Decisions for Quarter One and Quarterly Business Review

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"Growing Your Business" - A Management Simulation

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 Role Play for Q1'21 You can use a role play to talk to certain people involved with the company, as well as suppliers or customers.

When you decide who you’d like to talk to, simply click the phone icon next to that person’s name and follow the instructions on the screen. When you are done, click Hang Up. Once you hang up, the role play is completed with that person for that quarter; you cannot call them back in the same quarter.

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* The number in green shows how many remaining calls you have in the quarter ** The number in orange shows the total available calls for that quarter *** Once you make a call, the person you spoke with will be listed

Stan Sloane Hisco Owner

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Stanley has run different businesses for 25 years, and believes the Hisco reader could dominate the marketplace. Although the prior management team disappointed him, Stanley is optimistic that bringing you in to Hisco is just what the company needs to start turning things around. He has faith that you can do the job, and his management style is very hands-off. As you can see from the Welcome video, Stan loves technology!

Iona Lines Diversified Products - Inspection Lines

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Iona owns Diversified Products, from whom Hisco leases the inspection lines. She has worked very hard to get her product to market and believes it could revolutionize the industry. Iona is responsible for manufacturing the lines you order, and she is always looking for ways to increase throughput. In her spare time, Iona works as a cat show judge, and her claim to fame is that she has been featured in Cat Fancy Magazine.

Stall Brick Quality Team Leader

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Stall Brick has been in manufacturing quality for many years, and recently became a Six Sigma Black Belt. He is our resident expert on quality, as well as being focused on productivity initiatives aimed at taking cost out of a process. Stall Brick has been with Hisco from the start, and wants to make sure Hisco has the best quality product on the market. He is very good at his job, and may be hard to get a hold of, since he is always fixing problems that arise in the factory. Stall Brick has been known to use a laser level to ensure all the pictures on the walls in the offices are straight.

Danny Hospital Products Distributor

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Danny works exclusively for Hisco selling the reader to hospitals. He visits doctors, nurses, and the buyers at each hospital, and the nurses love the fact that he always comes bearing chocolates. Danny has been in sales for over 20 years and has sold everything from cars to computers. He believes in the reader and enjoys his job greatly. He always has his finger on the pulse of the competition, the market, and

Charlie Chipmaker Hamada USA Sales Representative

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Charlie works for Hamada, the supplier of the pick-up cells, as the main US Sales Rep. He had a good relationship with the prior Hisco management team. Charlie’s boss, Mr. Hamada, runs the company with an iron fist. As your sales rep, Charlie works hard to ensure he delivers what you need, when you need it. Charlie hoped to retire last year, but Mr. Hamada keeps convincing him to stay just a little longer.

Ms. Buy It Hospital Supplier Management

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Ms. Buy It is the Purchasing Manager at the hospital. She has the final say in which products get purchased, although she is under tremendous pressure from hospital administration to cut costs. She knows what factors are important when buying from Hisco. Ms. Buy It is so focused on saving money, she considers herself an “extreme couponer”, and will never pay full price for anything.

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the customer. Danny has so many connections, it is rumored that LinkedIn has blocked him from adding any more contacts, much to his chagrin.

Mrs. Chipmaker is not happy about Charlie’s ever-extended retirement date.

Mr. Fix It Engineering R&D Manager

Mr. Fix It loves developing new products. He works diligently on any project he is involved in, and the R&D lab is like his home away from home. Mr. Fix It is a model train aficionado, and in fact, his collection is so large, he has a table in the lab set up with several models on it. You know Mr. Fix It by the conductor’s hat he sometimes wears in the lab.

Victoria Cash CEO of Ventures, Inc.

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Victoria Cash’s passion for making successful business investments and earning consistently high returns started as a child in Chicago as, at the age of 8, she was crowned National Monopoly Champion. Although Victoria came up short several years later at the International Tournament in a devastating defeat, her experiences as a youth fueled her desire to become one of today’s most successful venture capitalists. Victoria’s portfolio of investments is highly diverse. It is rumored that she is looking to expand her depth in the healthcare technology marketplace with one or more equity investments; however, Victoria is a shrewd businesswoman and will only make an investment if she feels her return will be significant. As Victoria often states – “I am a businesswoman, not a charitable organization.”

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