With the rapid growth of e-commerce and culinary businesses nowadays, more businesses related to these fields are also increasing. One of them that we can see the progress significantly is creative & innovative packaging business. However, with the current uncertain situation, everything can change at any time. That was the big message that Kummara wanted to convey in the Simulation Business Game Session, collaborate with CIAS and BMJ on Wednesday (24/11/2021).
Held in Resinda Hotel Karawang, West Java, this event was an annual meeting of PT Bukit Muria Jaya (BMJ), a company that engaged in the packaging industry. With around 60 participants from managerial level, this became the first offline session for Kummara after long time leading online session due to pandemic.
Understanding Product Efficiency by Playing The Game
The session opened at 09.00 WIB with a keynote seminar from Indrawan Nugroho, CEO of Corporate Innovation Asia (CIAS). After lunch break, Kummara was taking over with inviting participants playing game titled MAXY Game. With tagline “Doing More With Less”, this game expected can describe how to apply efficiency within business processes, surely with more interactive and fun way.
In this game, each team is packaging company who competes to gain most profit with limited source. The game itself will divided into five big phase; Budgeting, Shopping, Event, Playing/Coordinating and Scoring.
“There are some interesting points we can see here. For example, in the Budgeting phase, the smaller amount player chooses, the bigger points will be.” Eko Nugroho, CEO of Kummara Group, explained. “This represents that a small budget will “force” players to innovate and do better than before.”
In the post-play session, Eko once again invite participants to share their opinion, especially about what they feel after playing MAXY Game. “From this game we learned to analyze well, and don’t be afraid to take a risk. We also learned about budget effectivity and team collaboration.” one of the participant shared.
