Teams will experience the impact of every decision they make, not just in their own functional ‘silo’ but across their business, and the entire value chain!

The Fresh Connection is an innovative web-based business simulation game. It engages participants in turning around a manufacturer of fruit juices. In teams of 4, participants will represent the functional roles of VP Purchasing, VP Operations, VP Supply Chain, and VP Sales. Participants will be confronted with various real-life, real-time dilemmas. Cross-functional understanding and collaboration are key components, as teams work together to turn the company around.

VP Purchasing

Manages selection of right suppliers for different components, reach on appropriate contract index, agreeing service-level agreements (SLAs) with suppliers and decides about collaboration options.

VP Operations

Must decide on capacity in warehouses and production areas, approve investment in bottling lines and mixers, introduces various    improvement projects and manage necessary KPIs.

VP Supply Chain

Manages inventories (safety stock, lot size settings) for different components & for finished goods, frozen period of production planning and decide about production intervals.

VP Sales

Agrees SLAs (service-level agreements) with customers that impacts contract index, manages the product and customer portfolio, manages shortage rule, forecasts demand and introduces collaboration concepts.

SIMULATION OBJECTIVES

The Fresh Connection is a versatile learning experience that can be adapted to abreast with latest and state of the art knowledge and skill. Decisions related to specific topics in the simulation game can be switched on or off. This way every experience of The Fresh Connection is uniquely tailored to its participants’ needs, whatever their objectives.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Build internal or external teams
Translate strategy into action
Experience the power of a well-designed set of KPI’s
Appreciate cross-functional trade-offs in the value chain
Learn how to manage risks in the supply chain in a coordinated way
Learn how to manage and optimize the carbon footprint of the supply chain
Understand the importance and relevance of a company and supply chain strategy
Learn to ‘speak the same language’ with other value chain partners, internally or externally
Experience the power of a professional and well-structured Sales & Operations Planning process
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GAME SETUP

Participants get to run their own virtual company called The Fresh Connection, a manufacturer of fruit juices. Faced with declining performance, the management team must get the company back on track as quickly as possible. It is a high-pressure environment in which effective supply chain management is the key to success!

Every decision a participant makes has trade-offs, both within and across roles. Alignment of all the disciplines and the implementation of an effective supply chain strategy will be key to success. Winning will be about generating the best Return on Investment (ROI) for the business while still managing your own team’s Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and targets!

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Why is The Fresh Connection different?

For a subject as vital as Value Chain Management, it is not enough to tell people how it works. They must experience it! The Fresh Connection is a different way of learning that puts participants at the heart of a lifelike simulation so they can experience the impact of every decision they make, not just in their own ‘silo’ but across the business.

By team experience, participants measure their performance and receive constant feedback from the certified trainer leading the business game. Between rounds, participants reflect on their decisions and the outcome. They are introduced to new concepts and then go back to put what they have learned into practice in the next round. It is this ‘Magic Circle’ that makes The Fresh Connection so powerful.

Participants who have experienced The Fresh Connection find it is not only highly effective but has a lasting impact. Delivering long-term benefits based on business best practices makes The Fresh Connection the Ultimate Learning Experience.

License Price For 5 Rounds
$ 300 /Participant

Trainer & Facilitation Fee: (US) $ 200

Extra Rounds (Above 5)
$ 50 /Same Participant

Trainer & Facilitation Fee: (US) $ 200

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Notes:

  1. Public program definition: Where participants are from different organizations. These programs are open for anyone to join. Usually such sort of programs entail participants from versatile organizations.
  2. The trainer/facilitator for public programs should be an approved trainer from the parent company.
  3. The charges are exclusive of any taxes applied.

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