thank you.

Sorry guys,I reply it so lately. I am just from the church for the
Sunday Palm. Hehehe..

[Agung Darmawan]

Dear Patricia,

I think these contracts are good already. Just keep to choose the most
efficient one for the container. Thank you.

On 3/24/13, Patricia Coppens <patricia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I changed the suppliers as we agreed to in my post on google groups, so:
> 1) Pack: Brit Pack, quality high, lead time 5 days, reliability 90%,
> delivery window 1 week, FTL, paymen term = 8 weeks
> = contract index: 0.9968
> 2) PET
> = Plantin, quality high, reliability 98%, lead time 15 daysn, delivery
> window 4 hours, FTL, payment term 8 weeks,
> = contractindex: 1.0048
> 3) Oranges:
> = Miami, quality high, lead time 30 days, reliability93%, delivery window 1
> week, TANK, payment term 8 weeks
> = contractindex: 0.9841

> 4) *Mango: a change of supplier: instead of Tampa, we chose dalima*
> *= Dalima*, quality middle, lead time 15 days, 95%reliability delivery

> window 1 week, IBC, payment term 8 weeks
> = contract index van 1.0211
>
> 5) Vitamins
> = All vitamins, quality middle, lead time 20 days,reliability 90%, delivery

> window 1 week, DRUM, *payment term 4 weeks, *

[Agung Darmawan]

Dear Anete,

The safety stocks are already set to reach the safe level of
warehouse. You just need to boost the production and keep the
warehouse on the same level as last round.

[Annelies Wouters]

Dear Agung,

If I understand well, we shouldn't decrease the reliability for PET from 98% (contract index = 1,0048) to 95% (contract index = 1,0008)?

Annelies

2013/3/24 Agung Darmawan <agu...@gmail.com>

[Agung Darmawan]

Oo.. Good Lord. I forget,that this is purchasing. Hahaha. Het spijt
me. I think 95% will be better than 98%,Annelies. Sorry. I'm still on
the way home. Sorry for lack of concentration.

[Agung Darmawan]

And for the shelf life,I think it will be better to keep it
high,because it helps the contract index still reasonable. Base on my
calculation the shelf life has no direct impact to service level
during short term (6months),the impact is for long term (more than
2years). The direct impact is only to the obselet. Thank you.

Hopefully,my little grey cells will work well this round. Hehehe..

[Agung Darmawan]

I am waiting the result of round 2 but, it takes so much longer than I expect, even longer than when the round 1 calculated.

[Agung Darmawan]

Sorry guys. The result is still negative. Maybe I miscalculate something. :(

[Ferry Akbar Pasaribu]

Ok Agung, let's discuss again tomorrow. Probably something wrong with the way we do business :-).

See you guys tom..

Ferry

[Ferry Akbar Pasaribu]

Anyway, it's getting better. We made less loss apparently, rite?

On 24 Mar 2013, at 20:51, Agung Darmawan <agu...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Agung Darmawan]

I know the problem already. Indeed, my calculation is made too naive. I will make it better for the next round. I do apologise. :(

[Annelies Wouters]

Dear all,

 

I believe we can be also a little bit optimistic as a team. ROI is -1.5% in contrast with -35,91% in round 1...

We are making progress in a positive way and it means we still can do better from the lessons learned.

 

Regarding Purchase: in round 1, we had gold, in round 2 bronze.

 

Greetings and see you tomorrow,

 

Annelies

2013/3/24 Agung Darmawan <agu...@gmail.com>

I know the problem already. Indeed, my calculation is made too naive. I will make it better for the next round. I do apologise. :(