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GEC Qualifier - Manufacturing

Overview

The Global Enterprise Challenge is a national challenge involving a number of Australian teams competing in Sydney over 24 hours for a chance to be chosen as the winning representative for Australia. Each team develops a solution and produces a short report including a business plan and marketing presentation. The winning Australian team then goes on to compete against other teams internationally via the web.

The GEC Qualifier program is designed specifically for schools wanting to qualify to represent Australia in the Global Enterprise Challenge. In 2008 the qualifier program will be based on the Manufacturing Simulation. Participants will required to take over an established sporting goods company and run the company for a simulated period.

This program involves each participating team to submit a team of 10 students to run a company via the online simulation for 6 quarters. The teams are also required to deliver their solution to a challenge through a business plan and video recording of a 3 minute oral presentation including a PowerPoint presentation.

The top 5 teams will be offered the opportunity to enter a team in the Global Enterprise Challenge to be held in Sydney in June 2008.

GEC Qualifier Program Schedule

Decision Deadlines

Decision 1 - Tuesday 19 Feb - 2.30pm AEST
Decision 2 - Tuesday 26 Feb - 2.30pm AEST
Decision 3 - Tuesday 4 Mar - 2.30pm AEST
Decision 4 - Tuesday 11 Mar - 2.30pm AEST
Decision 5 - Friday 14 Mar - 2.30pm AEST
Decision 6 - Tuesday 18 Mar - 2.30pm AEST

Submissions Due

Tuesday 6 May - 5.00pm AEST

The assessment for this program is defined as:

Simulation	25%
Business Plan & Oral presentation	75%
Total:	100%

Program Status

The animated graph below depicts the movements in share price over the course of the Program for each company competing.

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The Program Participants are:

Colour	No	School
	1	Anglican Church Grammar School, QLD
	2	Elanora State High School, QLD
	3	Mount Scopus Memorial College, VIC
	4	Emmanuel College, QLD
	5	Unity College, SA
	6	Hunter Valley Grammar School, NSW
	7	Launceston Church Grammar School, TAS
	8	The Australian Science and Maths School, SA
	9	Yarra Valley Grammar, VIC
	10	Earnshaw State College, QLD
	11	Luther College, VIC
	12	St Andrew's Lutheran College, QLD
	13	Figtree High School, NSW
	14	Brisbane Grammar School, QLD
	15	Kimba Area School, SA

Judging Criteria

Teams will be judged on the following criteria:

Creativity & Innovation - how creative and innovative is their idea?
Finance & Production - have costs been considered? Is production viable?
Taking the Idea to the Market - will the target market be interested? How will it be marketed to the target audience?
Communication - how well is the idea presented? Was the presentation delivered effectively within the 3 minute timescale?