Business game · inventory planning
Inventory planning is not only about what you sell. It's also about what's on the balance sheet.
OPTIQUEST puts your team in charge of twelve months of stock decisions. Half a day, teams of three, one shared scoreboard. From 15 to 120 people, a fixed price per session.
About 15 minutes. No sign-up, no email, nothing to install.
8.6 / 10
How players rate the session
175
Teams on the scoreboard
500+
Players so far
3
Countries
Rating averaged over every session played so far, students and professionals alike.
Nobody has ever scored 100%. Where would your team land?See the full scoreboard →
Everyone sees the stockouts. Nobody sees the capital.
Too little stock costs revenue. The whole company hears about it within a day.
Too much stock costs money that nobody sees.
It sits in a warehouse, on the balance sheet, doing nothing — and no one gets a phone call about it.
Your team makes that trade-off every week. Usually without saying it out loud, because sales, planning and finance are each looking at a different number, and all three are right. That is the conversation we want to have around the table while playing this game.
How it works
Twelve months of inventory decisions, in teams of 3 players.
Three roles, three views
Every team has a salesperson, a planner and a finance person. They need to work together for the best result.
One decision a month
Each round the team decides how much to order. Balancing inventory cost with service level.
No safe answer
Order too much and holding cost eats the margin. Order too little and the sale is gone for good.
One shared scoreboard
During the game, the teams wil see where they stand compared to competition. Aiming for the top, or trying to avoid the bottom of the ranking. Competition boosts motivation.
Try it out and you'll get it. The first 3 months are playable right here.
Play the first 3 roundsAbout 15 minutes. No sign-up, no email, nothing to install.
One number decides who wins. 3 explain it.
Overall profit decides who wins, but Service level, days of inventory and working capital are all measured and shared with every team afterwards. They explain the result.
What everyone takes back home.
Every team leaves with its own scorecard and a permanent place on the scoreboard.
What's more important, they now understand how good comunication and understanding each others goals makes a better profit for the company as a whole.
Two ways to play
In-company training
In-house, at your own office, with purchasing, sales, planning and finance around the same table. Half a day, 5 to 40 teams of three. Bring the whole department rather than the three people whose budget it came out of.
€1750 for a half day, for 15 people or for 120.
Education - Bachelor level
Fits bachelor programmes in supply chain, finance, commerce and business management. Your students play the same game professionals play, and land on the same scoreboard.
€600 to €750 for the whole group, depending group size.
The practical part
Duration — half a day, around four hours including intro and debriefing
Group — 5 to 40 teams of three, so 15 to 120 participants
Language — the game is in English; we host it in Dutch, English or French
Location — at your premises by preference, over Teams or a mix. One computer with a browser per team.
One game, played at a global supply chain event, with over 100 bachelor students, and over drinks at a learning network event.
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