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Student Name Student ID # Company Name
Provide your name as it appears in your student records.
Provide your student ID number.
Provide the name of your company.
Notes: In your recording, introduce yourself and provide the name of your company.
You do not need to verbalize your student ID number.
You do not need to enter any information in the footer section.
If you have citations and references, you may include a reference slide at the end of the presentation.
You are not required to cite and reference your own simulation results.
You may not delete any slides from the template. You can add slides and change graphics, colors, etc.
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Best approach to quarter 4 and task 1:
Work through quarter 4 (do not submit your final decisions yet)
Work through task 1
When satisfied with your task 1 response, download the final version of the completed tactical plan from quarter 4 to submit with task 1.
Submit Task 1
Immediately, submit quarter 4 in the simulation.
Do not change the format of the Tactical Plan – submit it as an Excel document.
Tactical Plan should be completed through Q6 before you start task 1.
Please refer to the Tactical Plan Primer and review A Closer Look At the Tactical Plan. The resources may be accessed by using the course search feature in your course study plan.
Presenter’s Notes – How detailed should these be?
Presenter’s notes are a task requirement. You may include the notes in the presenter’s notes section of your multimedia presentation or as a separate text (Word) document. The notes should be detailed enough that the notes alone could be used to evaluate your task.
Mission Statement
<<Insert your mission statement here.>>
Mission Statement and Objectives
Objectives
<<Insert your objectives here.>>
2
Copy your company's mission statement and objectives that you entered in the simulation.
Target Segments
<<Insert your #1 target segment here.>>
<<Insert your #2 target segment here.>>
<<Insert your #3 target segment here.>>
3
Enter the target segments you selected for your company. These are the target markets selected in your Goals and Strategy workspace in the simulation.
4
Past Market Performance
Provide information regarding market performance through Q3 using either of the following performance reports:
market share
sales
These should support discussion of this slide and be exported from the game in quarter four (located under “Performance Report”). Use the export button at the top right of the workspace to open Excel, and then copy and paste any graphs or tables you need to support your position into the slide above or use a snipping tool or similar application.
In this slide, you are explaining two decisions that affected past market performance (positive or negative).
Past Financial Performance
5
Insert Cumulative Balanced Score Card
Add a screenshot of the “Financial Performance” section of the cumulative balanced scorecard.
The cumulative balanced scorecard can be exported from the game in quarter 4 (located under “Performance Report”). Use the export button at the at the top right of the workspace to open Excel, and then copy and paste into the slide above or use a snipping tool or similar application.
In this slide, you are explaining two decisions that affected past financial performance (positive or negative).
Every transaction has a cost. When considering what is a financial decision versus a non-financial decision think about the purpose of the initial decision. As an analogy, supposed I added another bathroom in my home. Was the initial decision to improve the resale value or was it to make the home more comfortable for current residents. Clearly, based on the original intent one could make a financial or a non-financial case. Explain how the financial decision impacts financial statements if done for a financial purpose.
SWOT Analysis
6
| Strength |
| Weakness |
| Opportunity |
| Threat |
The tables above can be used to document a SWOT analysis for your company. Please note that you are only required to list a single entry in each category. If providing more than one response per category – indicate the most significant response in the presentation and in your verbal response.
Investment Plan
7
Lay out your plan for utilizing the additional $2.5 million in funding as laid out in your Strategic and Tactical Plans for Q4–Q6.
Note: This is a transition slide used to shift the presentation from past performance to future plans. Provide a high level snapshot of your investment plan. The specific details are provided in the subsequent slides.
Marketing Strategy
8
The slide above should showcase your company's marketing strategy based on your Strategic and Tactical Plans for Q4–Q6.
Sales Channel Strategy
9
The slide above should showcase your company’s sales channel strategy based on your Strategic and Tactical Plans for Q4–Q6.
Human Resource Strategy
10
The slide above showcases your human resource strategy based on your Strategic and Tactical Plans for Q4–Q6.
Manufacturing Strategy
11
| Plan Item | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 |
| Addition to Fixed Capacity | ||||||
| Investment in Fixed Capacity | ||||||
| Available Fixed Capacity | ||||||
| Operating Capacity | ||||||
| % Lost Capacity Due to Production Productivity | ||||||
| Production Volume | ||||||
| Lost Sales | ||||||
| Average Unit Production Cost | ||||||
| Total Production Cost |
Provide a summary of past, present, and future manufacturing decisions on the slide above. Look under the Tactical Plan in the simulation menu for a breakdown.
Financial Strategy
12
The slide above showcases your financial strategy based on your Strategic and Tactical Plans for Q4–Q6.
Anticipated Benefits
13
Discuss two anticipated benefits that the strategic actions will yield for your company in the next three quarters of the business (Q4–Q6).
You are discussing a total of two anticipated benefits.
Four Actionable Steps
14
Provide four actionable steps by discussing at least two actionable steps for each of two strategies identified in slides 8–12.
Actionable steps to support two strategies:
Pick two of your strategies.
Refer to your tactical plan.
What actions did you invest in related to the selected strategies?
It is important to understand how the various items on the tactical plan link back to your strategies. Hint: Examine the items listed under the various functions in the simulation.
Discuss at least two actionable steps for each of the two strategies you selected. You must have a total of four (4) actionable steps.
Be sure to name the strategy that the action steps are supporting.