
Do your research before booking an artist. Use the Book New Event option under the Actions menu to schedule concerts at your venue. When you open the competition file, there are no artists booked to perform concerts at your stadium. Utilize the Market Research option to determine which demographic is primarily shopping at your store. When purchasing email lists, you may purchase lists that target different demographics. Billboard, radio, email and newspaper circular advertising can help increase awareness of your store. When you open the file, no advertising options have been selected. Utilizing the security options for your store that are available to you can help decrease shrinkage. Keep an eye on your inventory report so that you may monitor shrinkage. When you open the file, you don’t have any security set up for your store. Customers will not purchase what they cannot find. Stockers replenish the goods on the shelves. Some customers may not purchase certain products without the assistance of a salesperson. Observe your store to see when the busier and slower customer traffic times are throughout the day and staff your store accordingly. You may not have enough workers staffed during certain shifts. When you open the competition file, you have workers staffed at the various positions. The Product Info report lists the primary purchase types of the products you carry in your store (need, impulse or complement) (Please refer to the Merchandising section of the Tutorial for an explanation of this tool.) The Customer Vision tool is an extremely helpful merchandising tool. Remember, you control traffic flow with the way you position your products in your store. The store floor has been laid out for you, but it is not necessarily the ideal floor layout. You may run the simulation forward, but in most cases, you do not need to in order to spot the forensic accounting issues. Only legitimate business expenses should be withdrawn from the bank, by check. There should be no bartering, such as receiving goods as payment.Ĭhecks marked Wages should include net pay and withholding. Parts are not discarded in normal business. Pricing, staffing, marketing and layout have remained the same since the beginning of simulation time.Įach screen repair service requires one part (a screen). (We’ll be adding VBC Fashion hints on Thursday, October 26)

Here are Virtul Business Challenge (VBC) hints for the 2017/18 Virtual Business Challenge.
