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Bucket Brigade Simulation

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Company:
Georgia Institute of Technology

Type:
Manual

Topic:
Supply Chain Management

Summary:

  • Experience some of the challenges of balancing work when customer orders are picked progressively
  • Understand the principles behind bucket brigades
  • Compare the performance of bucket brigades to performance of alternative ways of organizing workers
  • Train workers to pick by bucket brigade

# Players:
Unlimited

Duration:
60-90 minutes

Year:
2006

Prereqs:
Undergrad, Grad

Cost:
Free

Contact:
John J. BARTHOLDI, III

Web site:
http://www2.isye.gatech.edu/people/faculty/John_Bartholdi/wh/book/bb/activities/howto.html
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