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CAPSIM* Questions and Solutions In Capstone, there are _____ basic strategies for starting your own strategy. 6 The _____ is a marketing tool used to track the position of the company's products against those of the competitors. Perceptual Map Hours The Mean Time Before Failure is measured in _____. Project Length - The product's automation level on the production line. - The # of R&D projects underway at the same time. - The proximity of the product's new lo...

Capsim Rehearsal Quiz Questions and Solutions Reposition a product 1. Research current customer buying criteria in the Courier 2. Display the R&D worksheet 3. Adjust Performance, Size, MTBF 4. Observe impacts upon Age, material cost, and completion dates 5. Save the decisions Marketing a product 1. Scheduling production 2. Research the competitive environment in the Courier 3. Display the Marketing worksheet 4. Enter decisions for Price, Promotion and Sales Budgets 5. Observe t...

CAPSIM Quiz Questions and Solutions How many products do you start with on the simulation? 5 What is the max amount of products you can have? 8 What are reliability ranges called in CAPSIM? MTBF (mean time before failure) What is MTBF? Each segment sets a 5,000 hr range, the number of hours a product is expected to operate before it malfunctions. What to customers want over time? The drift: faster and smaller products What is automation and what does it d...

CAPSIM Questions with correct Answers Americas 2:1 (Budget: Performance) for foreseeable future Europe 3:1 but trending towards performance in the next five to ten years. -High-income region -experiencing steady economic growth that your company hopes to capitalize on. Asia Pacific -3:1 with further expansion of the budget market anticipated. -low-income communities, significant demand for improved health care. -zero-tariff policy that makes it an attractive market moving...

Capsim Exam Questions and Solutions What is the Capstone Courier? an extensive year-end report of the sensor industry What does the capstone courier include? customer buying patterns, product positioning, public financial records Where is the courier available? from the capstone spreadsheet and on the website after logging into the simulation through reports link What are proformas? are projections for the upcoming year and will help you envision the impacts of pending ...

Business Strategy - Capsim test 1 Questions and Solutions 1. EBIT is a financial acronym for what? Earnings Before Interest & Taxes What is the current top marginal corporate tax rate in the U.S. for large, C- corporations: 21% How do you compute market capitalization (its stock market valuation) for a corporation? Current Stock Price X Number of Outstanding Shares of Stock How do you compute stockholders' equity? Assets - Liabilities How do you compute the bo...

Capsim Questions and Solutions Stock price is a direct function of which four items? 1. Dividend 2. EPS 3. Book Value 4. Emergency Loans Most important criterion for high-end segment Position What is the "sweet-spot" for high-end segment? On the leading edge of the circle What is the "sweet-spot" for traditional segment? center What is the "sweet- spot" for size segment? leading edge of the circle What is the "sweet-spot" for lo...

Capsim (Test 1) Questions and Answers FastTrack Report extensie year-end report. includes customer buying patterns, product positioning, and public financial records Buying Criteria price, age, mtbf, and positioning Price high tech: doesnt matter Low tech: want cheaper products Age High tech: new Low: 2-4 years mtbf (mean time before failure) high tech prefers high mtbf Low tech is ok with lower Positioning size and performance of product. The ...

Capsim 1 Questions and Answers foundation fast track report of the sensor industry parts of foundation fast track Front page Stock and bonds Financial Production analysis Segment analysis reports Front page last year's results including sales, profits and cumulative profits for your firm and competitors. stock and bonds summary stock prices, market capitalization, bond ratings and prime interest rates for all companies. financial summary surveys each com...

CAPSIM Test 1 Questions and Answers Four buying criteria and which criteria are most important to each segment. Of these four, which change every year in terms of what the market desires and by how much. Which do not change each year? Price: Most important to the Low End Segment. Changes each year by $0.50. Age: Most important to the Traditional Segment. Does not change each year. Changes when you change positioning MTBF: Most important to the Performance Segment. Does not change each year. ...

Capsim Questions and Answers The following represent core company activities that must be addressed each year except: Production. Marketing. Labor Negotiations. Research and Development. Finance. Labor Negotiations The percentage of workers that left the company last year is the: Turnover rate. Productivity Index. Separated Employees. None of the above. Complement. Turnover Rate In only one product segment, diminishing returns for outside sales is reached at 45. 75. ...

Capsim with correct answers Products are invented and revised by which department? Research and Development What is the industry newsletter called? Capstone Courier Which of these investments is not a function of the Production department? A. Increasing Automation B. Wage increases C. Creating new production lines B. Wage Increases What are your company's options for raising money? Borrowing long term debt, borrowing short term debt and issuing stock Pric...

CapSim Questions with correct Answers What are the 4 buying criteria within each market segment? 1. Price 2. MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) 3. Age 4. Positioning Every year, what direction (increase or decrease) do customers demand for performance? Increased Every year, what direction (increase or decrease) do customers demand for size? Decreased Where within the fine cut circle do low tech customers want their product to fall? Right in the middle (0.0) Where...

Capsim Questions and Answers Foundation Fastrack an extensive year-end report of the sensor industry including customer buying patterns, product positioning, public financial records detailing last year's company-level financial performance for all firms, sales, production capacity, automation rates, customer survey scores, and other information. Front Page a snapshot of last year's results including sales, profits and cumulative profits for your firm and competitors Stock...

Capsim Exam Questions and Answers Products are invented and revised by which department? Research and Development What is the industry newsletter called? Capstone Courier Which of these investments is not a function of the Production department? Wage Increases What are your company's options for raising money? Borrowing Long-term debt Borrowing Short-term debt Issuing Stock Prices are established by the: Marketing Department The Proformas are dynam...

Capsim Questions with correct answers As a general rule, stock issues are used to: fund long term investments in capacity your _____ department controls the performance and size, therefore position of your sensor products within the market R&D The ____ details sales volume in all segments, reporting each products actual and potential sales market share report Which of the following is not one of the five parts to the situation analysis? forecasting analysis At wh...

Capsim Questions & Answers correct Throughout the simulation new companies will eventually enter the market. True or False? False Which of the following types of products does your company sell? Genetic Testing Devices Cell Phones Elevators Sensors sensors Traditional, Low End, High End, Performance, and Size are the customer segments. True or False? True Name two expectations customers have that are part of the Customer Buying Criteria. Price and Customer Awareness...

Exam #1 Capsim Questions and Answers What does your company manufacture? Sensors How was your company created? It was created when the government split a monopoly into identical competitors. What is FastTrack? What does it include? It is an extensive year-end report of the sensor industry. It includes customer buying patterns, product positioning, public financial records and other info that will help you get ahead. What is a Customer Survey Score? It is a rating tha...

CAPSIM Questions and Answers Proformas projections for upcoming year Annual Reports results from the previous year Where do you enter departmental decisions? Foundation Spreadsheet 4 Main Company Departments 1. Research and Development 2. Marketing 3. Production 4. Finance (HR and TQM may also be used) Where is the Customer Survey Score located? in Foundations FastTrack What year does Foundation FastTrack report? reports "Last Year's Results...

Capsim Exam Questions and Answers 1. When opening the Excel version of Capstone®, you should do what to Macros? Enable If there are two identical products, one that has 100% accessibility and one that has 0% accessibility, the product with 100% accessibility will outsell the other 2 to 1 providing all other attributes are identical. 3. How many products does every team start with? Five products 4. What are three of the five Segments? a. Traditional, Low End, Performanc...