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Licensing agreement, CD content and additional information
Licensing agreement
MBE Simulations Ltd. grants the owner of the book “ERP- The Dynamics of Supply
Chain and Process Management” by Avraham Shtub and Reuven Karni, a limited
featured license for one installation of the MERP™ program on one PC only, to be
used only once. The coupon inserted by the publisher provides for a total of up to four
hours of use or a maximum three-month period of time, whichever is reached earlier.
By installing or using the MERP™ program, you acknowledge that you have read and
agreed to the following terms and limitations. In case you do not agree to any part of
the agreement, do not install or use the software.
Use of the program is limited to personal learning only and as such it is forbidden to
copy or reproduce it through a LAN or other network system or through any
computer subscriber system. Any commercial use of this version of the software is
strictly prohibited. Use of this version of MERP™ in any kind of workshop, class or
through a classroom presentation, or any other public presentation, is forbidden
unless a special license from MBE Simulation Ltd. is obtained in advance.
Universities, consultants, management learning centers and educators who wish
to use MERP™ as a tool in courses, workshops, or commercial presentations are
required to obtain a license from MBE Simulations Ltd. At: sales@mbesimulations.com
The simulator is a web-enabled program; as such it requires an Internet connection as
well as enabling the communication of the simulator program with the MBE simulation
server. It is the user’s responsibility to remove all communication obstacles caused by
the PC (such as firewalls, etc.) that prevent the communication between the PC and
the server. The usage time will be monitored by the MBE simulation server.
MBE Simulations Ltd. retains all copyrights in the MERP™ software which are
protected by copyright laws. The user may not modify the software or the compact disk
label in any way. The user may not reproduce, distribute (including but not limited to
locally distribution, on a network or over the Internet), reproduce for sales, configure, or
modify or create divertive works, reverse engineer, decompile, list, or print, transmit, or
transcribe the software in any form or by any means whatsoever or cause this action to
be done by others without the permission of the authors.
MBE Simulations Ltd. does not and cannot warrant the performance of the results that
may be obtained by using the software. MBE Simulations Ltd. hereby specifically
disclaims any and all expressed and implied warranties with respect to the software,
such as, but with no limitation, that the use of the software will not infringe any patent,
copyright or other intellectual property right. MBE Simulations Ltd. shall not be held
responsible for any liability with respect to any claim by licensee, or a third party on
account of, or arising from, the use of the software. Under no circumstances shall MBE
Simulations Ltd. be liable to the user or any other person for any special, incidental, or
consequential damages, including, without limitation, lost profit or lost data, loss of
other programs, or otherwise, and whether arising out of breach of warranty, breach of
contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if advised of such damage or if
such damage could have been reasonably foreseen.
CD content
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The registration instructions as a soft copy (more convenient then the hard
copy in the appendix).
Useful information about how to teach by example by Professor G. Vastag.
Learning and academic benefits
A thorough background regarding the learning platform
DCSS™ scenarios suite description
Additional information: The MERP™ full and advanced version
The book’s scenarios and features were carefully chosen to satisfy the needs of this
book. However, the version provided by this book is limited in usage period and time.
The main objective of the full version is to provide a comprehensive learning platform
for students, academia, and faculty. With its additional capabilities, MERP™ is
designed for better widening the student’s learning experience, aimed at decision
making in a context of effective execution and increasing speed of adapting insights by
providing an accelerated learning curve. A new dashboard of dynamic KPI cockpit
supports learning to use modern control tools for improving decision-making
capabilities.
The advanced version provides the students and faculty with immediate feedback on
results achieved in a closed group for each course. A result-based competition
stimulates students by publishing online information comparing relative position of
students’ results as well as the best in class results.
MBE Simulations Ltd. develops and markets innovative "Serious Games" solutions for
next generation management training, using its proprietary computerized business
simulators.
Additional Serious Games addressing different Virtual Worlds are available: CallCenter Organization, Communication Service Provider Organization, Industrial Hi-Tech
Organization, and others.
Universities, management training centers, consultants and educators considering the
possibility of using products and solutions from MBE Simulations Ltd. are invited to
write to: sales@mbe-simulations.com
For installation/running problems - please contact our technical support department
via e-mail at: support@mbe-simulations.com