3rd Global Beer Game Challenge Winners!

Exciting News! The winners of the Global Beer Game Challenge 2024 have been decided!

We are thrilled to announce the top three teams from three prestigious business schools who showcased exceptional strategic prowess:

🥇 First Place ($500 Prize): University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management Team! Huge high-fives to Jianan Wang, Junting Liang, Jiayin Yu, and Yuwen Sheng for their epic victory!

🥈 Second Place ($300 Prize): Columbia University Team! Let's give it up for Zhixuan Ren, Sheqi Zhang, Yunxuan Yao, and Leyi Chen for their stellar performance!

🥉 Third Place ($200 Prize): USC Marshall School of Business Team! A round of applause for Yiyang Shu, Winson A Wijaya, Justin Chandra, and Vineet Jeswani for their incredible achievement!

Congratulations once again to all the winning teams and a huge thank you to everyone who participated. Your dedication and hard work truly make events like these shine! 🌟

#GlobalBeerGame #Winners #StrategyDiscussion #BusinessEducation #Congratulations

Congratulations to the top performers of our 2nd Annual Beer Game Competition!

We are thrilled to announce that our 2nd Annual Beer Game Competition was another big success!

First of all, we would like to express our deep gratitude to each and every team who participated in this competition. Their dedication, commitment, and enthusiasm have made this competition a great success. We cannot be more proud of their accomplishments!

Now our heartiest congratulations to the top performers!

  • 1st Place University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management Team - From Professor Vahid Roshanaei’s course

  • 2nd Place Emory University - Goizueta Business School Team - From Professor Ramnath Chellappa’s course

  • 3rd Place Columbia Business School Team - From Professor Will Ma's course

  • 4th Place Cornell University S.C. Johnson Team - From Professor Andrew M. Davis' course

  • 5th Place MIT Sloan School of Management Team - From Professor Yanchong Zheng’s course

Our winning teams are excited to share their experiences at the competition:

“This competition was an amazing experience to apply class concepts.  We worked together and devised a strategy to minimize the bullwhip effect in the supply chain.  We encountered some stress midway through the game, which added a sense of realism as well as fun.”

“Fathomd’s Beer Distribution Simulation Game was a great fun and learning experience. It made us realize how demand uncertainties and trust can hurt or reward the supply chain players. We learned how important it is to partner with suppliers and customers and benefit from timely information sharing to protect from BullWhip Effect.”

“The Beer Distribution Game Competition is a bubbling cauldron of strategy, collaboration, and calculated risk-taking, where even the smallest of decisions can create a ripple effect throughout the supply chain.”

Once again, congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the participants for making this competition such a memorable experience. Stay tuned for our next competition!

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Celebrating our inaugural Beer Game Competition!

We are excited to share that our inaugural Beer Distribution Game competition was a great success. Students from 11 universities across the world came together to compete for cash prizes, while enjoying a fun learning experience. Some of our contestants commented that “it was really fun and educating to play” and that they “gained valuable experience not only from a supply chain management perspective, but also in real life.” We were proud to have created such a terrific opportunity of open learning for students around the globe. We look forward to having more students to join this competition next year, so stay tuned!

Please join us in congratulating the winning teams from this year’s competition!

First Place Team from NIDA Business School
Second Place Team from Columbia University - Columbia Business School
Third Place Team from Bilkent University Industrial Engineering Department

Winning teams of the inaugural Beer Game Competition

MIT Professor Karen Zheng joins Fathomd, Inc. as Chief Scientist

We’re proud to announce that Professor Yanchong (Karen) Zheng from the MIT Sloan School of Management has joined Fathomd, Inc. as Chief Scientist! Professor Zheng has a decade of research and educational experiences at MIT Sloan. Her dedication to training the next-generation business leaders through an effective and enjoyable learning experience closely aligns with Fathomd’s mission. As of this past spring, we have reached an exciting milestone of serving 50+ top business schools with our games. Prof. Zheng’s addition to the team will fuel us to continue expanding our business by creating relevant, new games on fathomd.com and reaching a wider customer base. We look forward to collaborating with and supporting professors in today’s ever-changing learning environment. Visit us at fathomd.com and feel free to contact us with any inquiries or questions.  

Fathomd, Inc. helps educators transition to online teaching due to COVID-19

Due to the advent of COVID-19, the traditional brick and mortar educational system has been systematically disrupted as universities and K-12 schools pivot towards online learning. However, this transition has not been without difficulties as instructors grapple with different models to deliver their lessons effectively. With a group of fun and easy-to-use games, Fathomd, Inc. is helping educators in this transition by providing engaging content and ensuring connectivity between students and teachers.

Fathomd New Platform

Dallas, Texas based Fathomd has introduced its new platform - Fathomd V2. With this new version, new functionalities are introduced that ease game play by students and platform management by instructors.

“Simple usage of the platform ensures fun experience for every student. Instructors can focus on what they want to teach and not worry about the game at all” said the Chief Educator of Fathomd.

NSF SBIR Award II

NSF SBIR Award II

The prestigious SBIR Grant’s Phase I had been awarded to Fathomd in 2016. NSF SBIR/STTR program undergoes a rigorous merit-based review process. The Phase II Award now allows us to develop, refine, and test our prototypes in authentic higher education settings.