Going for Profit!™ | Business Simulation

• Highlights teamwork in action as teams strive to agree on how to run a small business
• Encourages simple P&L analysis, forecasting and planning
• Shows the importance of a clear decision making process
• Stresses the importance of customers and knowing who your target market is
• Illustrates the value of close analysis of figures in order to control costs

Teams are based in historic Villeburg which does not have a pizza takeaway. They bid for one of four sites and then attempt to run their business over six ‘quarters’. It is fully interactive so teams can (and do!) steal sales from one another.

They need to identify their target market and go after it. One team is in the ‘posh’ part of town, another in the student area and two are in the tourist belt. Decisions come thick and fast on whether to have motorcycle delivery, whether to expand, to diversify and how to deal with the health scare. Great fun and lots to observe in how the teams reach decisions and deal with setbacks!

This activity now comes with short introductory and debrief videos. Play the Introductory video (lasting approx 5 mins) at the start to brief delegates on their task and then after the game, play the Debrief video (lasting approx 7.5 mins) and when that is over, carry on with your own observations of how the activity went. Or simply use them to brief yourself on how to introduce and debrief the activity with confidence.

This activity now includes a virtual version, in addition to the physical activity for face-to-face training.

1. Explain what the activity is all about (with optional introductory video).
2. Divide participants into teams and issue Team Folders.
3. Announce the time for the Auction of sites.
4. Allocate sites and give teams time to make their first decisions.
5. Each quarter, enter team decisions into the program and issue results for each team.
6. At the third quarter, issue card (not supplied) for teams to construct a pizza box (optional).
7. Lead debrief (with optional debrief video) and announce winner (highest profit).

Full guidance supplied in the Trainer’s Notes.

Hard & Digital Copy

• ☑️ Hard copy pack supplied
• ☑️ Program supplied (internet access required)
• ☑️ PDFs, PowerPoint & Videos supplied

Digital Copy

• ☑️ Program supplied (internet access required)
• ☑️ PDFs, PowerPoint & Videos supplied

Contents

• Trainer’s Notes
• Computer Program (internet access required)
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Intro & Debrief Videos (optional use)
• Team Briefing Folders containing: Introduction, Villeburg, Map, Product, Running Your Pizza Shop, Market Research Report, Advertising, Staff, Finance, Energy, Shopfittings
• Also included in the virtual version: Trainer’s Checklist, Q1-Q6 Decision Forms, Tender Form.

This activity is for face-to-face and virtual classroom use. The digital files are supplied via the Northgate Trainerhub.

This Northgate Training activity comes with a five-year licence for repeat use with up to 24 participants at a time, for use by Trainers based at one licence-holding site.

All Trainers physically based at the same office location can access the Northgate resources during the five-year term, including the digital resources supplied on the Trainerhub via your own site-specific Trainer Dashboard. If you have Trainers based at other locations, and/or remote workers, who would like to access and use the Northgate resources, we can advise further depending on your requirements.

For further information on our licence terms please view the Northgate Licence Agreement.