Session Information
2008 APICS International Conference & Expo
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Match Game: Maximizing ROI and Minimizing Inventory
Track : Principles of Operations Management
Program Code: P-4
Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008
Time: 3:45 PM to 5:00 PM  EST
Location: Room 2105
SPEAKER :
 Anne Haberkorn, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP, Lead Supply Chain Solutions Instructor, Fox Valley Technical College
SUBMITTER :
 Jim Robison, CFPIM, CPIM, CIRM, Lecturer, Sonoma State University
Description
Here, participants will play three iterations of the match game (from "The Goal," by Eliyahu M. Goldratt). The exercise will demonstrate the importance of identifying the system constraint and the means to identify it. Once identified, the constraint can be used to minimize inventory and maximize return on investment. Real data from the audience are used to illustrate learning points and generate discussions. Analysis of the data includes a brief discussion of cost justifying a constraint reduction project. Prior knowledge of the game or the book is not required.

LEARNER OUTCOMES:
    1. Identify constraints (bottlenecks) in a manufacturing or service system
    2. Use the constraint to optimize system throughput
    3. Develop a model that may, or may not, cost-justify improvements to the constraint


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