The second simulation has been quite smooth for my team.

Being the strongest team by the

first simulation really help our team’s confidence and strategy. Since knowing what our company
need by analyzing the first result, we realized we have to update our “auto order” on Navipad
inventory. So, our team set up a new order from only 500 orders to 4000 orders to keep our
inventory full.

The demand for processor was through the roof, our team saw this as an opportunity to
seek for more profit. By upgrading our machinery on both RR Chips and Processor, our company
was able to keep producing processors so they can fulfill the demand. Not only upgrading our
machinery, we realized that labor is also an important part of producing Processors, thus, hiring
new labors was done.

Since the first simulation, there are no major issues on communication. Our team seems to
have the same understanding, which is making profit by doing a healthy business. On pricing, we
have a specific range on both Electronics and Processor. The range can of course be adjusted on
situation, like the volume order, the payment time, and the delivery time.

The price range was working very well. At first, there are no issued rising from our
customers. But our team seems to lost on of our loyal customer, they said we sold it above the
VIBU’s price on processors. We sold it for around $1,700 per unit, and the VIBU were selling it
for $1,600 per unit and for more pleasant offer.

That situation maybe became the first issue that our team faced. But it was easily dealt by
adjusting the price and the offer so it can compete with what VIBU offered. We changed our price
range from $1,700 per unit to between $1,400 - $1,600 depending on the negotiation made with
the customer.

The second issue that our team faced was having a large inventory on Electronics. The
manufacturer teams seem like they were already having a large supply on this particular item on
the first simulation. There were times when our Electronic inventory hit the number of 20,000
units. We then have to increase our marketing and readjust our price offer so we can make a deal
from it.

On the other hand, the Processor inventory was almost always zero. Our turnover on this
item was so big. Sometimes we have to decline a demand from customer. In some cases, we came
to the situation where we have to split orders, so the product will not be sold to one customer only.
This were done to keep a good relationship with all of the manufacturer company.

Our marketing strategy was pretty simple. We assigned one person per shift to contact other
players on the VIBU General Team on Skype. The Skype group was being a huge help for all of
the VIBU participants. That group quickly became the place for people to search product and to
offer their company products.

I think the issued that all team faced was the existent of free rider among our team member.
In my team, team 5, this issue existed. Before the second simulation began, our team already made
a schedule on Google Sheet so all of us can filled it in according to their free time. But we have to
face an issue, which was that not of all our member fill it in. To cover the situation, some of our
member have to be online for more than 4 hours.