The Fifth Discipline

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Senge, P.M. 1990. The Fifth Discipline The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, NY Doubleday. 

An example of this phenomenon is made clear in an exercise called The Beer Game as described in The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge. This is a board game using poker chips signifying inventory, preprinted playing cards indicating the fluctuations in demand at the retailer, and small forms on which the players write their orders to their suppliers. The scenario is that a retailer who sells beer is served by a distributor. The distributor is served by a warehouse, which is served by the manufacturer. Therefore, there are only four elements in this simple supply chain. There is a four-day lead time between each of the elements. 

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The Fifth Discipline, the Art Practice of a Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge... 

It follows from this, and from Denting s assertion that most problems lie in the system rather than in individuals, that we should consider the theory of systems. This is a formal discipline that has received considerable attention since the publication of Peter Senge s The Fifth Discipline (1990). 

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