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Thursday April 28, 2016

Get Down & Play The Logistics Game

Get Down And Play The Logistics Game

      Meet Andy Page and Patricia Smedley, former UK teachers and as unlikely a duo for change as you might expect.
      These two have concocted a board game intended to excite and inspire 9-19 year olds about logistics and the global supply chain.
      The game is called “Business on the Move,” and their particular dream became a reality for kids in the UK in the summer of 2014.

Business On The Move KidsTeaching Kids Logistics

      The basic concept of the game is that players run a logistics business moving different products from China to their domestic market by land, air, and sea as quickly, profitably, and environmentally responsibly as they can.
      Players must make the same decisions businesses make every day: How do I deliver? Will I make a profit? How should I grow? How can I cut my carbon footprint?

Logistics Real Time

      That’s right—this old-fashioned board game is no mirage.
      Some educational folks dare to bring to the 21st Century world of cell-phones, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Snapchat, et al, a board game that at first glance looks like a Monopoly clone, with little pieces including trucks, airplanes, and ULDs.
     And no, the young kids should not chew on the game pieces and the older kids should not shove them up their noses.
     What we are hearing is that so far the kids and their parents as well love the experience of learning about an industry that few had even imagined about prior to “Business on the Move.”
     “As teachers we recognized ‘Business on the Move’ would need to be extremely versatile, relevant to different subjects, and sufficiently flexible to meet the needs of widely differing learners,” Patricia Smedley told FlyingTypers.
      “In fact, the response from the logistics industry has been so positive, ‘Business on the Move’ can now be played at seven different levels, including at the higher end with such aspects as pillarization, reverse logistics, and cash flow,” Andy Page adds.

Platform For Learning

     “Two-thirds of our games were distributed, free of charge, into schools and colleges nominated by our fifty business sponsors,” Andy Page said.
      “‘Business on the Move’ can also be used as a training tool with apprentices, graduates, and other new recruits as well as existing staff,” Mr. Page added.

Not For Profit

     “Our business is a particular form of social enterprise called a Community Interest Company (or CIC).
      “Our company is limited by guarantee.
      “There are no dividends and any profits we might make are ‘asset-locked’ by statute and must be invested in the community,” Page and Smedley insist.

Looking For Sponsors

     “In partnership with our sponsors we are currently creating a portfolio of learning activities for classroom use after playing the game,” said Andy Page.
      “The exercises highlight what our sponsors do and provide young people with a realistic insight into supply chains and business as a whole.”
     “Our aim is to provide teachers, trainers, and their young people with a variety of versatile exercises that enrich learning across the curriculum and celebrate the diversity of the logistics sector at one and the same time. ‘Business on the Move’ is therefore much more than a fun board game.
      “It is a flexible learning platform for young people of all abilities, from the age of nine upwards,” Patricia Smedley said.

Fun'n'Games Business Model

     “We are most grateful to the fifty business partners that have collectively sponsored our enterprise,” Patricia adds.
      “They truly represent a cross-section of UK supply chains including SMEs, household names, professional/trade bodies, and multinationals.
      “Their support is enabling more than 1,800 games of our 2,800 production run to go free-of-charge, with training and support, into some 500 schools and colleges across the UK.
     “The remaining games, along with access to the associated bank of learning activities, are available to purchase through our website.
     “Our aim now is to generate sufficient sales revenue to finance a second production run, to take the game international and thereby sustain our social enterprise’s work to excite young people everywhere about the world of business,” Patricia Smedley said.
     While you hear and read about various captains of the transportation industry stressing the importance of education, here under our collective noses is a game that can point thousands of youngsters into a possible career in logistics.

Teaching Kids Logistics

     “‘Business on the Move’ aims to inspire and excite young people about how business and global supply chains work, make connections between the classroom and business reality, and develop the ‘employability’ that young people need in their future working lives,” Page and Smedley declare.
      So move over Scrabble, Settlers of Catan, Orleans, and Evolution.
      Here comes ‘Business on the Move’ to open the door for young minds everywhere to learn about the world of logistics.
      Imagine: classrooms filled with nine- and ten-year-old children learning about logistics.
      Guess what?
      Somebody already did.
http://www.businessonthemove.org/
Geoffrey

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