Recently, I have been working on a simulation exercise known as the “OPT Challenge.”
This report will discuss about the “Goal” of a manufacturing company as emphasized by Dr. Eli Goldratt in his book “The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement” and the results of the OPT Challenge, a simulation of a multi-station factory that products one main product and two spare parts.
By the theory of the learning curve, each time I played I was able to achieve better results and finally winning the game.
Please drop me a message if you are interested in seeing the process and my results.
As requested, here is a copy of the report.
I’ve done that.. it was hard at the first time haha.. So much fun after u know the trick ^^
Hey Adrian,
please could you send me your process and results. i’ve been playing it but i never make it passed week 1.
what is the batch size that should be used? and what is the maximum profit one can make in week2?
Hey Dipika,
Please see the link I added on the bottom of the post. Let me know if you have any further questions. Good luck!
For what are the letters “OPT” an acronym?
If you could please indicate where to download a version of the OPT Challenge that will run on a 64bit OS i can show you how to get the theorecticalmax out of the system.
Hi Adrian
I’ve calculated what I need to produce to turn the maximum profit but I’m struggling with the scheduling, any chance you could enlighten me with the trick?