Biz Sim Cup 2024 - CZU knows the winner

On November 15, 2024, the PEF ČZU Department of Information Technology in Prague, in cooperation with the Faculty of Informatics and Management of the University of Prague, Škoda Auto, a.s., SAP ČR and Axians, organized a competition, the essence of which was a logistics game, where each team represented an independent company on a virtual market.

In the second year of the competition, 68 competitors in a record number of 13 teams came to test their economic and managerial skills.

The goal of the simulation game was to establish suitable logistics strategies, in which it was necessary to supply the central warehouse with products from the supplier and the regional warehouses connected to the central warehouse. The sales of the products sold depended on an appropriately chosen pricing policy. Product prices had to be chosen with an appropriate margin to compete with other teams. The simulation game was implemented in the environment of the SAP S/4 HANA system. The contestants thus got to know the leading corporate information system.

All teams were awarded small items for their efforts. The winning teams were awarded a check with a financial reward and gifts from the PEF Department of Information Technologies, as well as from the Operations Faculty of the CZU in Prague and, last but not least, from the companies Axians, SAP ČR and Škoda Auto, a.s., which co-organize the event.

Despite unexpected technical problems with the simulation game, the five-member team named Mid of feed took first place and received a financial reward of CZK 25,000. The second place was won by a team called Code Crusaders, and for the second place, the five-member team divided the amount of CZK 15,000. The beautiful third place was taken by a team called Synergic Cogregation of Cognitive Entities, whose members took home a reward worth CZK 10,000.

The winning teams, which achieved the highest value of the company, which depended not only on the profit of the goods sold, but also on the financial responsibility resulting from the level of indebtedness, are now waiting for major preparations for the national final of the competition, which will take place in the Škoda Service Training Center (STC) Kosmonosy / Mladá Boleslav on 6 December 2024. The winning teams from schools will compete there round, in addition to the CZU in Prague, also teams from the University of Hradec Králové, the Vysoké školy baňská - Ostrava Technical University and the University of Economics in Prague.

A big thank you goes especially to the co-organizers from UHK doc. Ing. To Pavlo Čech, Ph.D. and M.Sc. To Hana Rohrová, representatives of Axians, SAP ČR and Škoda Auto, a. s. and colleagues from the Department of Information Technologies PEF ČZU in Prague.