December 2008, Quarter 0/12

IndustryMasters Car Dealer

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 3,000K€ and your available investment budget is 537K€. Your company has already invested into 5 product lines: Repair Shop, Used Cars, Accessories, New Cars and Parts Shop. You are competing against 2 virtual competitors: Class Cars Inc. and Super Auto Inc.

Car Dealer

Car Dealer
Accessories

Investment: 220K€
Monthly Capacity: 120

Sales Price: 264€
Monthly Revenues: 32K€
Gross Margin: 35.83%
Staff: 1
New Cars

Investment: 3,750K€
Monthly Capacity: 15

Sales Price: 30,000€
Monthly Revenues: 450K€
Gross Margin: 35.00%
Staff: 17
Parts Shop

Investment: 800K€
Monthly Capacity: 1,000

Sales Price: 144€
Monthly Revenues: 144K€
Gross Margin: 32.50%
Staff: 4
Repair Shop

Investment: 1,500K€
Monthly Capacity: 100

Sales Price: 1,800€
Monthly Revenues: 180K€
Gross Margin: 35.00%
Staff: 7
Used Cars

Investment: 2,400K€
Monthly Capacity: 15

Sales Price: 19,200€
Monthly Revenues: 288K€
Gross Margin: 35.83%
Staff: 11
Additional Investments
1.0x Factoring1.0x Recovery Service1.0x Bigsize Billboard1.0x Computerized Inspection1.0x Open Sunday1.0x Car Wash
Investment: 40K€Investment: 300K€Investment: 80K€Investment: 500K€Investment: 30K€Investment: 400K€
Material Cost +4.0%
Receivable Days -60.0%
Demand +3.0%
Staff Cost +3.0%
Demand +4.0%
Material Cost +2.0%
Demand +3.0%
Staff Cost -4.0%
Demand +6.0%
Staff Cost +8.0%
Demand +2.0%
Staff Cost -1.0%