Decisions
Decisions Made
During the Challenge, the competitors have to prepare their strategy and make decisions about running their company. These decisions include:
- Pricing
- Warehousing
- Marketing
- Cashflow Management
- Production
- Finance and Investment
- Transport
- Consultancy
- Contracts
- Capital Expenditure
- Creditor/ Debtors Management
Decision Timetable
Completed decision entries for each period must be submitted to the Business Challenge
website on or before the published deadlines. Late decisions will not be followed up &
reminders will not be sent.
Late decisions cannot be accepted for whatever reason. It is the responsibility of contestants to
ensure that decisions are lodged with the Business Challenge website before the decision deadline.
Deadlines may be changed according to circumstances provided that adequate notice is given to all
contestants.
Deadlines
Round 1
| Decision | Time | Date |
|---|
| 1 | 5.00pm | Thursday 13th August |
| 2 | 5.00pm | Thursday 20th August |
| 3 | 5.00pm | Thursday 27th August |
| 4 | 5.00pm | Thursday 3rd September |
| 5 | 5.00pm | Thursday 10th September |
| 6 | 5.00pm | Thursday 17th September |
Round 2
| Decision | Time | Date |
|---|
| 1 | 5.00pm | Thursday 1st October |
| 2 | 5.00pm | Thursday 8th October |
| 3 | 5.00pm | Thursday 15th October |
| 4 | 5.00pm | Thursday 22nd October |
| 5 | 5.00pm | Thursday 29th October |
| 6 | 5.00pm | Thursday 5th November |
Semi-Final
| Decision | Time | Date |
|---|
| 1 | 5.00pm | Monday 16th November |
| 2 | 5.00pm | Tuesday 17th November |
| 3 | 5.00pm | Wednesday 18th November |
| 4 | 5.00pm | Thursday 19th November |
| 5 | 5.00pm | Friday 20th November |
| 6 | 5.00pm | Saturday 21st November |
Final
Will be held on 27th - 29th November
Decision Timetable
Since the Challenge requires all five team decisions before it can be processed,
late or missing decisions will be satisfied by an ADMINISTRATION ENTRY.
Administration entries are based on averages and are automatically calculated by the simulation.
Contestants will be placed last in their game at the end of any round in which more than two
administration entries were submitted for the same round.