December 2008, Quarter 0/12

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IndustryMasters Gas-Station

Simulation Run Time
The simulation will run for 12 Business Quarters (3 years), at a screen-refresh rate of 5 minutes per simulated Quarter. The simulation round therefore lasts 60 minutes - plus some start up time, as you familiarise yourself with the screens.
Your Starting Position
The intial seed capital is 1,000K$ and your available investment budget is 1,200K$. Your company has already invested into 2 product lines: Diesel and Gasoline. You are competing against 1 virtual competitors: Super Gas Inc.

Gas Station

Gas Station
Bio-Fuel

Investment: 900K$
Monthly Capacity: 30,000
Construct: 1 months
Market Outlook: Growth

Sales Price: 2.52$
Monthly Revenues: 76K$
Gross Margin: 25.00%
Staff: 2
Convenience Store

Investment: 300K$
Monthly Capacity: 3,500
Construct: 2 months

Sales Price: 7.20$
Monthly Revenues: 25K$
Gross Margin: 50.00%
Staff: 1
Diesel

Investment: 900K$
Monthly Capacity: 30,000
Market Outlook: Stagnation

Sales Price: 2.58$
Monthly Revenues: 77K$
Gross Margin: 25.00%
Staff: 2
Gasoline

Investment: 900K$
Monthly Capacity: 30,000
Market Outlook: Stagnation

Sales Price: 2.64$
Monthly Revenues: 79K$
Gross Margin: 25.00%
Staff: 2
Repair Shop

Investment: 500K$
Monthly Capacity: 35
Construct: 3 months

Sales Price: 1,200$
Monthly Revenues: 42K$
Gross Margin: 44.17%
Staff: 3
Additional Investments
1.0x Factoring1.0x Recovery Service1.0x Bigsize Billboard1.0x Computer Diagnostics1.0x Open 24/71.0x Car Wash
Investment: 10K$Investment: 150K$Investment: 80K$Investment: 120K$Investment: 30K$Investment: 150K$
Purchase Cost +2.0%
Receivable Days -80.0%
Demand +8.0%
Staff Cost +8.0%
Demand +3.0%
Staff Cost +2.0%
Demand +3.0%
Staff Cost -4.0%
Demand +10.0%
Staff Cost +15.0%
Demand +4.0%
Staff Cost -2.0%