Monthly Archives: December 2018

University of Auckland-Business Masters-MikesBikes Advanced- Presenations

University of Auckland Business Masters’ MikesBikes Presentations

The Business Masters students taught by Professor Darl Kolb from the University of Auckland were suited and booted for their final presentations on the MikesBikes Advanced Strategic Management Simulation

“The MikesBikes simulation combines elements of strategy, marketing, operations, product design and human resource management within a complex competitive environment. Besides the business and management aspects, the simulation provides a place for leadership to emerge as it did in these successful teams. I am always proud of all our simulation teams, but seeing so many of our students do so well on the world stage makes me immensely proud.”

– Professor Darl Kolb

Check out some of the photos from the final presentation:

Photos are taken from The University of Auckland Business School

First Place in NJIT SOM

2018 Strategic Management Showcase at New Jersey Institute of Technology

You can’t look at the competition and say you’re going to do it better. You have to look at the competition and say you’re going to do it differently.

-Steve Jobs

Students from New Jersey Institute of Technology definitely did things differently which led them to succeed in the The Fourth Annual Strategic Management Showcase with MikesBikes Advanced! The Showcase concluded last 30th of November with great success!

The Top 6 teams across the Strategic Management course competed head-to-head to achieve the highest Shareholder Value in MikesBikes Advanced.

The winning team, ALY BikeZ consisted of Aditya Patel, Luke Gregory and Yandy Gonzalez-Acevedo.

In second place we have CycloTherapy with Dikasse Zalla, Rosa Lee Moss and William Penn.

In third place we have CTS Bikes with Christopher Kukla, Spencer Kapp and Thomas Brady.

Congratulations to ALY BIkeZ and to all the participants! Well done and we wish you all the best!

Check out some of the photos from the Showcase:

Photos are provided by Shanthi Gopalakrishnan. 

Product Update in December from Smartsims

SMARTSIMS PRODUCT UPDATES: December 2018

On-Screen Warning on Unsaved Decisions

Some students miss out on saving their decisions when they move onto a different screen or click away. So we have now added a new on-screen warning to notify students if a decision they have entered has been left unsaved.

On-screen warning on unsaved decisions

On-Screen Warnings on Decision Screens (MikesBikes Introduction)

Forecast Sales and Planned Production Warning

Students will now receive a warning when they have entered a high Sales Forecast, but their Production Quantity is lower.

MikesBikes Warning Message 1

MikesBikes Warning message 4

They will also receive a warning when their Planned Production Units is higher than their Sales Forecast.

MikesBikes Warning Message 2

MikesBikes Warning Message 3

Launching a Second Product in the Same Market Segment

This warning message should not discourage students from launching a second product if they wish, but it just informs them of what this decision entails.

Launching a second product warning message

Missed our previous Product Update articles? You can check these out here: