Apples & OrangesTM - Business sense made easy
Apples & OrangesTM is a seminar - either half a day or a full day in length - that simulates a business environment and reveals the opportunities that participants have for developing their businesses. Modeled on real-life business situations, an Apples & Oranges seminar shows the cause-and-effect relationships that govern the company's balance sheet and income statement.
This powerful simulation gives participants an opportunity to experience first hand how their actions step-by-step affect a company's productivity and profitability. They come away from the seminar assured that they now have the tools to embrace the opportunities and responsibilities the company presents to them.
A simulation of real life
The seminar is based on a simple, clear-cut, hands-on diagram which provides a central focus to the seminar in a manner not unlike that of a board game's surface - that illustrates the balance sheet and its dynamic partner, the income statement.
Apples & OrangesTM is designed to reveal how different aspects of business relate to each other, and this diagram is a most effective means of illustrating this reality. No computers are used in the simulation, because they tend to hide these relationships.
Focused versions
Apples & Oranges is available in different versions, corresponding to the three main types of
business environment found in today's economy.
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Manufacturing
Focuses on the utilization and productivity improvements in the manufacturing industry where the main challenges are production flow, lead times, service ratios, and capacity utilization.
Knowledge
Focuses on basics of business finance in the knowledge industry. Help everyone understand the critical importance of intangible assets including employee competence, customer relationships and internal processes and tools on the bottom line.
Service
Focuses on resource utilization, flexibility and planning in a service environment where the challenge is to meet the demand with right capacity as well as adding value, increasing cash flow and billable hours.
As one client puts it:
"Apples & Oranges surpassed our expectations by a wide margin. Apples & Oranges not only gives us a foundation to build on - it also creates enthusiasm and gets people involved. These are essential components for us as we launch our development program."
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