Getting Started with BizCafe
Simulation Tour
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Navigating BizCafe
Navigation
Buttons
BizCafe
Menus
Café name,
period, and user
information
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Navigating BizCafe
Click on
Print to print
a copy for
your records
Select the
week you
wish to view
Context-sensitive notes and
instructions appear here
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Decisions Menu
In this computer simulation, you will
make decisions in the areas of:
• Management
• Marketing
• Operations
• Accounting
Let’s view sample decision screens. . .
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Decisions: Startup
Click Startup
Decisions
Click [Enter
Startup
Decision]
button.
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Decisions: Startup
Enter a Café
Name
Select your
Furniture
Select your
Equipment
Finalize Decisions. Once this is done you cannot come back.
Important: Only the “team leader” can finalize decisions!
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Decisions: Operations
Select
Operations
Decisions
Purchase
coffee and
select
quality.
Purchase
Cups (in
multiple
sizes, if
available).
Choose
Hours of
Operation
Enter Decisions
Submit Decision
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Decisions: Operations
Notes will
change
according to
decisions
entered during
the previous
week.
Next, you will
need to enter
decisions for
Management
and
Marketing...
…and if your instructor has selected these options, Creative Design and Special!
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Special Decisions
Don’t forget about Special Decisions
that are available from time to time
• Potentially open on weekends
• Set prices for small, medium, and large
size cups
• Design logo and ads
• Other instructor selected options
Let’s view creative design and special...
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Decisions: Creative Design
Click here.
Create a logo
and/or ad, upload
to a website
(such as, Flickr,
Picasa, Shutterfly,
PhotoBucket,
etc.)
…then copy and
paste the links.
Your logo & ad can will appear in the BizCafe News!
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Decisions: Special (Incident)
Select Special
Click the title
link to read
about the
incident.
Return here to
make your
selection.
Some incidents will incur an expense listed as “Other” in company reports.
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Company Sales and Accounting
Keep track of your sales and accounting
with company reports, such as:
• Checkbook
• Daily Receipts
• Materials
• Income Statement
• Balance Sheet
Let’s view sample company reports...
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Company: Checkbook
View your
checkbook to
keep track of
your daily
revenue,
purchases, and
expenses.
Remember, if your checkbook balance reaches zero, you have
overdraft protection in the form of an automatic loan.
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Company: Daily Receipts / Materials
The Company
menu contains
links to Daily
Receipt and
Materials
reports.
Use these reports to assist you in making Management and Operations decisions.
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Company: Income Statement
View expense
categories and
your COGS.
Click a category
$total to open a
detail report.
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Decision Analysis Tools
To help you make your decisions, use
Decision Analysis tools, such as:
• Service Capacity
• Cash Budget Analysis
• Breakeven Worksheet
• Coffee Calculator
Let’s view sample analysis tools...
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Decision Analysis: Service Capacity
Use this tool to
help you
determine the
number of
servers you need
to employ.
This table shows how many
servers are in the café per hour…
…and the Estimated Daily
Capacity of the Café.
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Decision Analysis: Breakeven Worksheet
Discover your
breakeven cup
sales, based on
your current
decision
entries.
Breakeven
Use the write-in
boxes provided
here to test
changes in fixed
or unit costs, or
price. Then click
[Recalculate].
NOTE:
You must change your decision
entries to make actual adjustments.
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Market Reports
Keep track of the local market by
reading reports, such as:
• Newsletter
• Local Labor
• Customer Survey
Let’s view a sample market report...
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Market: Local Labor Report
The Local
Labor Report
reveals local
market wages
and turnover
rates.
Use this
information to
assist you
in making
Management
decisions.
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Help Button
Having
trouble?
Click the Help
button from
any screen
for contextsensitive
information.
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