About This Game
Effective logistics processes are key factors for companies in the industry today. Supply Chain Management (SCM) helps companies to increase their profits and market share. As part of this, the Beer distribution game arose in the early ’60s.Today it is one of the most popular business simulations to learn systematic thinking. The Beer Game is widely used in the introduction to the problems and opportunities of Supply Chain Management. Therefore, this is a new edition of the already well-known Beer distribution game as a computer game. The Serious Multiplayer Online Role Play Game (SMORPG) helps understanding the
problems that can occur within the different roles of SCM.A dusty old board game to understand and learn how Supply Chain Management functions – digital re-experience.

Keywords
Effective Logistic Processes, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Bear Distribution Game, The Serious Multiplayer Online Role Play Game (SMORPG), Digital Environment.

Platform

• It needs server-client model
• Server is connected to a network/internet. Server technical requirements are (LAMP);
• Linux/Windows/OSX
• Apache Web Server
• MySQL Database-Server
• PHP Script InterpreterSource
• The client requires no special software except a HTML 5-enabled Web browser on
  specifically win7 application
• PC with currently popular standard equipment is absolutely sufficient for use. To achive full
  scope of functions, sound card and speakers are required

Target Group

The target group of the web application are primarily students and companies who seek a
depression or a training concept about SCM and logistics.

Number of Players

• The player is able to play from the perspective of customer, supplier and manufacturer
• The other component is market which is computer controlled or controlled by the Game
• Master and also it guides the player
• It is Multiplayer game having 4 number of players

How it works

The course of the game is linear, whereby the player himself can determine and dispose of production quantities, stocks as well as orders to other players.
It is a turn-based game. Round by round the player gets new orders, which have to be fulfilled in a certain number of rounds.An order can, for example, demand an order quantity of 12 units after 3 rounds. The player therefore has 3 rounds to complete this order.The production process is similar. The production time is usually one round, unless the production time is explicitly longer for a product. Therefore, one production of a product in a certain quantity can be ordered per
round.The market places orders with the supplier. The player in the role of the supplier begins with the own production of the product. If this is not enough, the player places an order with the manufacturer. Thus the supplier is at the same time also a manufacturer.The orders are each player or market linked, so that an unambiguous allocation is possible. The manufacturer can now start production and process his orders from the supplier.A market has, as in reality, not
only one supplier. A market has 1 to X suppliers. They also have 1 to X manufacturers with whom they can place orders. For clarification Of course it is conceivable that manufacturers can supply other manufacturers with orders. In the technical literature this is called production depth.

In short;

• The market places orders with suppliers.
• Suppliers place orders with manufacturers.
• Manufacturers produce the product and deliver it to the suppliers as soon as they are ready.
• Suppliers receive products from the manufacturer and deliver them to the market.

After the game is finished, the player is provided with the statistics for his own analysis in order to be able to follow the course of the game once more.We can conclude that Supply Chain Management (SCM) generally refers to the planning, procurement, transformation and management of all logistics tasks.In particular, SCM focuses on the collaboration and coordination of involved partners such as suppliers, dealers, logistics service providers and
customers.