A computerized network version of the Beer Game via the Internet

In this article we present a friendly electronic version of the Beer Game, which works over a network and via the Internet as well as in a simple computer. This game can be used: to replace the board game and to perform all the bureaucratic tasks (calculation, graphs, etc.); for briefing and debriefing; for distance learning and training instructors over the Internet. An additional use of the game is to make clear some of the advantages of the use of the EDI for sending commercial documents in order to aid in the dissemination of this advanced telecommunications system.