CAPSIM: TEAM MEMBER GUIDE NOTES, CAPSTONE:
CAPSIM TEAM MEMBER GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
Product: Sensors Ans✓✓✓Sensors are devices that observe physical
conditions. For example, the average cell phone contains dozens of
sensors that allow it to interpret touch, spatial orientation and signal
strength.
New sensor businesses are created every day in areas as diverse as
security, aeronautics and biomedical engineering.
You are in a business-to-business market, not a direct-toconsumer
market; the sensors your company manufactures are incorporated into
the products your customers sell.
Foundation FastTrack Ans✓✓✓Every round, you and your competitors
will have access to an industry newsletter called the Foundation
FastTrack. It is an extensive year-end report of the sensor
industry.
It includes customer buying patterns, product positioning, public
financial records and other information that will help you get ahead.
Every product's Customer Survey Score can be found in the FastTrack's
Segment Analysis pages. These scores determine sales distribution. In
general, the higher the score, the better the sales.
, Situation Analysis Ans✓✓✓Will enable you to understand current
market conditions and how the industry will evolve in the next few
years. It will assist you with your operational planning.
Proformas & Annual Reports Ans✓✓✓Proformas are projections for the
upcoming year. The proformas will help you envision the impacts of
your pending decisions and sales forecasts.
Annual reports are the results from the previous year. The annual reports
will help you analyze last year's results.
Foundation Spreadsheet Ans✓✓✓The nerve center of your company
where you formulate and finalize management decisions for every
department.
Research & Development (R&D) Ans✓✓✓Your R&D Department
designs your product line. The department needs to invent and revise
products that appeal to your customers' changing needs.
R&D works with Marketing to make sure products meet customer
expectations.
R&D works with Production to ensure assembly lines are purchased for
new products. If Production discontinues a product, it should notify
R&D.
CAPSIM TEAM MEMBER GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
Product: Sensors Ans✓✓✓Sensors are devices that observe physical
conditions. For example, the average cell phone contains dozens of
sensors that allow it to interpret touch, spatial orientation and signal
strength.
New sensor businesses are created every day in areas as diverse as
security, aeronautics and biomedical engineering.
You are in a business-to-business market, not a direct-toconsumer
market; the sensors your company manufactures are incorporated into
the products your customers sell.
Foundation FastTrack Ans✓✓✓Every round, you and your competitors
will have access to an industry newsletter called the Foundation
FastTrack. It is an extensive year-end report of the sensor
industry.
It includes customer buying patterns, product positioning, public
financial records and other information that will help you get ahead.
Every product's Customer Survey Score can be found in the FastTrack's
Segment Analysis pages. These scores determine sales distribution. In
general, the higher the score, the better the sales.
, Situation Analysis Ans✓✓✓Will enable you to understand current
market conditions and how the industry will evolve in the next few
years. It will assist you with your operational planning.
Proformas & Annual Reports Ans✓✓✓Proformas are projections for the
upcoming year. The proformas will help you envision the impacts of
your pending decisions and sales forecasts.
Annual reports are the results from the previous year. The annual reports
will help you analyze last year's results.
Foundation Spreadsheet Ans✓✓✓The nerve center of your company
where you formulate and finalize management decisions for every
department.
Research & Development (R&D) Ans✓✓✓Your R&D Department
designs your product line. The department needs to invent and revise
products that appeal to your customers' changing needs.
R&D works with Marketing to make sure products meet customer
expectations.
R&D works with Production to ensure assembly lines are purchased for
new products. If Production discontinues a product, it should notify
R&D.
