Teaching Tip: BPIsim: A Hands-On Simulation to Teach Cash-to-Cash Manufacturing Operating Cycle Processes in a Purchasing, Operations, and Supply Chain Management Context

Autor/in	Whitelock, Vincent G.
Titel	Teaching Tip: BPIsim: A Hands-On Simulation to Teach Cash-to-Cash Manufacturing Operating Cycle Processes in a Purchasing, Operations, and Supply Chain Management Context
Quelle	In: Journal of Information Systems Education, 31 (2020) 1, S.12-39 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1055-3096
Schlagwörter	Experiential Learning; Manufacturing; Purchasing; Simulation; Business; Role Playing; Teaching Methods; Active Learning; Supply and Demand; Information Management; Program Effectiveness; Higher Education; Business Administration Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Herstellung; Beschaffungswesen; Kauf; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Rollenspiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aktives Lernen; Bedarfsplanung; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This paper presents a hands-on simulation that is conducted in an introductory integrated supply chain management course using enterprise resource planning concepts associated with the Cash-to-Cash Manufacturing Operating Cycle. More specifically, this activity simulates the activities in the procure-to-pay, plan-to-produce, and order-to-cash business processes to provide participants the opportunity to learn integration of key business processes in a purchasing, operations, and supply chain management context. The hands-on simulation is called Business Process Integration Simulation, or BPIsim. Participants collaborate on a five-member supply chain team comprised of an end-user, a distributor/dealer, a manufacturer (OEM), and two suppliers. While partaking in the simulation, participants actively experience the exchange of tangible resources (e.g., preprinted documents; prop cash money; packaging; and component, raw, semi-finished, finished, and trading goods inventories, etc.) and construct tangible products for the benefit of the customer. When the simulation is complete, the participants will have learned major ERP concepts and the five major activities associated with plan, source, make, deliver, and return management processes that are prominently highlighted in the seminal Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model. Quantitative and qualitative data indicate that the hands-on simulation is not only intuitive, engaging, and fun, but also a highly-effective experiential learning activity to improve understanding of key business processes that span across five key supply chain members. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Information Systems Education. e-mail: editor@jise.org; Web site: http://www.jise.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01