Franke Holding AG, based in Aarburg, Switzerland is an industrial manufacturer with more than 7000 employees and 84 companies located around the world. While best known for its kitchen systems, Franke offers a wide range of products and services worldwide, including washroom and sanitary Systems, foodservice Systems and professional coffee systems.

Franke selected Targetsim to complement their Management Development Program with a powerful simulation tool that helps high potentials understand Franke’s market strategy and the financials behind the processes. The multinational target audience experiences and analyses the impact of strategic, operational and sourcing decisions on important key performance indicators (KPIs). Numbers in the simulation relate to Franke’s Management Information System (MIS). The simulation is also used as an evaluation tool to assess candidates eligible for promotion.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) with 150,000 employees in 170 countries, is a leading technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing.

ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's biggest technology groups. More than 184,000 employees worldwide work in the group's main areas of steel, capital goods and services. Alongside product manufacturing, they are increasingly concentrating on system solutions and innovative services. In 2004, ThyssenKrupp set a new focus on value management. ThyssenKrupp Value Added (TKVA) was introduced as primary performance indicator for the entire group. Over 4000 executives needed to be introduced to the TKVA concept. ThyssenKrupp selected EVA® specialists, Stern Stewart Consulting, and Targetsim as their partners for this project.

As multinational players these top companies and market leaders face tough competition. Managers of local subsidiaries in various countries worldwide need comprehensive financial knowledge to lead their businesses successfully. Together with the companies’ HRD teams and Controlling, Targetsim designed 2 to 3 day courses centered around a customized interactive business board simulation that sharpens managers’ business and financial know-how.

The courses’ focus is on value drivers, performance and efficient management of resources. They include all relevant areas of business and finance, as well as KPIs like EBIT, ROI/ROE, Cash-Flow, NWC Management, Economic Profit and participants also formulate personal action plans.

CSS Insurance, headquartered in Luzerne, Switzerland, is one of the leading Swiss insurance companies, offering the entire range of products and services, both in the life and non-life insurance business, to its client base of 1.2 million people.

Barry Callebaut, with headquarters in Switzerland, is the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa chocolate and confectionery products. It has a global network with about 30 state-of-the-art production sites and some 8,000 employees in 24 countries in Europe, Africa, North and Latin America and Asia/Pacific. With more than 1,600 recipes, the group serves the entire food industry, including industrial food manufacturers, professional users and retailers.

National Bank of Dubai (NBD), established in 1963, is a leading bank in the U.A.E. with headquarters on the Dubai Creek and over 40 branches in the Emirates, Pakistan and in the UK. NBD was the first bank in the Gulf to select Targetsim as their partner to enhance their HRD programs with an interactive simulation module.

The Executive MBA program offered by the University of Zurich is designed as a state-of-the-art advanced multidisciplinary management training for executives of companies and administration. It is focused on a holistic approach to managerial challenges. The E-MBA is part of the university’s range of high-quality programs with a strong link to practical experience.

The MBA board decided to partner up with Targetsim when it came to making entrepreneurial problems and challenges tangible. With a complex service or manufacturing simulation participants learn how to make strategic decisions and how to cope with their impact on all segments of the organization. Throughout the 2-day module students also have to work out measures for improvement and put them into action. Participants appreciate that they can work with a realistic simulation model and at the same time act in a risk free environment. The MBA board decided to run the simulation module at the beginning of each MBA cycle to benefit from its positive side effect on teambuilding.