December 2008, Quarter 0/12

IndustryMasters Machinery & Equipment

Simulation Run Time
The simulation will run for 12 Business Quarters (3 years), at a screen-refresh rate of 5 minutes per simulated Quarter. The simulation round therefore lasts 60 minutes - plus some start up time, as you familiarise yourself with the screens.
Your Starting Position
The intial seed capital is 50M$ and your available investment budget is 115M$. You are competing against 4 virtual competitors: BaseLine Inc., HiTech Inc., QualyCare Inc. and EcoMax Inc.

Machinery & Equipment

Machinery & Equipment
Excavators

Investment: 139M$
Monthly Capacity: 120
Product Life Cycle: 25 months

Sales Price: 84,000$
Monthly Revenues: 10M$
Staff: 319
Farm Tractors

Investment: 178M$
Monthly Capacity: 200
Product Life Cycle: 25 months

Sales Price: 64,800$
Monthly Revenues: 13M$
Staff: 410
Forklifts

Investment: 166M$
Monthly Capacity: 288
Product Life Cycle: 25 months

Sales Price: 42,000$
Monthly Revenues: 12M$
Staff: 383
Road Tractors

Investment: 239M$
Monthly Capacity: 250
Product Life Cycle: 25 months

Sales Price: 69,600$
Monthly Revenues: 17M$
Staff: 551
Energy-Efficiency
1.0x High Efficiency Pumps1.0x Insulation1.0x Process Energy1.0x Air Pressure Systems1.0x Ventilation1.0x Lightning Systems
Investment: 20M$Investment: 30M$Investment: 25M$Investment: 20M$Investment: 30M$Investment: 25M$
Material Cost -3.0%
Material Cost -5.0%
Material Cost -4.0%
Material Cost -3.0%
Material Cost -5.0%
Material Cost -4.0%