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CAPSIM MANUAL EXAM WITH |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




CORRECT SOLUTIONS ||||||




Intro - -In charge of a multimillion dollars company that manufactures sensors
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-business-to-business

-gov't split a monopoly into identical competitors where financials are decent, but products
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are old, marketing efforts falling short, production lines need revamping, etc.
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industry newsletter - -extensive year-end report of the sensor industry
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-includes customer buying patterns, product positioning, public financial records
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-helps evaluate your company's performance or analyze competitors
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customer survey scores - -found in Courier's Segment Analysis page|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-higher the score, better the sales |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-reflects how well a product meets its segment's buying cirtiera
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proformas - -projections for the upcoming years |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-help you envision the impact of your pending decisions and sales forecasts
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annual reports - -results from previous year
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-help you analyze last years results
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capstone spreadsheet - -nerve center of your company where you formulate and finalize
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management decision for every department |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

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industry conditions report - -help you understand your customers |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-customers fall into different groups, called market segments |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-traditional, low end, high end, performance, size |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




4 buying criteria - -price
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-age

-MTBF- mean time before failure |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-positioning- size and performance |||||| |||||| ||||||




perceptual map - -tool to track the position of their products and those of their competitors |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-performance is on the horizontal axis and size is on vertical |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-low end is satisfied with inexpensive products that are large in size and slow performaning
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-high end wants faster performing and smaller size
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-overtime customers expect products that are smaller and faster |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




positioning score - -must understand both what customers want and their boundaries in |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




terms of product's size and performance |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




rough cut circle - -dashed outer circle defines the outer limit of the segment, customers will
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not purchase a product outside this boundary
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-radius is 4.0 |||||| ||||||




-products are poorly positioning and have reduced customer survey scores |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




fine cut ciricle - -solid inner circle where customers prefer products within this circle, radius
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is 2.5
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-for expensive technology, the ideal spot is to the upper left of the segment where material
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costs are lower |||||| ||||||

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-cutting edge technology- lower right of segment where material costs are higher
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ideal spot - point is the heart of the segment, all other being equal, demand is highest
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price score - as price goes down, price score goes up
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MTBF score - -customer survey score improves as MTBF increases, however material costs
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increase .30 for every additional 1,000 hours of reliability |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-customers ignore reliability above expected range |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




age score - -does not have a rough cut, product cannot be too young or too old to be
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considered for purchase |||||| |||||| ||||||




-cutting edge- 1.5 years or less |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-proven technology- 2 years or more |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




customer survey score equation |||||| |||||| ||||||




ex. Calculate the Dec. market share percentage for team Andrew's. Your customer survey
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score for Andrew was 30, baldwin 32, chester 17, erie 25. - your score/ (sum of your score +
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competitors scores) ||||||




=30/ (30+32+17+25) = 30/ 104= 28.8%
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accounts receivables "credit policy" - -90 days: no reduction to base score
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-60 days score is reduced .7%
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-30 days score is reduced 7%
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-0 days reduces score by 40%
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