Simulation Team Report NAMES:

Hannah Kraus,
Matt Roose,
Section: F Industry Number: F68923 Company: Andrews . Staci Vriezelaar,
Round 4 Date: 3-9-15 Allison Kraut,
Karissa Bellile
*Only one report per team is necessary. All reports must be submitted on this form, be typed, and turned
in at the beginning of the class period they are due. Reports not meeting these requirements will not
receive credit. An additional page may be used if space provided for your information is not sufficient.

A. Did all team members participate in the decisions for this round? YES NO (If no, who did not participate?)

B. Company Goals Achieved This Round: (In the space provided identify at least one performance dimension from
the Analyst Report for this round that met or exceeded your company’s goals or expectations. Briefly explain the
factors that you think made it possible to achieve this goal.)
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In Round 4 of the Capsim simulation, the Andrews Company did well in not using our emergency loans, utilized Working
Capital, Forecasting, and Wealth Creation. Our Working Capital received one hundred points this round because of the
combination of days of working capital and current ratio. By keeping our current ratio above two and days of working
capital between 30 and 90 we got the maximum amount of points in Working Capital. Also during this round we did well
in forecasting because we accurately forecasted the demand needed for our Able sensor. We also had each person who
was the head of the department to make sure they were using the correct formulas. Then we discussed as a group to make
sure that the numbers each department head used was what the whole group thought was right. Overall this process
worked really well for our company and we hope to succeed from here.

C. Company Areas for Improvement: (In the space provided identify at least one performance dimension from the
Analyst Report for this round that failed to meet your company’s goals or expectations. What will your team do to
improve in this area?)
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In Round 4 of the Andrews Company, there were areas that we struggled in, which were Margin, Profits, and Customer
Satisfaction. What we as a company can due to fix our problem of margin is use a formula that will increase our margins.
The formula that we will use for Round 5 and future rounds is (Sales - (Direct Labor + Direct Materials + Inventory
Carry) Sales). By doing this we will fix our margin to succeed in the future. Also during this Round we did not make as
much of a profit as we have in the past. The main reason why profits were so low was because our stock prices went down
and we created a new product that took up possible profit money. Next round we will work to increase out profits to a
goal of $11 million, to get the full 100 points. Another area that we need to improve on is Customer Satisfaction, and to
do this we need to pay more attention to the product, price, promotion, and place of our sensor, and by doing this our
customers should be more satisfied. Overall it is okay to make these small mistakes so we can learn from them, and work
to do better in the future years of our company.