Pulp process training through interactive game - Stage II

Canfor是一家领先的综合林产品公司，总部位于不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华。Canfor拥有约7300名员工，另外还有2200名承包商。1965年，Canfor扩大了其业务，建立了乔治王子纸浆和造纸厂。位于乔治王子的Canfor纸浆有限公司提供超过142,000吨纸浆。这是由NSERC Engage Grant资助的一个项目的延续。该项目是开发一个商业模式的培训游戏，能够教育Canfor Pulp的员工对他们的工作流程的整体看法，以及他们的决策在整体运营中的影响。这个项目的成果将是一个基于网络的交互式电脑游戏，具有可扩展性、竞争性、吸引力和教育性。这款游戏将模拟一个简化的制浆系统，捕捉Canfor制浆操作的精髓。它将包括实时战略。每个部门都有一组预定义的管理角色。玩家将扮演工厂经理的角色，并对工厂的成功或失败负责，因为企业遇到并克服了常见的情况。每个部门出现的情况和挑战将受到玩家所做决定的影响。玩家将需要做出选择和决定来解决一些典型的商业运营挑战。游戏将产生通常遇到的挑战，然后接受玩家的决定，并在商业模式中产生适当的结果。目的是揭露存在于Canfor纸浆厂内部的因果关系。游戏的其他功能包括登录和保存游戏的每个状态，每个玩家与其他玩家的竞争排名，Canfor的员工访问控制，培训员工的实时决策能力，以及自定义品牌。

Canfor is a leading integrated forest products company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canfor employsapproximately 7,300 people as well as an additional 2,200 contractors. In 1965, Canfor expanded its operationswith the construction of Prince George Pulp and Paper Mill. Canfor Pulp Ltd. in Prince George contributesover 142,000 tonnes of pulp. This is a continuation of a project funded by an NSERC Engage Grant.The project is to develop a business modeled training game that is capable of educating Canfor Pulp employeesabout the overall view of their work flow and the effects of their decisions in overall operations. The outcomeof this project will be a web-based interactive computer game that is scalable, competitive, engaging, andeducational. The game would model a simplified pulping system that captures the essence of the Canfor Pulpoperation. It will include real-time strategies. There will be a predefined set of management roles for eachdepartment. The player will assume the role of the mill manager and is responsible for the success or failure ofthe mill as the business encounters and overcomes common scenarios. The situations and challenges that arisefor each department will be impacted by the decision made by the player. The player will need to make choicesand decisions to address some typical business operating challenges. The game will generate the challengescommonly encountered and then accept the player's decisions and generate the appropriate results in thebusiness model. The goal is to expose the cause and effect relationship that exists within Canfor Pulp mill.Other features of the game will be the ability to log in and save each state of the game, the competitive rankingof each player against other players, employee access control with Canfor, training the employee's real-timedecision-making abilities, and custom branding.