Procurement games

Air Force acquisition personnel are playing a board game by Paradigm Learning Inc., Tampa, Fla., to help them better understand the acquisition process. Using a customized version of the company's Discovery Map, teams flip through activity cards, which force them to solve problems and rethink standard business practices.

Companies such as Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., Honda Motor Company Ltd. and Lockheed Martin Corp. have used paradigm Learning's board games.