SimFin is a simulation workshop focused on the economic and financial management of the company

Objective

Provide a comprehensive view of business management, around a simulation exercise in which participants actually lead a company: developing strategies, develop a budget, make decisions, control management through a balanced dashboard

Methodology

SimFin is an integrating activity: it is successfully lead a company, favoring the adoption and implementation of a coherent strategy, rather than (as is common in other games company) emphasizing one area to the detriment of the other.

SinFin business is a game, not a mere “computer game”. Software tools are used not for vain latest technological brilliance but for maximum realism and effectiveness in learning, to face challenges in obtaining a high degree of similarity with reality

Program

  • Fundamentals of management accountingl
  • Budgeting, management by objectives, integrated control panel
  • Performance evaluation: structure of assets, capital, profitability
  • Own and third-party financing, Limits to Growth
  • Product life cycle, time to market, learning curve
  • Pricing. Marginal costs and prices

Who is

  • A people who have the responsibility of middle managers, or that are meant to them
  • A college graduate in Business Administration

Teaching materials

Comes complete training materials for use before, during and after the workshop

  • A document type “electronic book” that contains the case description, instructions, glossary and answers to frequently asked questions.
  • A video and audio file that anticipates the first hour of class
  • The images of the pages that are presented in class
  • The simulation program version for personal use of students

Extensión

The seminar takes place typically for half a day

Computer Support

The workshop focuses on a practical simulation modeling in a computer system.
Instructor and participants interact via their PCs, operating in real-time network
You can use either a pre-equipped computer room, or directly laptops instructor and student.
No special requirements SW, or necessary “administrative rights”

Languages

It is available in Spanish and English

Download

For students

Download complete and finance simulator documentation SimFin

  • Unzip all to a folder on your computer and run. “Exe” (no need to install anything)
  • The program will ask for a password, the default is “AAAA” for the team “A”, and similarly for the other teams
  • In case of doubt or difficulty, please contact us in order to give the necessary support

If you only want to access the previous reading material, see the documentation or lower Spanish bilingual / English SimSim simulator

Archives of the latest games

  • ITBA DET-A 2011, August 2011, final file and some photos datos.sfn
  • Business Master MATERIABIZ, August 2011, final file and some photos datos.sfn
  • ITBA DET-B 2011, September 2011, final file and some photos datos.sfn

For Instructors

If you are an instructor go to the download page version partner programs (requires password license)