As a journalist, it is rather rare to play in his professional setting. This is, however, the exercise proposed by the economist Suzanne de Treville, when she receives me in a room at the University of Geneva. So here I am, a producer of two kinds of jacket: one has a limited life expectancy because it is subject to fashion, the other, classic, can easily be sold off later. But producing it on site is a priori not profitable. By simulating the organization of production over five consecutive exercises, the player finds that a well-thought-out organization will nevertheless prove to be more lucrative by maximizing manufacturing in his country. Not to mention that it will drastically reduce its CO2 emissions.
Enterprise localization specialist Suzanne de Treville: “Automation doesn’t work”
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