Step by Step for each round to win all 8 rounds

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Save several weeks or a month of research by just 8 hours reading this guide and apply step by step decisions making, for all the 8 rounds

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Before you begin, remember, this is long term strategy game with 8 rounds.
The general strategy for this game is investing heavily in R&D, Promo and Sales, Production Capacity Expansion, Increase Automation, HR, TQM, using long-term liabilities in the earlier rounds (1-3) and gain top sales and profit all rounds from 4-8. If this is a group assignment, need to consider:
- A team leader to review all decisions
- R&D is the key to win, if there is mistake, need 2-3 rounds to fix, then can not compete with other teams. So, again, R&D is the key.
- Marketing face only 4 decisions: Price, Promo and Sales and most important, Sales Forecast Calculation
- Production face only 3 decisions: Production plan calculation, Production capacity expansion and Automation. (Note that Production depends on Marketing sales forecast)
- HR with only 2 decisions
- TQM with 10 simple decisions
- Finance with 3-5 decisions (do not fear them).
If you have free time, you can read all Financial reports, it is very details.
To win the game, you just need to look at Sales and Profit.
So, do not put too much hope on Finance member, their key job is to get enough funds for 3 first rounds and pay dividends in later rounds.

1 - Log in and read Industry Condition Report (Top menu, report tab, last row)

2 - Read Courier Report of last round (to get Market overview, Pricing, Production and Competitors analysis)

3 - Prepare an Excel file to calculate R&D, Sales Forecast and Production for each round.

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Capsim Tips Per Capsim Round

1. Note to reduce prices by $0.50 every year to keep products more competitive.

2. Make sure to add enough capacity for production for each segment, if not, competitors will sell more, then lose customers.

3. Key to win is new products: If a new product is invented, invest in capacity, and set automation for new products.

4. If funds are available, in Production, invest in automation for new invented products.

5. Changing a product size and or performance, every round based on perceptual map or Courier report

6. Low end product does not require re-positioning

7. Spend an hour to read the instructions booklet to get a better understanding of the game. It is simple but useful knowledge.

Research and Development (R&D) Decisions Capsim Tips Round 1

• Invented a new product (in Low End segment, to double sales and profit from Round 4 to 8)

Marketing Decisions Capsim Tips Round 1

• Paid for accessibility (1200-1400, Low End 2000)

• Paid for awareness (1200-1400, Low End 2000)

Production Decisions Capsim Tips Round 1

• Purchased automation for new product and existing products.

• Purchased capacity for new product invented and existing products.

• Sell surplus capacity for Traditional (-600)

• Sell surplus capacity for High End (-300)

• Add new capacity for new R&D product (600, automation 5)

• Increase automation for Traditional to 5 and Low End to 6.5

Finance Decisions Capsim Tips Round 1

• Issued stocks (MAX)

• Issued bonds (MAX)

• Changed Accounts Receivables due date to 90 days or 46 days

• Changed Accounts Payable payment date to 30 days

Sample strategy for Round 1

Research and Development (R&D) Decisions Capsim Tips Round 2

• Repositioned segments: traditional, high-end, performance and size.

Marketing Decisions Capsim Tips Round 2

• Paid for accessibility.

• Paid for awareness.

Production Decisions Capsim Tips Round 2

• Purchased more automation.

• Purchased more capacity.

Finance Decisions Capsim Tips Round 2

• Issued stocks.

• Issued bonds.

• Accounts Receivables due date to 90 days (same from the previous round).

• Accounts Payables payment date to 30 days (same from the previous round).

Human Resource Decisions Capsim Tips Round 2

• Recruiting costs: $5,000.

• Training: 80 hours.

• Negotiated new labor terms.

Research and Development (R&D) Decisions Capsim Round 3

• Repositioned segments: high-end, performance, size and high-end (invented product).

Marketing Decisions Capsim Round 3

• Paid for accessibility.

• Paid for awareness.

Production Decisions Capsim Round 3

• Purchased more automation.

• Purchased more capacity.

Finance Decisions Capsim Round 3

• Issued stocks.

• Accounts Receivables due date to 90 days (same from the previous round).

• Accounts Payables payment date to 30 days (same from the previous round).

Human Resource Decisions Capsim Round 3

• Recruiting costs: $5,000.

• Training: 80 hours.

Research and Development (R&D) Decisions Capsim Tips Round 4

• Repositioned segments: traditional, high-end, performance, size and high-end (invented product).

Marketing Decisions Capsim Tips Round 4

• Paid for accessibility.

• Paid for awareness.

Production Decisions Capsim Tips Round 4

• Purchased more automation.

• Purchased more capacity.

Finance Decisions Capsim Tips Round 4

• Issued stocks.

• Accounts Receivables due date to 90 days (same from the previous round).

• Accounts Payables payment date to 30 days (same from the previous round).

Human Resource Decisions Capsim Tips Round 4

• Recruiting costs: $5,000.

• Training: 80 hours.

Total Quantity Management (TQM) Capsim Tips Round 4

• Costs: $1,500 per category.

Research and Development (R&D) Decisions Capsim Tips Per Round 5

• Repositioned all segments.

Marketing Decisions Capsim Tips Per Round 5

• Paid for accessibility.

• Paid for awareness.

Production Decisions Capsim Tips Per Round 5

• Purchased more automation.

Finance Decisions CapsimTips Per Round 5

• Accounts Receivables due date to 90 days (same from the previous round).

• Accounts Payables payment date to 30 days (same from the previous round).

Human Resource Decisions Capsim Tips Per Round 5

• Recruiting costs: $5,000.

• Training: 80 hours.

Total Quantity Management (TQM) Capsim Tips Per Round 5

• Costs: $1,500 per category.

Research and Development (R&D) Decisions Capsim Tips Per Round 6

• Repositioned segments: traditional, high-end, performance, size and high-end (invented product).

Marketing Decisions Capsim Tips Round 6

• Paid for accessibility.

• Paid for awareness.

Production Decisions Capsim Tips Round 6

• Purchased more automation.

• Purchased more capacity.

Finance Decisions Capsim Tips Round 6

• Accounts Receivables due date to 90 days (same from the previous round).

• Accounts Payables payment date to 30 days (same from the previous round).

Human Resource Decisions Capsim Tips Round 6

• Recruiting costs: $5,000.

• Training: 80 hours.

Total Quantity Management (TQM) Capsim Tips Round 6

• Costs: $1,500 per category.

Research and Development (R&D) Decisions Capsim Tips Round 7

• Repositioned segments: traditional, high-end, and high-end (invented product).

Marketing Decisions Capsim Tips Round 7

• Paid for accessibility.

• Paid for awareness.

Production Decisions Capsim Tips Round 7

• Purchased more capacity.

Finance Decisions Capsim Tips Round 7

• Retired stocks.

• Retired bonds.

• Accounts Receivables due date to 90 days (same from the previous round).

• Accounts Payables payment date to 30 days (same from the previous round).

Human Resource Decisions Capsim Tips Round 7

• Recruiting costs: $5,000.

• Training: 80 hours.

• Negotiated new labor terms.

Research and Development (R&D) Decisions Capsim Round 8

• Repositioned segments: traditional, high-end, performance, size and high-end (invented product).

Marketing Decisions Capsim Round 8

• Paid for accessibility.

• Paid for awareness.

Production Decisions Capsim Round 8

• No more automation and capacity purchased.

Finance Decisions Capsim Round 8

• Retired stocks.

• Retired bonds.

• Accounts Receivables due date to 90 days (same from the previous round).

• Accounts Payables payment date to 30 days (same from the previous round).

Human Resource Decisions Capsim Round 8

• Recruiting costs: $5,000.

• Training: 80 hours.

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