Game-based Enhancement of Teaching Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Abstract

The paper focuses on the selection, application and evaluation of games suitable to enhance teaching and learning processes in two courses related to logistics and supply chain management (SCM) at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade. The selection procedure of logistics and SCM games which incorporates the database of these games and a multi-criteria analysis are designed and applied. Based on requirements to support practicing the distribution requirements planning (DRP) a new game has also been designed. The outcomes of post-game evaluation have shown that students like playing logistics and SCM games and that playing these games helps them learn something they have not previously known. The results of this study are useful for both academics and practitioners interested in training and education of logistics and supply chain (SC) professionals.