4 Participant Environment - 4.6 Decision Audit and 4.7 Reports

4.6 Decision Audit

Companies are only allowed to see their own Decision Audit, a complete list of Official Decisions made by each participant within the company. This record can be used to analyze missteps and restore decision sets inadvertently overwritten.

4.7 Reports

All participants have access to the industry newsletters, the Capstone Courier or Foundation FastTrack for every round. All individual companies have access to their own Annual Reports for every round.

Most simulations include Practice Rounds. At the conclusion of Practice Rounds, simulations are restarted and the Competition Rounds begin. Practice Round Couriers, FastTracks and Annual Reports remain available for a time. However, they will be overwritten as the Competition Rounds progress. For example, the Practice Round 1 reports will be overwritten by the Competition Round 1 reports and the Practice Round 2 reports will remain until Competition Round 2 is processed. At that time, the Practice Round 2 reports will be overwritten by the Competition Round 2 reports.

4.7.1 Simulation Reports

Industry Conditions Report

Simulation parameters will differ depending on Scenario and Customization choices (see 2.3.1 Simulation Parameters and Customization). The Industry Conditions Report provides information based on the selected parameters, including segment locations and buying criteria breakdowns. This report is needed to complete the Situation Analysis.

Capstone Courier and Foundation FastTrack

These industry newsletters are the main focus for results analysis (see 3.6.2 Capstone Courier and Foundation FastTrack).

The Couriers, FastTracks and Annual Reports in the web spreadsheet are for the previous round. Reports from all other rounds are available only on the main dashboard.

Annual Reports

Each company has access to their own balance sheet, cash flow statement and income statement for each round. Companies are not allowed to see other company's Annual Reports (see 3.6.4 Annual Report).

The Courier and FastTrack Financial Statements page includes a synopsis of each company's Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement and Income Statement.

Financial Summaries

This page displays the Courier's or FastTrack's Financial Statements for every completed round.

4.7.2 Debrief Reports

The remaining reports can be turned on or off by instructors via the Report Availability page in the Professor Environment (Industry Results | Reports | Report Availability - see 3.6.7 Report Availability).

• Balanced Scorecard (See 3.8.1 Balanced Scorecard )
• Classic Ten Rankings (See Classic Ten Rankings )
• Round Analysis (See Round Analysis)
• Analyst Report (See Analyst Report)
• Latest Round Debrief (See 3.7.1 Debrief, Tournament and 3.7.2 Debrief, Footrace)
• End of Simulation Debrief (See 3.7.1 Debrief, Tournament and 3.7.2 Debrief, Footrace)
• Final Score Relative (See Weighted Relative)
• Final Score Ranking (See Weighted Ranking)

4.8 Homework

4.8.1 ASSIGNMENTS

If they are scheduled, Homework assignments display in this area. Assignments can be scheduled by round or by start and stop time. The assignments will be available to participants during that period (see 3.9.1 Assignments).

4.8.2 Peer Evals

If they are scheduled, Peer Evaluations display in this area. Just as with Homework assignments, Peer Evaluations can be scheduled by round or by start and stop time. The Evaluations will be available to participants during that period (see 3.9.2 Peer Evaluations).

4.8.3 Success Measures

If Success Measures are scheduled, participants use this area to input their choices and percentages (see 3.9.3 Entering Success Measures).

Input

Companies must choose at least two of the following measures. Instructors determine if Profits will be calculated as Average, Ending or Cumulative, and the remaining measures as Average or Ending (see Methods).

• Profit
• Market Share
• ROS
• Asset Turnover
• ROA
• ROE
• Stock Price
• Market Cap

The measure weights must total 100%. Companies cannot choose weight percentages higher than 50%. Instructors can enter weights of any percentage for companies (see Weights).

After the deadline has passed, participants will not be able to enter weights. Instructors can do so for them, or extend the deadline.

Any company member can enter weights, potentially overwriting another decision. Participants should come to a consensus and ensure those weights are entered by the deadline.

4.9 Conferences

Instructors and participants also have the ability to place posts on the Company Conference.

In Tournament mode, instructors and participants can place posts on the Class Conference, which can be viewed by everyone within the Industry.

4.10 Help

4.10.1 Support

A support ticket system allows participants to post queries to our specialists. The tickets and responses are archived for future reference.

4.10.2 Online Guide

This is the online, expanded version of the Team Member Guide. The online version includes instructions on spreadsheet operation, and, for Capstone, the advanced Marketing Module.

4.10.3 Guide Pdfs

This area gives participants access PDF versions of the Team Member Guide. For Capstone, the PDF has been translated into other languages. If Capstone instructors wish participants not to have access to the translated versions, they can go to Manage Course | Administration and select Make Unavailable to Students.

4.10.4 Faqs

This link directly opens the Frequently Asked Question section of the Online Guide, described above.

4.10.5 Email

The participant email allows team members to email one another or the instructor. The system posts and stores the correspondence within the website. The system will also send an email to recipients external address. While this email occasionally is blocked, the original correspondence remains on the Capsim server.