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IndustryMasters Computer Supply Chain

Competitive Supply-Chain Simulation for the Computer Industry.

Topics Covered
Supply Chain Management, Entrepreneurial Startup, Strategy, Market Segmentation, New Product Introduction, Operations management, Product Lifecycle, Portfolio Management, Competitive Advantages, Inventory Management, Capacity Planning, Finance, Issue/Buyback Shares, Mergers and Acquisitions, Company Valuation, Leadership, Team Building, Communication, Group Decision Making.

Your Starting Position
The initial share capital is 60.00M$ and your available investment budget is 132M$. You are competing against 9 virtual competitors: AAA Computers Inc., Fast Circuit Inc., GiGa Byte Inc., HiX Computers Inc., Max Performance Inc., Mega Power Inc., Orange Tech Inc., Peer Star Inc. and Super Bit Inc.

Computer

CPUs

Initial Investment: 120M$
Capacity: 25,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 224$
Revenue: 5.60M$ / Month
Staff: 160

Memory

Initial Investment: 36.00M$
Capacity: 40,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 42$
Revenue: 1.68M$ / Month
Staff: 48

HD Storage

Initial Investment: 30.00M$
Capacity: 25,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 56$
Revenue: 1.40M$ / Month
Staff: 40

Motherboards

Initial Investment: 30.00M$
Capacity: 20,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 70$
Revenue: 1.40M$ / Month
Staff: 40

Power Supply & Cables

Initial Investment: 18.00M$
Capacity: 30,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 28$
Revenue: 0.84M$ / Month
Staff: 24

Cases

Initial Investment: 21.00M$
Capacity: 20,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 49$
Revenue: 0.98M$ / Month
Staff: 28

Optical Storage

Initial Investment: 27.00M$
Capacity: 30,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 42$
Revenue: 1.26M$ / Month
Staff: 36

Mice & Keyboards

Initial Investment: 22.50M$
Capacity: 30,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 35$
Revenue: 1.05M$ / Month
Staff: 30

LCD Screens

Initial Investment: 72.00M$
Capacity: 20,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 168$
Revenue: 3.36M$ / Month
Staff: 96

OS

Initial Investment: 48.00M$
Capacity: 20,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 112$
Revenue: 2.24M$ / Month
Staff: 64

Notebooks

Initial Investment: 77.00M$
Capacity: 10,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 980$
Revenue: 9.80M$ / Month
Staff: 280

Netbooks

Initial Investment: 66.00M$
Capacity: 10,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 840$
Revenue: 8.40M$ / Month
Staff: 240

Tablets

Initial Investment: 55.00M$
Capacity: 10,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 700$
Revenue: 7.00M$ / Month
Staff: 200

Desktops

Initial Investment: 44.00M$
Capacity: 10,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 560$
Revenue: 5.60M$ / Month
Staff: 160

Workstations

Initial Investment: 55.00M$
Capacity: 5,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 1,400$
Revenue: 7.00M$ / Month
Staff: 200

Servers

Initial Investment: 49.50M$
Capacity: 1,500 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 4,200$
Revenue: 6.30M$ / Month
Staff: 180

Blade Servers

Initial Investment: 44.00M$
Capacity: 1,000 / Month
Product Life Cycle: 20 months

Sales Price: 5,600$
Revenue: 5.60M$ / Month
Staff: 160

Computer Stores US

Initial Investment: 50.40M$
Warehouse Capacity: 16,000
Product Life Cycle: 36 months

Sales Price: 980$
Revenue: 7.84M$ / Month
Staff: 168

Computer Stores EU

Initial Investment: 47.25M$
Warehouse Capacity: 14,000
Product Life Cycle: 36 months

Sales Price: 1,050$
Revenue: 7.35M$ / Month
Staff: 158

Computer Stores AP

Initial Investment: 46.80M$
Warehouse Capacity: 16,000
Product Life Cycle: 36 months

Sales Price: 910$
Revenue: 7.28M$ / Month
Staff: 156

E-Shop US

Initial Investment: 20.25M$
Warehouse Capacity: 10,000
Product Life Cycle: 36 months

Sales Price: 630$
Revenue: 3.15M$ / Month
Staff: 68

E-Shop EU

Initial Investment: 24.75M$
Warehouse Capacity: 10,000
Product Life Cycle: 36 months

Sales Price: 770$
Revenue: 3.85M$ / Month
Staff: 83

E-Shop AP

Initial Investment: 18.00M$
Warehouse Capacity: 10,000
Product Life Cycle: 36 months

Sales Price: 560$
Revenue: 2.80M$ / Month
Staff: 60

B2B Distributor US

Initial Investment: 87.75M$
Warehouse Capacity: 10,000
Product Life Cycle: 36 months

Sales Price: 2,730$
Revenue: 13.65M$ / Month
Staff: 293

B2B Distributor EU

Initial Investment: 88.56M$
Warehouse Capacity: 9,600
Product Life Cycle: 36 months

Sales Price: 2,870$
Revenue: 13.78M$ / Month
Staff: 295

B2B Distributor AP

Initial Investment: 89.10M$
Warehouse Capacity: 12,000
Product Life Cycle: 36 months

Sales Price: 2,310$
Revenue: 13.86M$ / Month
Staff: 297

Strategic Positioning

Customer Service	TQM/Product Quality	R&D/Innovation	Staff Training	Extended Warranties
Staff Expenses +15.00% Cust.Satisfaction +30.00% Demand +6.00%	Staff Expenses +8.00% Material Cost +6.00% Demand +8.00%	Staff Expenses +8.00% Material Cost +6.00% Demand +7.00%	Staff Expenses +8.00% G&A Expenses -20.00% Cust.Satisfaction +10.00%	Material Cost +5.00% Cust.Satisfaction +10.00% Demand +5.00%

Additional Investments
0.0x Realtime Order Processing	Global Sourcing	Packaging Materials Recycling

Investment: 4.00M$	Investment: 5.00M$ Validity 18 months	Monthly Costs: 360K$ Validity 12 months
Receivable Days -20.0% Components: Demand +5.0%	Payable Days +40.0% Systems: Material Cost -3.0% Retail: Material Cost -2.0%	G&A Expenses +2.0% CO2 -20.0% Retail: Material Cost -2.0% Systems: Material Cost -2.0%

0.0x Contract Manufacturing Arrangement	Content Provider Tie Up	On-Demand Services

Monthly Costs: 100K$ Validity 12 months	Monthly Costs: 250K$ Validity 12 months	Investment: 4.00M$ Construction Time 3 months
Components: Material Cost -10.0% Staff Expenses -10.0%	Systems: Demand +5.0%	Components: Demand +5.0% Systems: Demand +5.0%