For the qualifying rounds, each team must compete in eight rounds against computer teams. As it was in self-paced mode, participants were allowed to process all eight rounds in ten days and must be completed within the given deadline. Later, finalists are selected by taking the highest team Balanced Scorecard from each school then selecting the 6 highest Balanced Scorecards from that list.
For the final rounds, it was totally different from the qualifying rounds. The six finalists must compete against each other by making critical decisions on hourly deadlines, making the challenge an eight-hour competition. Within one hour, each team must analyze competitors and market conditions and make decisions based on information given for that particular year. When the time is up, the next round begins immediately. To me, the hardest part of Capsim Challenge is to keep myself awake as the competition started at midnight and ended at 7AM. It was exhausting, but still exciting as we can see the result of each round immediately after the decision has been processed.
With the result of the game, I believe that I somehow have made the right strategy for the game even though I have made some good and bad decisions along the way. It shows that it is very important to have the key strategy in the business plan that we can make decisions based on it.
Lastly, I would like to thank Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nopadol Rompho for the intensive training and support, Ajarn Krit Pattamaroj for the guidance, and BBA Program for allowing me to have the opportunity to play the game. I would not have joined and won the Capsim Global Challenge without these supports!
Posted on April 27, 2017 by Sirakalya A. |