Introducing.........
(a) What is Business on the Move about ?
(b) How does the game work?
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What is the game about?
Making choices, solving problems & being creative
Basic business termsHow business works: from order to delivery
Big issues ~ globalisation
& carbon footprints?
How do these products get to us?
Clue
How do they get here from China?
Boxed up on pallet Pallets in container
Arrive in UK
Containers on ship Pallets by plane OR
Made in China
How do they get from the UK port?
By Rail & Road to customers
Trains go torailheads across UK
Trucks completedelivery to customer
• Run a logistics business, delivering orders to customers
• Transport goods by air and sea from China to the UK and
then by rail and road to customers across the UK
• Aim to be the first to complete all deliveries and / or to
make the biggest profit as responsibly as you can
The players’ challenge:
Containers can be moved from China to UK by air
..................or by sea
Plane crashes
Lose one plane and its container
Things can go wrong!
Customers across the UK are reached
by rail
and road
Players must decide which to use and how:
NB. These are interim prototypes!
Beware “CO2”……
Successful businesses build their assets, growing profitably and responsibly
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