Date:         Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:45:39 EST
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From:         Steve Rindsberg <abuse@LOCALHOST.COM>
Organization: PowerPoint MVP
Subject:      Re: Simple game to demonstrate TOC using Excel/Powerpoint/SAS
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You might want to get in touch with Tushar Mehta (an Excel MVP)
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/index.html

He's done a multi-user version of a game that sounds quite like what you're
after.

In article <1163575215.565778.250650@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, Hari wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have read the book "The Goal" by Eliyahu Goldratt and wanted to know
> if any simple Excel (or Powerpoint or even SAS if possible ) based game
> is available for educational purpose which simulates the matchbox
> experiment in the book, demonstrating the effect of statistical
> fluctuations on a set of dependent events.
>
> It would be great even if a simpler version of this experiment is
> available in parallel to one in the book where a man based process
> (having variability in output) feeds a machine (which has no
> variability in output) leading to build up of inventory.
>
> I think the game might be built using a random number generator and
> probably user can set number of rounds for which the game will run (in
> slow or fast motion depending on user preferences). Does anybody know
> of such a tool (or similar one) which might be available already?
>
> Regards,
> HP
> India
>
> (PS: am posting to all the relevant groups in one go. Not sure whether
> it can be done in SAS, as I wanted to stick in some graphics if
> possible to denote a man and another to denote a machine etc)
>

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