Capsim Tips and Tricks

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Round 1
 Low-end Automation bump up to 10
o Should be around $22mm
 Finance
o Max bonds
 Should be debt free by round 6
o $3.40025mm stocks
o AP lag to 60
o You want it to be close to zero with good forecasting
 R&D
o MTBF
 Traditional – 14 000 (all the way through)
 Low end – 12 000 (all the way through)
 Performance – 27 000
 Size – 16 000 (lowest range early round and highest in the later round)
o Marketing
 Promo and Sales budget $2 000 each (Traditional, Low end and high end)
 Performance and Size at least $1 000 each (try to keep as high as possible)
 Get up accessibility and awareness best you can

Round 2
 Human Resources
o Invest heavily
 Recruiting cost – 5 000 (all of them)
 Training hours – 80 hours
 Save millions this way later and kick in later
 Marketing
o Sales and Promo
 Promo and Sales budget $2 000 each (Traditional, Low end and high end)
 Try to get Promo and Size to $2 000 each too
 When you get close to 100% for awareness and accessibility (there are
formulas so make sure you don’t over spend)
 Cut to $1 400 in all when you reach 100%
 Finance
o Max bonds
 R&D
o Max capacity low end as much as you can (it will be the biggest segment in all
rounds)
 It will go 100% overtime
 CM will still be good
 Marketing
o $0.75-$1.00 less than competitors
Round 3
 Finance
 o Bond might not be needed
 Marketing
o Low end CM should be good ~61%

Round 4
 TQM
o Invest a lot
o In everything except benchmarking
 Invest $1 500
 Should not need bonds

Round 5
 TQM
o Invest $1 500

Round 6
 TQM
o $1 000

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 R&D
o Low end
 No R&D Low end R1 do it R2
 Make it take two years to finish this will help with age
o High end
 December every year as best you can
o Traditional
 Focus on age, have it 1.5 so its ages to 2.5
o Performance
o Size

Don’t introduce new products, it’s hard

 There is an explanation

Traditional is the second money maker to low end

FORECASTING (Last Round's Total Industry Unit Demand) x (Segment Growth Rate) x (Last
Round's Sales)

ROUND 1 1. Low-End Automation → 10 2. Pay expenses: a. Max Bond: 18,994,000 b. Stock 5% =

3425 c. A/P → increase to 60 3. MTBF a. Traditional MTBF → 14,000 b. Low-End MTBF → 12,000
c. Performance MTBF → 27,000 d. Size MTBF → 16,000 4. Promo/Sales Budget a. $2,000 each b.
Excluding maybe Performance/Size ROUND 2 1. HR! a. Recruiting Cost: $5,000 b. Training Hours:
80 2. Promo/Sales Budget a. Every segment to $2,000 i. Once 100% reached, $1,400 3. Max
Investment a. Increase Capacity of Low-End 4. Max Bond again a. No Harm in this! 5. Low-End CM
= 58% ROUND 3 1. May need a bond, I didn't 2. Low-End CM: 61% ROUND 4 1. TQM a.
EVERYTHING at $1,500 b. EXCEPT Benchmarking 2. Shouldn't need a Bond at this point
FORECASTING (Last Round's Total Industry Unit Demand) x (Segment Growth Rate) x (Last
Round's Sales) = **Note: This Forecasting formula is outdated. It may not be 100% correct as my
teammate created it. Please tweak as necessary or let me know if there is something incorrect about
it.

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Forecasting

 Forecast Production
o Total Industry Unit Demand * Next Year Growth = How many units will be
needed
o How many units will be needed * Future Market Share = How many you should
make
o Problems can arise when new product is introduced

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Performance & Size Ideal Positions

 Drift rates- customer wants shift
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