Capsim Writing Report

1. Introduce the team and its members. (Brief)
2. Describe the industry. (Brief)
3. Describe the state of you company at the beginning. (Brief)
4. Describe the overall strategy and its implementation. Here you can describe the types of decisions you made for R&D, Production, Marketing, Finance, TQM, and HR.
5. Describe what happened over the course of the these rounds. Tell the story.
6. Identify and explain the challenges, successes, and failures.
7. What worked and didnt work? What would you do again? What mistakes would you avoid in the future? What did your competitors do? What surprised you?
8. Compare and contrast the starting and ending financial statements.
9. Describe the current SWOT situation.
10. What would be the strategy and tactics going forward.

Here are some report stats from round 1-7 and I'm team Andrews to help with the questions above:

Select a round to view: 1 Chester 5.50% Erie 3.95% 1.45 5.73% 1.89 Sales Select Industry F131097_004 selected statistics for round 1 Andrews ROS 8.35% Asset Turnover 1.80 ROA 14.99% Leverage 1.48 ROE 22.20% Emergency Loans $ 0 $ 43,949,591 Variable Costs $ 33,903,631 SGA $ 2,686,244 EBIT $ 6,399,716 Profit $ 3,668,090 Cumulative Profit $ 6,161,795 Stock Price $ 16.76 Market Capitalization $ 33,513,476 S&P Rating AA Working Capital $ 13,081,795 Days of Working Capital 108.6 Free Cash Flow $ 4,486,267 Plant and Equipment $ 14,400,000 Total Assets $ 24,469,050 Plant Utilization 161.00% Low End Tech Segment Share 16.70% High End Tech Segment Share 14.14% Overall Market Share 15.89% Complement 250 Overtime 0.00% Turnover Rate 10.00% Productivity Index 100.00% Baldwin 4.81% 1.64 7.89% 1.91 15.05% $0 $ 50,449,641 $ 39,566,575 $ 4,633,294 $ 5,019,214 $ 2,428,513 $ 4,922,219 $ 14.27 $ 29,632,504 B $ 8,350,681 60.4 $- 4,353,789 $ 21,325,200 $ 30,771,269 191.94% 18.31% 19.11% 18.57% 298 0.05% 10.01% 100.00% 1.46 8.01% 1.86 14.88% $ 0 $ 42,695,563 $ 33,152,388 $ 3,092,810 $ 4,877,472 $ 2,346,436 $ 4,840,141 $ 14.11 $ 28,949,133 BB $ 8,163,122 Digby 6.38% 1.67 10.65% 1.87 19.95% $ 0 $ 51,783,981 $ 39,289,071 $ 4,964,884 $ 6,375, 186 $ 3,305,235 $ 5,798,941 $ 16.00 $ 32,581,439 BB $ 8,975,735 63.3 $-4,011,220 $ 20,900,000 $ 31,040,882 191.94% 17.35% 19.98% 18.19% 298 Ferris 7.49% 1.80 13.48% 1.93 25.99% $ 0 $ 45,283,608 $ 33,507,678 $ 4,296,407 $ 6,325,163 $ 3,392,278 $ 5,885,983 $ 16.21 $ 32,410,227 B $7,605,231 61.3 $ 399,676 $ 17,000,000 $ 25,162,257 161.00% 13.39% 19.36% 15.29% 250 0.00% 10.00% 100.00% 10.80% $ 0 $ 41,132,641 $ 32,854,375 $ 2,959,055 $3,746,318 $ 1,625,891 $ 4,119,596 $ 12.71 $ 26,066,952 BB $ 7,442,577 66.0 $-5,654,202 $ 21,394,800 $ 28,394,224 168.10% 17.03% 13.72% 15.97% 260 0.00% 10.00% 100.00% 69.8 $-4,589,379 $ 21,394,800 $ 29,300,891 167.89% 17.22% 13.69% 16.10% 260 0.00% 10.00% 100.00% 0.05% 10.01% 100.00% Select a round to view: 2 Select Industry F131097_004 selected statistics for round 2 Andrews ROS 3.49% Asset Turnover 1.74 ROA 6.06% Leverage 1.57 ROE 9.53% Emergency Loans $ 0 Sales $ 49,926,509 Variable Costs $ 37,076,088 SGA $ 7,447,051 EBIT $ 3,590,420 Profit $ 1,740,705 Cumulative Profit $ 7,902,500 Stock Price $ 15.41 Market Capitalization $ 30,820,794 S&P Rating A Working Capital $ 6,770,833 Days of Working Capital 49.5 Free Cash Flow $- 12,301,983 Plant and Equipment $ 25,848,000 Total Assets $ 28,704,201 Plant Utilization 195.85% Low End Tech Segment Share 18.88% High End Tech Segment Share 10.19% Overall Market Share 15.95% Complement 296 Overtime 11.81% Turnover Rate 8.18% Productivity Index 101.89% Baldwin 7.84% 1.56 12.20% 1.95 23.77% $ 0 $ 69,868,657 $ 50,880,596 $ 6,103,215 $ 10,490,414 $5,477,330 $ 10,399,549 $ 20.48 $ 44,565,876 Chester 5.42% 1.02 5.55% 2.04 11.30% $0 $ 40,514,252 $ 29,043,635 $ 3,947,826 $ 5,377,842 $ 2,196,187 $ 7,036,329 $ 14.36 $ 30,950,093 B $ 6,540,238 58.9 S-7,701,620 $ 32,667,200 $ 39,572,509 169.92% 19.55% 6.66% 15.20% 220 0.00% 8.50% 100.00% Digby 8.79% 1.54 13.58% 1.95 26.47% $ 0 $ 73,140,536 $ 51,737,965 $ 6,885,594 $ 12,084,760 $ 6,431,442 $ 12,230,383 $ 23.83 $ 50,467,347 B $ 11,234,204 56.1 $- 4,939,373 $ 32,140,000 $ 47,358,963 169.30% 17.37% 29.15% 21.35% 400 0.00% 8.50% 100.02% Erie 5.49% 0.95 5.23% 2.00 10.45% $0 $ 36,401,876 $ 25,453,991 $ 3,873,914 $ 5,015,739 $ 1,997,488 $ 6,117,084 $ 12.93 $ 28,617,538 B $ 6,749,224 67.7 S-6,534,748 $ 32,043,600 $ 38,167,959 146.68% 17.43% 5.77% 13.49% 189 0.00% 8.69% 100.00% Ferris 5.25% 1.30 6.85% 2.12 14.53% $ 0 $ 43,910,410 $ 31,569,844 $ 5,744,467 $ 5,241,278 $ 2,306,814 $ 8,192,798 $ 16.21 $ 32,939,288 CCC $ 6,041,805 50.2 $- 6,420,446 $ 24,300,000 $ 33,653,694 145.71% 7.09% 22.76% 12.39% 234 0.00% 7.00% 101.73% B $ 10,856,770 56.7 $- 4,569,405 $ 31,464,000 $ 44,888,111 179.20% 19.68% 25.46% 21.63% 394 0.00% 8.50% 100.00% Select a round to view: 3 Erie Ferris Baldwin 10.96% 1.42 15.56% 1.90 Chester 5.67% 1.02 5.79% 1.99 Select Industry F131097_004 selected statistics for round 3 Andrews ROS 7.43% Asset Turnover 1.49 ROA 11.04% Leverage 1.77 ROE 19.51% Emergency Loans $ 549,451 Sales $ 57,954,143 Variable Costs $ 33,277,642 SGA $ 13,547,560 EBIT $ 8,391,975 Profit $ 4,306,006 Cumulative Profit $ 12,208,506 Stock Price $ 17.57 Market Capitalization $ 34,570,309 S&P Rating BB Working Capital $ 7,002,306 Days of Working Capital 44.1 Free Cash Flow $- 7,347,683 Plant and Equipment $ 39,562,000 Total Assets $ 39,009,720 Plant Utilization 195.22% Low End Tech Segment Share 24.10% High End Tech Segment Share 4.62% Overall Market Share 17.14% Complement 214 Overtime 3.72% Turnover Rate 7.02% Productivity Index 108.55% 29.56% $0 $ 81,098,878 $ 54,457,233 $ 7,731,540 $ 16,331,928 $ 8,888,911 $ 19,288,459 S 31.96 $ 69,552,302 B S 14,772,624 66.5 $ 1,534,249 $ 38,004,000 S 57,116,184 158.74% 21.15% 22.26% 21.55% 419 0.00% 8.68% 102.26% 11.51% $ 0 $ 48,845,011 $ 32,957,450 $ 6,009,241 $ 6,703,911 $ 2,769,713 $ 9,806,041 $ 16.21 $ 37,036,815 B $ 6,983,181 52.2 $-6,042,805 $ 43,448,000 $ 47,844,247 154.11% 19.92% 9.93% 16.35% 225 0.00% 8.44% 102.74% Digby 11.04% 1.40 15.50% 1.91 29.55% $0 $ 76,719,559 $ 50,570,308 $ 8,143,164 $ 15,629,927 $ 8,467,680 $ 20,698,063 $ 33.54 $ 71,032,594 B $ 14,141,786 67.3 $ 2,736,193 $ 35,380,000 $ 54,619,017 135.69% 17.75% 23.30% 19.74% 409 0.00% 8.67% 102.32% 8.24% 1.08 8.90% 1.94 17.24% $ 0 $ 45,498,337 $ 29,862,411 $ 5,293,828 $ 7,888,881 $ 3,749,714 $ 9,866,799 $ 17.21 $ 38,109,076 B $ 7,819,206 62.7 $ 71,999 $ 36,472,000 $ 42,129,828 133.40% 16.76% 10.30% 14.45% 229 0.00% 8.63% 102.25% 9.79% 1.33 12.99% 1.85 24.06% $0 $ 49,510,134 S 31,672,232 $ 7,434,732 $ 9,251,122 $ 4,848,691 $ 13,041,489 $ 19.63 $ 39,887,617 BB $ 10,050,658 74.1 $ 6,713,829 $ 22,800,000 $ 37,334,932 119.69% 0.31% 29.60% 10.78% 180 0.00% 8.43% 104.49% Select a round to view: 4 Select Erie 2.92% 1.21 3.53% Industry F131097_004 selected statistics for round 4 Andrews ROS 4.28% Asset Turnover 1.43 ROA 6.10% Leverage 2.72 ROE 16.58% Emergency Loans $ 0 Sales $ 77,198,283 Variable Costs $ 49,095,043 SGA $ 16,270,085 EBIT $ 8,550,894 Profit $ 3,300,752 Cumulative Profit $ 15,509,258 Stock Price $ 22.09 Market Capitalization $ 41,286,810 S&P Rating Working Capital $ 8,650,990 Days of Working Capital 40.9 Free Cash Flow $-9,549,925 Plant and Equipment $ 47,562,000 Total Assets $ 54,140,024 Plant Utilization 131.58% Low End Tech Segment Share 20.16% High End Tech Segment Share 16.43% Overall Market Share 18.75% Complement 364 Overtime 0.00% Turnover Rate 6.56% Productivity Index 113.15% Baldwin 8.11% 1.23 10.01% 2.14 21.44% $0 $ 77,785,218 $ 50,990,043 $ 7,793,269 $ 12,908,793 $ 6,311,365 S 25,599,824 S 34.15 $ 74,316,654 CCC $ 10,938,934 51.3 S-2,283,029 $ 44,704,000 $ 63,026,613 144.12% 18.37% 17.88% 18.19% 381 0.00% 8.62% 104.51% Chester 7.23% 1.15 8.34% 2.02 16.80% $ 0 $ 61,819,123 $ 37,563,865 $ 6,152,582 $ 9,621,897 $ 4,472,156 $ 14,278,197 $ 20.79 $ 47,498,080 B $ 9,843,279 58.1 $ 3,327,410 $ 45,448,000 $ 53,630,417 158.32% 24.14% 8.05% 18.06% 241 0.00% 8.40% 105.49% Digby 9.15% 1.30 11.87% 2.08 24.68% $ 0 $ 74,997,668 $ 48,571,605 $ 8,167,444 $ 13,487,713 $ 6,858,638 $ 27,556,701 $36.01 $ 76,269,640 Ferris 6.10% 1.50 9.15% 2.17 19.83% $ 0 $ 62,751,716 $ 40,463,977 $ 8,654,653 $ 7,945,105 $ 3,830,050 $ 16,871,539 $ 22.10 $ 44,911,203 CCC $ 7,046,382 41.0 $-5,756,737 $ 27,400,000 $ 41,867,778 153.12% 0.06% 31.74% 12.03% 276 0.00% 8.36% 106.68% 2.20 7.76% $ 0 $ 54,298,840 $ 35,823,812 $ 5,568,699 $ 4,802,351 $ 1,583,196 $ 11,449,995 $ 15.96 $ 35,341,418 CCC $ 5,416,538 36.4 $- 1,486,283 $ 39,646,400 $ 44,797,875 146.30% 21.58% 7.14% 16.13% 277 0.00% 8.83% 103.54% $ 11,065,550 53.9 $ 955,590 $ 40,520,000 $ 57,761,531 125.85% 15.68% 18.75% 16.84% 367 0.00% 8.48% 105.23% Select a round to view: 5 Select Industry F131097_004 selected statistics for round 5 Andrews ROS - 16.52% Asset Turnover 0.98 ROA - 16.20% Leverage 125.22 ROE -2028.03% Emergency Loans $ 38,143,843 Sales $ 82,428,302 Variable Costs $ 61,642,448 SGA $ 24,384,205 EBIT S-9,969,045 Profit $- 13,615,554 Cumulative Profit $ 1,893,704 Stock Price $ 1.00 Market Capitalization $ 1,775,733 S&P Rating DDD Working Capital $0 Days of Working Capital 0.0 Free Cash Flow $-45,072,799 Plant and Equipment $ 54,596,000 Total Assets $ 84,069,360 Plant Utilization 140.91% Low End Tech Segment Share 14.45% High End Tech Segment Share 21.49% Overall Market Share 17.25% Complement 667 Overtime 0.03% Turnover Rate 6.06% Productivity Index 115.18% Baldwin 9.47% 1.20 11.40% 1.95 22.21% $ 0 $ 81,588,569 $ 54,890,982 $ 7,954,982 $ 15,224,686 $ 7,724,717 $ 33,324,541 $36.42 $ 79,268,146 B $ 14,377,556 64.3 $ 7,309,801 $ 51,604,000 $ 67,789,168 123.20% 18.62% 17.03% 17.99% 340 0.00% 8.59% 106.57% Chester 11.84% 1.02 12.08% 1.89 22.85% $0 $ 63,742,698 $ 38,155,320 $ 7,275,670 $ 14,731,774 $ 7,548,449 $ 21,826,646 $ 29.62 $ 67,680,295 BB $ 13,379,481 76.6 $ 4,989,670 $ 52,912,000 $ 62,478,192 153.25% 23.45% 6.14% 16.55% 218 0.00% 8.33% 108.39% Digby 12.06% 1.08 13.06% 1.88 24.51% $ 0 $ 82,465,247 $ 50,747,963 $ 8,926, 115 $ 19,109,332 $ 9,946,348 $ 37,503,048 $ 41.77 $ 91,769,791 BB $ 14,683,320 65.0 $- 4,780,886 $ 60,420,000 $ 76,137,013 119.42% 15.46% 17.54% 16.29% 321 0.00% 8.43% 107.86% Erie 12.46% 1.09 13.58% 1.80 24.46% $0 $ 64,301,560 $ 40,309,606 $ 5,253,971 $ 15,193,031 $ 8,013,298 $ 19,463,293 $ 24.99 $ 62,138,394 BB $ 15,175,269 86.1 $ 6,450,082 $ 48,000,000 $ 58,987,614 152.86% 27.97% 1.91% 17.59% 253 0.00% 8.53% 105.93% Ferris 12.47% 1.53 19.11% 1.80 34.42% $0 $ 82,188,571 $ 53,989,821 $ 7,916,526 $ 18,208,848 $ 10,248,863 $ 27,120,402 $ 35.30 $ 72,062,792 BB $ 16,802,766 74.6 $ 8,294,618 $ 30,600,000 $ 53,623,493 161.00% 0.05% 35.90% 14.33% 286 0.00% 8.78% 107.14% Select a round to view: 6 Erie 4.61% 0.90 4.15% 2.24 9.32% Select Industry F131097_004 selected statistics for round 6 Andrews ROS 8.93% Asset Turnover 1.03 ROA - 9.24% Leverage - 12.12 ROE -111.96% Emergency Loans $ 47,172,190 Sales $ 98,302,179 Variable Costs $ 61,028,880 SGA $ 24,871,007 EBIT $ 755,261 Profit $-8,778,914 Cumulative Profit S-6,885,210 Stock Price $ 1.00 Market Capitalization $ 2,041,947 S&P Rating DDD Working Capital $0 Days of Working Capital 0.0 Free Cash Flow $-20,362,516 Plant and Equipment $ 57,756,000 Total Assets $ 95,042,276 Plant Utilization 121.47% Low End Tech Segment Share 19.77% High End Tech Segment Share 13.85% Overall Market Share 17.28% Complement 480 Overtime 0.00% Turnover Rate 5.77% Productivity Index 120.30% Baldwin 5.27% 0.98 5.16% 2.18 11.26% $ 0 $ 78,553,476 $ 52,097,428 $ 8,568,893 $ 10,532,300 $ 4,139,525 $ 37,464,066 $ 31.78 $ 69,167,438 Chester 4.78% 1.03 4.90% 2.20 10.78% $ 0 $ 67,804,924 $ 43,153,116 $ 6,231,152 $ 8,453,821 $ 3,239,983 $ 25,066,629 $ 25.92 $ 59,228,291 CCC $ 6,035,318 32.5 $- 10,259,618 $ 64,412,000 $ 66,095,711 169.72% 22.44% 7.88% 16.33% 259 0.00% 8.30% 109.38% Digby 8.09% 1.28 10.33% 2.06 21.31% $0 $ 114,754,188 $ 77,811,527 $ 10,784,334 $ 18,798,734 $ 9,283,125 $ 46,786,173 $ 44.43 $ 97,611,714 B $ 13,080,984 41.6 $-5,198,931 $ 74,820,000 $ 89,890,792 160.48% 20.26% 24.74% 22.14% 484 0.00% 8.39% 107.91% Ferris 11.10% 1.43 15.86% 2.05 32.58% $0 $ 97,998,870 $ 62,953,843 $ 8,034,081 $ 20,046,648 $ 10,874,731 $ 37,995,133 $ 45.93 $ 93,769,198 B $ 14,323,964 53.4 $ 2,450,600 $ 43,400,000 $ 68,576,145 186.25% 0.00% 37.05% 15.54% 312 0.00% 8.00% 109.80% $ 0 $ 56,326,033 $ 32,777,679 $ 6,447,464 $ 7,322,262 $ 2,598,736 $ 22,062,028 $ 21.84 $ 54,312,547 CCC 4,555,697 29.5 $- 13,640,817 $ 61,200,000 $ 62,545,163 168.10% 23.74% 0.22% 13.87% 268 0.00% 8.50% 107.70% 9,292,904 43.2 $- 14,166,403 $ 69,204,000 $ 80,199,285 139.26% 13.79% 16.26% 14.82% 325 0.00% 8.56% 108.47% Select a round to view: 7 Select Industry F131097_004 selected statistics for round 7 Andrews ROS 2.68% Asset Turnover 1.50 ROA 4.02% Leverage - 8.03 ROE - 32.24% Emergency Loans $ 58,788,557 Sales $ 126,924,586 Variable Costs $ 78,637,618 SGA $ 22,580,974 EBIT $ 19,355,594 Profit $ 3,404,940 Cumulative Profit $-3,480,270 Stock Price $ 1.00 Market Capitalization $ 2,041,947 S&P Rating DDD Working Capital $0 Days of Working Capital 0.0 Free Cash Flow $ 13,626,429 Plant and Equipment $ 57,756,000 Total Assets $ 84.766,366 Plant Utilization 113.02% Low End Tech Segment Share 20.22% High End Tech Segment Share 20.17% Overall Market Share 20.20% Complement 451 Overtime 0.10% Turnover Rate 5.76% Productivity Index 124.96% Baldwin 9.67% 1.11 10.75% 1.89 20.32% $ 0 $ 101,629,132 $ 66,319,425 $ 10,204,487 $ 19,537,976 $ 9,827,713 $ 47,291,779 $ 39.67 $ 88,544,451 BB $ 18,780,434 67.4 $ 8,134,124 $ 79,804,000 $ 91,419,998 113.56% 14.87% 19.27% 16.81% 340 0.00% 8.16% 111.16% Chester 7.96% 0.89 7.08% 1.93 13.64% $ 0 $ 61,023,798 $ 37,997,501 $ 7,456,408 $ 10,913,186 $ 4,859,865 $ 29,926,494 $ 25.96 $ 60,056,035 B $ 12,920,704 77.3 $ 8,445,865 $ 68,612,000 $ 68,609,515 123.72% 20.62% 5.64% 14.02% 154 0.00% 8.22% 112.18% Digby 9.57% 1.19 11.40% 1.95 22.18% $0 $ 127,126,418 $ 86,096,804 $ 11,225,832 $ 24,016,707 $ 12,170,262 $ 58,956,435 $ 53.31 $ 117,116,942 B $ 22,012,834 63.2 $ 11,696,437 $ 85,120,000 $ 106,785,420 134.52% 21.11% 23.19% 22.02% 461 0.00% 8.11% 110.74% Erie 12.60% 0.81 10.20% 1.84 18.79% $ 0 $ 55,829,882 $ 31,502,595 $5,275,354 $ 14,248,271 $7,034,626 $ 29,096,654 $ 25.64 $ 66,702,559 BB $ 13,823,561 90.4 $ 6,438,416 $ 68,400,000 $ 68,995,442 119.01% 23.19% 0.02% 12.98% 168 0.00% 8.45% 109.64% Ferris 14.46% 1.28 18.45% 1.89 34.80% $ 0 $ 100,644,535 $ 62,995,604 $ 7,999,700 $ 26,167,915 $ 14,556,329 $ 52,551,462 $ 59.08 $ 120,622,055 BB $ 20,014,743 72.6 $ 11,031,818 $ 51,080,000 $ 78,892,870 138.72% 0.00% 31.72% 13.98% 318 0.00% 7.97% 112.42%