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Arthur A. Thompson, Jr. McGraw-Hill / Irwin
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 Menu Bar Guide This screen explains each menu item available to you. To mak
selection, click the desired menu icon on the screen below.

DEMAND FORECAST — generate a demand FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY REPORT —

forecast by region for Year 11 updated after Year 11 results are kno
R
PLANT PURCHASE/SALE/CLOSING — buy, E BENCHMARKING REPORT — will b
sell, or liquidate plant capacity in Year 11 P after Year 11 results are known.
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PRODUCTION & LABOR DECISIONS — set R COMPETITOR ANALYSIS — will be
Y11 production specs and manage HR T after Year 11 results are known.
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SHIPPING DECISIONS — transfer branded pairs COMPANY REPORTS — income sta
D from plants to regional warehouses in Y11 balance sheet, cash flow report, etc.
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C PRIVATE-LABEL MARKETING DECISIONS — CAPACITY CONSTRUCTION ANALY
I bid for Private-Label market share in Year 11
A
assess plant construction / expansion
S N S
I INTERNET MARKETING DECISIONS — direct
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STRATEGIC PLAN — evaluate opera
O marketing of branded pairs via internet in Y11 strategic scenarios for Year 11–Year
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N Y
S BRANDED MARKETING DECISIONS — enter CHART AND GRAPH — create pie c
branded marketing efforts by region in Year 11 charts, line graphs, and strategic grou

BIDS FOR CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS — COMPANY IDENTIFICATION — cha

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vie for the services of international celebrities I pany name, ticker symbol, and/or pas
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FINANCING DECISIONS — finance Year 11 Y make a Company
operations and manage the balance sheet L Disk (3½ floppy)

PLANT AUTOMATION & CONSTRUCTION — EXIT BSG PROGRAM — all decision

improve plants or build capacity for Y12 entries are saved automatically
m available to you. To make a
on on the screen below.

AR INDUSTRY REPORT — will be

fter Year 11 results are known.

ARKING REPORT — will be updated

11 results are known.

ITOR ANALYSIS — will be updated

11 results are known.

Y REPORTS — income statement,

heet, cash flow report, etc.

Y CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS —
ant construction / expansion options

GIC PLAN — evaluate operating and

scenarios for Year 11–Year 13

ND GRAPH — create pie charts, bar

e graphs, and strategic group maps

Y IDENTIFICATION — change com-

e, ticker symbol, and/or password

e-mail decisions to
game administrator

G PROGRAM — all decision

e saved automatically
 Company Identification Screen
Before you can make decisions for Year 11 you must first complete this Company Identification Screen. If
you do not have or are not sure about the required identification information, you may bypass this screen by
clicking the "Practice" button to the right. Remember that you must complete this Company Identification
Screen before any Year 11 decision entries you make are valid.

Your Game Administrator will assign you an Industry Number between 0 and 99. If you do not know
1. Industry Number · · · · · · ?· · Industry Number, do not continue with this screen. You may make this selection one time only, so if
wrong number your Game Administrator will have to change it for you.

Your Game Administrator will assign you a Company Letter from A to P. If you do not know your assig
2. Company Letter · · · · · · ·?· Letter, do not continue with this screen. You may make this selection one time only, so if you specify t
your Game Administrator will have to change it for you.

Enter a Company Name that begins with your assigned company letter. Make
3. Company Name · · · · · · · · Company Name you enter fits in the box provided at the left. If it is too long it will be cut off on p
Choose a name that is fun and interesting, one that you will be proud of.

Create a Ticker Symbol to represent your company on the Footwear Stock Exchange. The Ticker Symbo
4. Ticker Symbol · · · · · · · · · ·?· · as many as 4 characters and the first character must be the same as your assigned Company Letter.

Create a password to control access to your company data. Your password is limited to 8 charac
5. Company Password · · · · · · ·?· Remember your password. You will need it each time you access the program. The BSG pass
routine is sensitive to upper versus lower case text.
Press [Enter] when finished.

Please verify that the identification information you have entered on this screen is correct and appears the
way you want it to appear (upper versus lower case, spacing, punctuation, etc.). If everything is OK, click
the "Submit" button to save your new company identification. To exit now without saving any entries you
have made on this screen, click the "Cancel" button.
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3C Before you can make decisions for Year 11 you must first complete this Company Identification Screen.
4D You may change your Company Name, Ticker Symbol, or Password. If you need to change your Industr
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creen
ification Screen. If
pass this screen by
mpany Identification Practice

0 and 99. If you do not know your assigned

his selection one time only, so if you specify the

If you do not know your assigned Company

one time only, so if you specify the wrong letter

assigned company letter. Make sure the name

it is too long it will be cut off on printed reports.
hat you will be proud of.

ock Exchange. The Ticker Symbol may consist of

your assigned Company Letter.

ur password is limited to 8 characters in length.

ess the program. The BSG password protection

ct and appears the Submit

rything is OK, click
ng any entries you
Cancel
pany Identification Screen. If you do not have or are not sure about the required identification information, you may bypass this screen by c
eed to change your Industry Number or Company Letter you should consult with your instructor/game administrator.
INPUT DATA SHEET

File Name Variable Name Value Description

SCREEN 800 Width in pixles of user video display. Read and entered by Workbook_Open macro (ThisWo

Datadir.txt DATADIR Folder for reading/writing company data files. Read and entered Sub Datadir (Module3)

DIRPROMPT 0
DATAFOLDER \

PROGFOLDER

Status.txt IN 100 Industry number. An industry number of 100 means that the Company Setup operation has
CO 1 Company number. May be from 1 to 16 (where 1 = Company A, 2 = B, 3 = C, etc.).
YR 11 Year number. The year the company will be making decisions for next.

NAMEOLD Company NameCompany name last year.

NAMENEW Company NameCompany name this year.
SYMBOLD ? Company ticker symbol last year.
SYMBNEW ? Company ticker symbol this year.
PWORD ? Company password.

PSWORD Sellit Password controling access to the Plant Purchase/Sale decision entries.

SWITCHPS 0 Has company entered the Purchase/Sale password this year (0=no, 1=yes)
SWITCHREPO 0 Company reports switch setting. Set when company chooses to view actual (0) or projected

FORECHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Demand Forecast
PUSACHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Capacity Purchase/Sale
PRODCHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Production and Labor
SHIPCHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Shipping and Warehouse
PLABCHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Private-Label Marketing
INTERCHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Internet Marketing
BRANCHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Branded Marketing
ENDOCHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Bids for Celebrity Endorsemen
FINACHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Finance & Cash Flow
CONSCHK 0 Has decision screen been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes): Capacity Construction

PLANCHK 0 Has 5-Year Plan program EVER been accessed (0=no, 1=yes).
PLUPCHK 0 Has 5-Year Plan program been accessed this year (0=no, 1=yes).
d by Workbook_Open macro (ThisWorkbook)

d entered Sub Datadir (Module3)

at the Company Setup operation has not been completed.

mpany A, 2 = B, 3 = C, etc.).
ecisions for next.

e decision entries.

s year (0=no, 1=yes)

hooses to view actual (0) or projected (1) company reports

=yes): Demand Forecast

=yes): Capacity Purchase/Sale
=yes): Production and Labor
=yes): Shipping and Warehouse
=yes): Private-Label Marketing
=yes): Internet Marketing
=yes): Branded Marketing
=yes): Bids for Celebrity Endorsements
=yes): Finance & Cash Flow
=yes): Capacity Construction
Miscellaneous DATA SHEET

REPZOOM 108 LETLIST New Identification Entries

VIDZOOM 100 Company Letter List IND 100
0? 0 COMP 0
COPYNAME
McGraw-Hill / Irwin 1A 1 CONAME Company Name
COPYYEAR
2001 2B 2 COTICK ?
3C 3 COPASS ?
COLETTER? 4D 4
5E 5
Company Reports Print Option 6F 6 YRSTRING11
7G 7 LSTYR 10
RepALLOR1 0 8H 8
RepPAGE1 0 9I 9 DMADE 0
RepPAGE2 0 10 J 10
RepPAGE3 0 11 K 11 DDRIVE 0
RepPAGE4 0 12 L 12
RepPAGE5 0 13 M 13
RepPAGE6 0 14 N 14
15 O 15
FIR Print Options 16 P 16

FIRALLOR1 0
FIRPage1 0
FIRPage2 0 CloseChk 1
FIRPage3 0
FIRPage4 0 nValue 0
FIRPage5 0 nString 0
FIRPage6 0
FIRPage7 0
FIRPage8 0

Decision Print Options

ScreenOrAll 1

PrintToFile 0

SaveDec 1

SavePlan 0

IDAccessed 0
 SizeNum 1

ification Entries 0 0
800 1
1024 2
Company Name 1280 3
1600 4
2048 5

SaveSwitch 0