Peter L. Jackson, John A. Muckstadt
School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Cornell University
Sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation Synthesis Coalition for Engineering Education.
The Transportation Game is a simulation game of a regional distribution system. The goal is to cost effectively manage the routing and scheduling of a fleet of trucks to satisfy customer demand.
Routing and scheduling
None. Game has been played by freshmen, industrial engineers, and M.B.A. students.
The exercise is designed to be run in a 2 hour microcomputer laboratory period. It is typically given as a homework assignment. It is used in conjunction with the Llenroc Plastics series of cases.
A brief description of the game setup is required. The help file will be extensive in the finished version. Llenroc Plastics case 1 (available separately) assigns a series of exercises based on this game.
Microsoft Windows 3.1
Public domain. Modify exercise as you wish. Source code is proprietary.
The first version of this software failed badly: too many bugs. However, student reviews of the original spreadsheet version of the game were enthusiastic. The later versions are more robust. The current version is distributed to participants in the Workshop on Experiential Learning in Manufacturing System Design. An older version can be downloaded from this Web site. See Files.