# Supply-chain simulation: coordination across silos

> Teams run a four-stage supply chain from factory to retailer. Small changes in demand ripple through the chain, and only coordination keeps costs down. Duration: 4 hours. Group size: 12–100 people. Setting: Indoor. Price from €70 per person. Popular locations include Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara.

URL: https://www.bravodays.com/en/experiences/supply-chain-simulation
Last updated: 2026-10-21
Publisher: BravoDays (https://www.bravodays.com)

## Key facts

- **Duration:** 4 hours
- **Group size:** 12–100 people
- **Setting:** Indoor
- **Physical intensity:** Medium intensity
- **Price from:** €70 per person
- **Available in:** Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara

## Overview

Teams run a four-stage supply chain from factory to retailer. Small changes in demand ripple through the chain, and only coordination keeps costs down.

The group is divided into supply chains of four stages: retailer, wholesaler, distributor and factory. Each week, every stage sees only its own orders and stock and decides how much to order from the next stage, with delays in delivery. Communication between stages is limited, just as it often is between departments.

A small change in customer demand leads to large swings further up the chain, a well-known pattern in supply chains often called the bullwhip effect. Stock piles up in one place while another runs short, and costs climb. Teams usually blame each other until the facilitator shows the whole picture.

In a second round, teams may share information and agree simple rules. The debrief compares the two rounds and turns the lessons into concrete agreements for real handovers between your teams.

## What your team will practise

- Seeing how local decisions create problems elsewhere in the chain
- Sharing information across team boundaries
- Agreeing simple rules that reduce over-reaction
- Discussing mistakes without blaming the next team

## Included

- Facilitator and game masters
- Board materials or digital version with live charts
- Two rounds with a comparison of results
- Debrief and suggested coordination rules

## Not included

- Venue and catering unless booked with us

## Available in

- [Istanbul](https://www.bravodays.com/en/locations/istanbul)
- [Izmir](https://www.bravodays.com/en/locations/izmir)
- [Ankara](https://www.bravodays.com/en/locations/ankara)
- [Bursa & Uludağ](https://www.bravodays.com/en/locations/bursa-uludag)

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