® EXAMINATION GUIDE ® Capsim Management Simulations‚ Inc. Welcome to Comp-XM Your Registration Number If your instructor or school did not give you a Registration Number‚ you will need to register online using a credit card or checking account. Welcome to Comp-XM® an integrated evaluation tool that will allow ‚ you to demonstrate your business skills. Comp-XM has two sections: 1. A business simulation similar to the one you just completed and 2. A series of quizzes‚ called Board Queries
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Capsim Situational Analysis Capsim is the largest provider of business simulation software used by educators from various walks of life. I use their software named as Capstone to run an imaginary Censor manufacturing company. The reason to do this was to understand how business strategy is implemented in real world and how changes made to the strategy reflect to various parts of the company and thereby to the competitors and the industry. Logging In As I proceeded from registration to the Capstone
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What Leaders Really Do by Kotter Part 1 Homework Questions The article What Leaders Really Do by Kotter can be found on D2L. Question 1 Please read the introduction (pg. 3-4). Please note that I am asking you to work on your comprehension and critical thinking skills. Thus‚ in order to complete the table below I am (1) asking you to read the whole introduction and (2) interpret (think about-reflect on) what you read. Please complete the chart below by describing two important
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advantage. There products may add value to existing products. In the real world‚ people’s demands are increasing with the developing of the high-end products. So‚ developing or launching the high-end products will be better meet the customer needs. In Capsim‚ launch a new product in High End segment that meet customer’s buying criteria will increase the market share of the company. This new product will increase customer awareness
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Capstone Simulation Maximization Strategy Suggestions It is difficult to write a briefing‚ it has to be shown but these suggestions will definitely help. Designate one person as note taker. The simulation does not say to have a person in TQM but you do need one.. The CEO‚ the next day after meeting‚ compares screen shots‚ if they are the same as you agreed – the CEO submits round. The first few rounds actually dictate the end. By round five – the game is over. Those that set themselves up
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Team: Strategies 1. Broad Cost Leader 2. Broad Differentiator 3. Niche Cost Leader (Low Technology) 4. Niche Differentiator (High Technology) 5. Cost Leader with Product Lifecycle Focus 6. Differentiator with Product Lifecycle Focus 12.1 Broad Cost Leader A Broad Cost Leader strategy maintains a presence in all segments of the market. The company will gain a competitive advantage by keeping R&D‚ production and material costs to a minimum‚ enabling the company to compete on the basis
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HRM Simulation Final Report Absenteeism Our goal for absenteeism was to decrease it from 498 to 120 by quarter 8 by maintaining high morale and offering health benefits to keep employees healthy. We also planned to keep our accident rate low in order to reduce absenteeism. We decided to focus the fringe benefits we offered on health benefits. We thought this strategy would work because we felt that absenteeism was caused by three factors: employee sick days (health)‚ employee injury claims (accident
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Erie88 | Matei Birladeanu‚ Linda Du‚ Haley Kurylo‚ Scott Oakes‚ Victoria Wright | CAPSIM Strategy Meme#1 Erie88’s CAPSIM Strategy Memo #1 Vision Statement We aspire to be an industry leader. With innovation in our DNA‚ we strive to gain 50% plus of the market share in both high and low tech sectors by manufacturing cost-effective low tech products and by creating cutting-edge high tech products. Our customer centric approach in positioning products is key to achieving our healthy profit margin
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What is The Goal? What is the goal of organization? The goals -> create values for customers -> generate profits. Profits can increase by increases in unit margin and/or sales volume. Metrics of profits: Net Profit ( or Net Income) = Sales Revenue – Operating Costs ROI = (Gains from Inv. – Cost of Inv.)/ Cost of Investment Cash Flow How operational decisions link to financial & market performance? Cash Flow Throughput Time Inventory Operating Costs
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Capsim Success Measures RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE) Formula Description: What Does Return On Equity Tell You? Return on equity (ROE) is net profit divided by total equity. Return on equity tells you how effectively a company is using the dollars invested in it by stockholders. ROE is the most often quoted single statistic when describing a firm ’s performance. It is also one of the statistics considered to be most useful by stockholders. RETURN ON ASSETS (ROA) Formula Description: You determine
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