Scm globe simulation

Over the past ten weeks the SCM Globe Simulator has been a great resource to aid in educating me on the numerous details associated to managing and running a successful supply chain. In conjunction to the text contained in Bowersox, Closs, Cooper and Bowersox (2013), I was able to better understand the many facets of supply chain management and successfully expand supply chain operations, decrease inventory costs, reduce transportation costs, expand the supply chain to support company growth, and ultimately establish company growth by more than quadrupling the Cincinnati Seasonings model. The final results for week ten that will be discussed in this paper provide a summary regarding the culmination of knowledge and understanding of the SCM Globe simulator gained through each week’s assignments by tinkering, adjusting, and expanding the Cincinnati Seasonings model.

The SCM Globe assignments each week provided a sense of real world supply chain management of the Spicy Cube product minus certain aspects of supply chain management not being included in this simulation. For instance, aspects such as the purchasing of raw materials for the factory, labor costs (outside of transportation), and the actual waves of supply and demand associated to consumer consumption is lacking but SCM Globe remained a great simulator and resource for students to utilize. My first impression of SCM Globe was that it would be a herculean task to comprehend and I questioned how anyone could learn the many steps needed to run the simulator successfully. Luckily the gentlemen at SCM Globe provided a great tutorial that assisted with answering the countless questions posed while Prof. Bryant provided fun and pertinent weekly assignments that allowed for the progressive learning of supply chain management and the running of the simulator. Listed below are the weekly tasks assigned in SCM Globe: