Stanford University Graduate School of Business April 29‚ 2009 * * Managing a Short Product Life Cycle at Littlefield Labs Background In early January‚ Littlefield Labs (LL) opened its first and only highly automated lab to test blood samples. LL receives the samples from local hospitals and clinics and processes the samples using disposable kits. After 360 days of operation the lab will cease operations‚ shut down‚ and dispose of any remaining kit inventories. Neither capacity nor inventory has
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1. What did you observe in inventory and back order levels when you play the game in uncoordinated and coordinated modes? What are the underlying reasons for the problems associated with uncoordinated decision-making? Based on the results you found in the previous part‚ list the potential benefits of coordination. (max 0.75 page) 2. What are the steps companies can take in order to reduce the problems associated with uncoordinated decision-making? Discuss also the potential implementation issues
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The Bailey Prospect[1] It is Thursday‚ May 18‚ 1988. Your assignment is to help Sprigg Lane Natural Resources evaluate the risks associated with a potential investment in the "Bailey Prospect‚" a natural gas opportunity in Doddridge County‚ West Virginia. Your colleague‚ Lisa Weatherford has done a thorough base-case analysis and constructed a spreadsheet model that you can use in your analysis. You and Lisa are financial analysts at Sprigg Lane Investment Corporation. Background Sprigg
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machines which we owned. Machines affected the revenues through the purchases and the goal was to obtain as much revenue as possible. Through the game‚ we learnt how to analyse our production numbers and plot strategies to tackle the demand that was constantly changing. Strategy Our strategy was to obtain a stable utilization rate throughout all machines to prevent incurring any late penalty. For example at Day 50‚ before the game started‚ we observed that machine 1 was running at 100% utilization
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This paper is a reflection on three simulations as each relates to strategic planning. The first simulation‚ “Thinking Strategically‚” highlights the importance of environmental scanning. The second simulation‚ “Developing Grand Strategies‚” challenged decisions made for a company which lead to effective strategy formulation and choices. The third simulation‚ “Creating a Strategic Road Map‚” provided a simulated experience of how to build a strategic roadmap focusing on the importance and effectiveness
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Chapter 1: Types of Simulation Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 2 The Basic Simulation Process................................................................................................... 2 Figure 1.01: Basic Simulation Process............................................................................ 2 Figure 1.02: Decision Cycle.........................................
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..................................................................................................................................................... Using Simulation-Based Training to Enhance Management Education EDUARDO SALAS JESSICA L. WILDMAN University of Central Florida RONALD F. PICCOLO Rollins College We suggest that simulation-based training (SBT) offers many advantages as an approach for management education‚ and in an effort to guide and encourage its appropriate use‚ we provide several
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What have you learned Business simulation is simulation used for business training or analysis. Most business simulations are used for business acumen training and development. Learning objectives include: strategic thinking‚ financial analysis‚ market analysis‚ operations‚ teamwork and leadership. The business gaming community seems lately to have adopted the term business simulation game instead of just gaming or just simulation. The word simulation is sometimes considered too mechanistic
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Studying of the data under analysis reveals the changes in pricing strategy over the duration of the 6 simulations. When specific reference is made to the Unit Price it can be noted that for the first 3 simulations the Unit Price for the backpack‚ targeted primarily towards Urban Computers‚ was $45. But‚ in the 4th and 5th rounds of sales‚ the Unit Price was decreased to $34. Lastly‚ in the 6th and final simulation of analysis the Unit Price was decreased to a final price of $28. Analysis of the
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Change Management Simulation - Executive Report Change & Crisis Management Executive Summary The following executive report is a result of what our change plan achieved throughout the simulation. Our results of this simulation were positive. Although we did not reach the adoption process‚ we had a number of people in the aware‚ interested‚ and appraisal/trial stage ending in a total of 63.5 points.The tactics that we utilized were effective‚ although with 17.5 weeks left we were not
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