Supply Chain Lab
Digital, Dynamics & Games

SC5 Twin Run

Six periods. Three connected layers.

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Period brief

Demand FDM
Demand SLA
Demand SLS

Intelligence layer: which AI tools you buyEach tool costs credits every period and each one fails a stated share of the time. Skip this and you run on the free dashboard.

Intelligence

Governance

Governance layer: what the machine may decide aloneSets when the system acts by itself and when it must stop and ask a human. Skip this and it stays on the safe default.

Recommendation and workflow

Execution layer: robots and inspection hardwareBuys capacity and automated checking. Skip this and the work is done manually.

Physical execution

COBOT: capacity +15%, 9 credits
CV_CAMERA: 7 credits
AGV: 8 credits, 6 kWh

Core operating decision

What you actually decide each period. How much material to buy for each printer, how many operators to run, how you maintain the machines and how hard you inspect. That is it. The three layers above are optional, and anything you do not open runs on a safe default.
More levers for this periodBuying a machine, overtime, outsourcing and priority. Leave these alone on your first run.

About this tool

This six-period game links seeded operating data, fixed rules, approval controls and physical execution. Each result compares a frozen twin run with the seeded run using cost, lead time, service, carbon and risk.

Your assignment

These numbers came out of the decisions you made, so nobody else has the same set. Put the run line into your submission, then answer in about 400 words:

1. In which period did you overrule the recommendation, and what were you protecting when you did it?
2. Which AI tool did you pay for, and did it earn its credits? Use your own numbers.
3. Where did the frozen twin prediction differ most from what actually happened, and why?
4. If a real operations manager had your result, what would you tell them to do differently next quarter?

Your run line

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