General Engineering Program
General Data
Academic program General Engineering Program :
Type d'EC Classes (LIIAem09EModSCBlue)
Tutorials : 20h00
Total duration : 30h00
Status :
Period :
SEMESTER 9
Education language :
French
Learning Outcomes
• Recognize and distinguish the stakes and advantages of a circular supply chain and circular economy.
• Assess the performance of a circular supply chain and combine different circular strategies
• Design a transformation strategy from a linear supply chain to a circular supply chain.
Content
Business simulation THE BLUE CONNECTION (publisher INCHAINGE) which students will play via a web interface (in English).
ECAM La Salle is a forerunner in the deployment of this game (we work in parallel with professors from HEC).
The game takes place in 6 to 8 rounds, the students work in teams of 3 or 4 and each plays the role of a manager within the fictitious company The Blue Connection:
- Sales management
- Purchasing/design department
- Supply chain management
- Finance department
The company sells bicycles (only one model) to 3 different customers and is in great financial difficulty. The goal of this game is to make the company profitable while developing a circular economy.
In each round, the students test and deploy a circularity or life extension strategy (maintenance/warranty, refurbishment, remanufacturing, recycling).
In the final rounds, they must choose their own strategy, implement it and explain it in an individual report.
Pre-requisites / co-requisites
Industrial Organization courses (A&M year 4) and The Fresh Connection Module
Assessment(s)
Nature Coefficient Observable objectives
1Continuous Assessment2