Juego Empresarial para la Enseñanza de Inventarios con Demanda Variable

Published in: Engineering for a Smarter Planet: Innovation, ITC, and Computational Tools for Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Date of Conference: August 3-5, 2011
Location of Conference: Medellin, Colombia
Authors: Guillermo L. Carmona González
Juan S. Montoya Agudelo
Refereed Paper: #181

Abstract

Traditionally, inventory management has been taught using static exercises, and generally with a stable demand pattern; however, in reality, inventories' behavior in dynamic and demand patterns are variable. Achieving a learning that is close to reality is difficult, because of the time and the complexity of it, but there are tools that can help in this process. One of this tools is the business game, in which close to reality business situations are simulated and the user can interact; this leads to achieve more motivation, learning and profound learning. Using the systems dynamics, methodology that allows the development of simulators, a business game was done to be used as an academic tool that supports the processes of teaching-learning of inventory management with variable demand and that can be used in the class of industrial logistics. This work presents the business game, its characteristics, its development methodology and a pedagogical purpose for the application of the game in class.