Business Decisions Recap

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"Growing Your Business" - A Management Simulation

Executive SummaryQuarter Variance to Plan GraphicsQuarter Variance to Plan and SRO

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 Quarterly Decisions

Quarterly Business Review (QBR) for Q2'21

Utilize the results for the quarter just played. Good sources of information are the Quarterly Dashboard (General Report, Business Intelligence Dashboard and SWOT & Strategy), Internal Emails and Industry News, and Quarter Variance to Plan and SRO. You must answer each question with a minimum of 120 words per box. You will not be able to submit your QBR if you have fewer than 120 words in each box. Save your work frequently, using the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the page. You can also type your answers into a Word doc and copy/paste here when you are finished. Your work will not be saved automatically within the simulation.

5 Key Learnings from Quarter Words:0 What are the top five key learnings you acquired this quarter?

Using the "Pre-tax NI Walk: Plan to Actual" chart, discuss the key drivers behind the price, volume, cost, and/or productivity variances.

What decisions did you make this quarter that affected your Cash Flow, and how did those decisions impact Cash (positively or negatively)?

What were the three most difficult decisions you had to make this quarter, and why were they difficult?

 Reginald Whimbush

Hisco    QTRLY DASHBOARD  R&D  ROLE-PLAY  QTRLY DECISIONS Financial Statements  Supply Chain Mgt

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Are we on track to meet Annual Net Income Commitment? Provide explanation Words:0

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How did the decision of your competitors (Redex and Matek) affect your results? What do you believe to be the strategy of your competitors, and will you have to adjust your decisions based on what you think they will do?

How effectively do you feel you used your Role Play calls? What information or negotiations were you able to gain? How will your calls this past quarter impact your decisions next quarter?

Are we on track to meet or exceed our Annual Net Income Commitment? Why or why not?

Based on your original strategy, how well did your decisions support that strategy? Were there any constraints that prevented you from following your strategy?

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