December 2008, Quarter 0/12

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Simulation Run Time The simulation will run for 12 Business Quarters (3 years), at a screen-refresh rate of 3 minutes per simulated Quarter. The simulation round therefore lasts 36 minutes - plus some start up time, as you familiarise yourself with the screens.
Topics Covered Strategy, Capacity Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions. Your Starting Position The intial seed capital is 5,000K$ and your available investment budget is 10,000K$. You are competing against 2 virtual competitors: AAA Consultants Inc. and Gain & Co Inc.

Consulting

Change Management

Investment: 2,400K$
Monthly Capacity: 5

Consulting Fee: 96,000$
Monthly Revenues: 480K$
Staff: 28

Corporate Strategy

Investment: 3,000K$
Monthly Capacity: 5

Consulting Fee: 120,000$
Monthly Revenues: 600K$
Staff: 35

Mergers & Acquisitions

Investment: 4,800K$
Monthly Capacity: 2

Consulting Fee: 480,000$
Monthly Revenues: 960K$
Staff: 56

Private Equity

Investment: 2,700K$
Monthly Capacity: 3

Consulting Fee: 180,000$
Monthly Revenues: 540K$
Staff: 32

Strategic Positioning

Customer Service	Research	Recruitment	Training	Sustainability
Staff Cost +5.00% Cust.Satisfaction +50.00% Demand +5.00%	Staff Cost +4.00% Material Cost +8.00% Production +5.00% Demand +5.00%	Staff Cost +4.00% Material Cost +8.00% Production +10.00% Demand +4.00%	Staff Cost +4.00% Material Cost +4.00% G&A Expenses -25.00% Production +10.00% Demand +5.00%	Staff Cost +2.00% Material Cost +8.00% Demand +5.00%

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