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 terms How 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 to railheads across UK

Trucks complete delivery 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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