{"product_id":"kanban-automotive-revolution","title":"Kanban: Automotive Revolution","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\" padding=\"1\" margin=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/vital-lacerda\"\u003eVital Lacerda\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/all\/stronghold-games\"\u003eStronghold Games\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2-4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaytime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120 mins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuggested Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 and up\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eHonors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv id=\"link4554242\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/26787\/2014-golden-geek-best-strategy-board-game-nominee\"\u003e2014 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link4553785\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/26773\/2014-golden-geek-board-game-year-nominee\"\u003e2014 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/27364\/2015-goblin-magnifico-nominee\"\u003e2015 Goblin Magnifico Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/26773\/2014-golden-geek-board-game-year-nominee\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKanban\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e — or 看板, the Japanese word for billboard — is a term for the visual cues that might be used in a lean, efficient assembly line in order to expedite and smooth workflow. These signals get the workers what they need, where they need it, when they need it to create a just-in-time (JIT) production system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting for the game \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKanban: Automotive Revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is an assembly line. The players are ambitious managers who are trying to impress the board of directors in order to achieve as high a position as possible in the company and secure their careers. With promotions come advantages at the factory, such as more space to store precious materials and greater prestige to accelerate your ascent. Through solid management, you must strive to shine next to your peers. You need to manage suppliers and supplies, improve automobile parts, innovate — anything to stay on the cutting edge, or getting your hands greasy on the assembly line in order to boost production. You must exercise wisdom in choosing which projects you should start, selecting only those that will give you the upper hand and shunning those that will bog you down or cause the unthinkable — failure — which would diminish you in the eyes of the board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of the game, you persuade the board and the factory tender to help you develop and improve automobile parts. You make shrewd use of the outside suppliers and the limited factory supplies in order to appropriate needed part when the suppliers come up short. Because the factory must run at optimum efficiency, production doesn't wait for you or for mistakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike the process itself, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKanban: Automotive Revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e proves to be both innovative and rewarding. Game mechanisms tightly tied to the automobile manufacturing theme include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe factory manager is a game-driven non-player character with two modes of play (\"nice\" or \"mean\") to offer a friendly or more competitive gameplay environment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo independent player-influenced game timers — the factory production cycle and work week clock — provide timing tension to the game, trigger intermediate scoring phases, and factor into the game end conditions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA simulation of the factory assembly line with spatial point-to-point movement adds an element to the game that requires optimal timing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA design and innovation department, leveraged to manipulate the value of the various car models and component upgrades produced within the factory, drives the economy of the game.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepartmental training and certification tracks provide players a means to operate more efficiently.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want a seat on the board someday, you need to show that you can keep a complex machine running smoothly, efficiently, with everything happening just at the right time. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKanban: Automotive Revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a pure Eurogame focused on economics and resource management that puts you in the driver's seat of an entire production facility, racing for the highest level of promotion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stronghold Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":902136125,"sku":"SG2010","price":44.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9631\/products\/pic2041406_lg.png?v=1578608944","url":"https:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/kanban-automotive-revolution","provider":"vaibhavhospital","version":"1.0","type":"link"}