Car Assembly Game | Bedaux developers and facilitators for learning by doing

Bedaux Car Assembly Game

Bedaux Car Assembly Game is developed for companies and organizations with serial processes. Participants are challenged to assemble cars using Fischertechnik components in accordance with customer order specifications. Not meeting the customer's requirements is severely punished.

The principles of Continuous Improvement and Lean are simulated and applied in a playfully manner.

The game is ideally equipped to train employees in the Lean way of thinking and working and to gain practical experience with instruments from the Lean Toolkit, Standardization and Continuous Improvement. There is a lot of interaction between the participants in various practice oriented roles. The game is complex in design, as is the practice. Success also relies on manual skills in some roles. Therefore the game offers challenges both at management and shop floor level.

All our game programs are made to measure. That means that we have a previous conversation with the client; then we jointly put together a program where we from our side deliver and facilitate a professional and enthusiasmizing game performance. The client self as a rule organizes presentations and discussions in between the game rounds, where the resemblance between what is happening in the game and in real life is highlighted. Positive energy from the game will then be translated into supported actions.

Playing the game without presentations in between is an option. The game then gets more the character of a brainstorming session or a team building event.

Depending on the objectives of the program, the total program will take from one day to two days. We have a clinic version of half a day.

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Ron de Bruijn

Managing Partner

People found it amazing that you automatically get involved in the game and take it seriously. The cooperation was also fun.
I heard from several people: "we should also apply this in our organisation."
Robbert van Rooijen

Organizational advice & Web development

What a fantastic concept! I have played more management games in the past, but those have not been able to prepare me for the Serious Games of Bedaux. The Power of Fabulous Play is for me to quickly uncover group processes in an apparently chaotic situation. By looking critically at yourself and the group, it is always possible to improve processes and operate more effectively. A valuable experience for every self-employed person.
Roberto Proietti-Bernardini

Training Consultant - SIX SIGMA Quality

Thank you for the pictures. Very funny how concentrated I look! It was all together very much fun and of course informative.
Rolf Haeger

Manager Ford of Europe Quality and Training

The International Bedaux Institute has adapted the Car Assembly Game on our request demonstrating the complexity of an entire Automotive Manufacturer business, organizations and processes and especially to ensure to be fully compatible with the Ford Production System standards. As the result of this, as well as of the integral structure of the game, our participants from all levels in the organization experience the game as very practice-like, complex and intense, and as reflecting the daily life reality of their situation. The game is challenging, inspiring and motivating and is fun to play . It encourages practical teamwork and leadership and great learning outcome due to Quality processes and Lean Manufacturing aspects.
Marloes van de Wiel

Senior Communication Professional - AWL-Techniek

In collaboration with the International Bedaux Institute, we used the car assembly game to train the more than 400 employees of AWL-Techniek in the lean process and to gain experience with 5s, standardization and continuous improvement. By having the employees participate in mixed teams, there was a lot of interaction that resulted in beautiful learning moments. Without the proper guidance from Jurrian and Beatrice, we would not have been able to play the game efficiently and effectively. We look back on a very successful cooperation and notice in the organization that the car assembly game has contributed to the embedding of lean philosophy in daily work.
Sander van der Wal

Veterinarian - Team Dierenartsen Lelystad

We went to the Brown Paper Game day with our entire team. This day was very nice, everyone was enthusiastic afterwards. Thanks to the combination of thinking and playing, improvement is being implemated in many ways in our company. It is nice to take a critical look at the business operations with all of them. In addition, the "game elements" provide a real team feeling. All this then also in combination with a nice environment and under good supervision ensures that it is a fun and educational business activity that we can recommend to any other company.
Leo de Man

production director BAM NO

The Home building game we have played several times with subcontractors, suppliers and also with own people. In the beginning, each participant was slightly suspicious but at the end a fanaticism arose where the soccer coach would have been jealous of.