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Re:The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting H... by wry_durian on Sunday April 26, 2026 @07:10AM (#47909345)
If "winning" the beer game means not overreacting to short-term signals, then you can view that as a form of slack. You're sometimes paying a bit extra to hold onto something that you have no immediate short-term use for.
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Re:The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting H... by dragontamer on Sunday April 26, 2026 @01:16PM (#47911966)
You are supposed to play the beer game twice. Once where you use the obvious slack and buffering.

And a 2nd time where you minimize buffering and use just in time inventory management.

People who have played the game knows which one outperforms. By significant margins.

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