Global Trainer Challenge
It’s official, we are back with a new edition.
Save the date: October 30thth, 2024!
The Challenge Concept
After the great success of our 2023 edition, we are back again with a combined Global Trainer Challenge and Global Educator Challenge! Connect and expand your network with our community of trainers and educators!
You’ll not only compete against professional trainers but also educators from all around the world! You can be the captain of your own team with your colleagues or peers. Sign up and be challenged in the field of financial value chains as this year’s theme is “The Impact of Working Capital Management on Supply Chain Performance”.
You are expected as a trainer to join as part of your certification maintenance process. If you cannot make it to one of those sessions, please let us know as soon as possible.
This year we will ask every certified trainer to bring a plus one! You can sign up individually and let us know who you will bring later on.
Why should you join the Global Trainer Challenge?
Network with other trainers and learn from each other
See how Inchainge delivers training online
Learn something new and get inspired by a new business game
Benchmark yourself with other trainers and come out on top!
Give other educators/trainers the chance to experience Inchainge's offering for free
Be rewarded with a certificate of participation
About the Challenge
The Global Trainer Challenge starts on October 30th, and it takes place fully online.
The challenge will cover our learning solution: Working Capital Management powered by The Cool Connection. This solution covers everything in managing the working capital in a supply chain. For three weeks, participants will play six rounds in teams of four (maximum five). The participants will get to run their own virtual company – a manufacturer of personal care products. Faced with declining performance, the management team must get the company back on track by bridging the physical and financial supply chain. To add the flair of a real-world experience, the challenge comes with the added element of a limited budget!
You will experience the impact of your decision in real-time across the business within the simulation and not just function in silos.
VP Sales
Defining the marketing strategies and the negotiation with a range of different types of customers. The negotiations include the service levels as well as INCO Terms.
VP Supply Chain
Responsible for production and warehousing. Can optimize both production process and working capital.
VP Purchasing
Defines the purchasing strategies and the selection of and the negotiation with suppliers from various regions. The negotiations include the service reliability but also INCO and payment terms.
VP Finance
Responsible for cash management and financing and negotiates with both banks and credit insurers. Allocates collateral and the level of credit limits for customers.
“"The Global Trainer Challenge is a great learning experience on it's own, because Inchainge uses pretty complex business game configurations to really challenge the trainers! It allowed me to expand my supply chain management skills and to get to know the supply chain business simulation game better. "
-Ramachandran Kallankara, Consultant and Trainer at ValueQwest“"I like the idea of making sustainability a living matter for our customers and The Triple Connection does exactly that by mixing content and application. The combination of different ways of learning is extremely beneficial. By letting participants share experiences as well as mixing content with the possibility to practice, is bringing the wicked complexity of sustainability to life. "
-Paolo Napoli, Certified Facilitator, Founder JPS Consulting“"The Global Trainer Challenge is a great platform for me to get to know new business simulation games, connect with other trainers and exchange best-practices with them."
-Daniel Schmidt, Director Education at Production Management Institute“"I use Inchainge's business simulation games in my own training programs. The Global Trainer Challenge gave me some new ideas on use cases and learning modules that I can bring to my own clients."
-Nicolas Vandeput, Consultant, Trainer & Founder at SupChainsHow to join?
- Conditions for creating your own team:
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You will be assigned into a team with other 3 to 4 peers
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All teams will be a mix of certified trainers and non-certified participants.
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Certified trainers are expected to attend as part of their certification maintenance process.
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Every certified trainer should bring at least a plus one! This can be another trainer, educator, lecturer, professional who are not yet certified by Inchainge and who find value in experiencing The Cool Connection together with you. We will put you and your plus one into the same team.
Full Program
4 November 2022
7 PM - 8 AM CT (UTC -6) Start of the Challenge
30th October, 2024
Rounds 1 & 2
Kick-off
October 30th
3PM CET / 9 AM EST
Opening Round 1 & 2:
30th October, 2024
4 PM CET (UTC +1)
10 AM EST (UTC -5)
Self-calculate:
Round 1
Closing Round 2:
5th November, 2024
4 PM CET (UTC +1)
10 AM EST (UTC -5)
Round 3 & 4
Debrief & Leaderboard session
November 6th
3PM CET / 9 AM EST
Opening Round 3 & 4:
6th November, 2024
4 PM CET (UTC +1)
10 AM EST (UTC -5)
Self-calculate:
Round 3
Closing Round 4:
12th November, 2024
4 PM CET (UTC +1)
10 AM EST (UTC -5)
Round 5 & 6
Debrief & Leaderboard session
November 13th
3PM CET / 9 AM EST
Opening Round 5 & 6:
13th November, 2024
4 PM CET (UTC +1)
10 AM EST (UTC -5)
Self-calculate:
Round 5
Closing Round 6:
19th November, 2024
4 PM CET (UTC +1)
10 AM EST (UTC -5)
Ceremony
Livestreamed!
20th November, 2024
3 PM CET (UTC +1)
9 AM EST (UTC -5)
Debrief & Leaderboard sessions
Duration of the sessions: 1 hour
The sessions will take place weekly before the opening of the rounds. During those sessions, you will find out the instructions for the next rounds and find out who the top teams of the previous rounds are.
At least one team member must be present for each session.
Registration