A shuffle at the top
The top six remain the same but the order changes again GCU's 'McRanked' still hold 1st place, The University of Greenwich's '3CL Construction' and The University of Hong Kong's 'Quad' rise to positions 2 and 3 RMIT CM Team 2 are static at 4. Loughborough University's 'Corinth' and NTU's 'Bau Construction' have slipped to 5 and 6 they need to be careful or they'll slip out of the top six. Defending a leading position has, in previous games, made teams cautious and their decisions become conservative and get overtaken by teams taking more courageous or even risky decisions. Lurking just outwith the top six are HKU, Oxford Brookes, RMIT CM Team 1, Loughborough, GCU, University of West of England and Deakin. Any of these could be in the top six in the next round but with three more to go it is still anyone’s game.
A key factor to watch is how well you are using your company capital, have you got the biggest turnover you can have for the capital in the company? If not it means the capital isn't working as hard as it should. At nine times the turnover to capital there is the question whether the company is big enough to take on another project and this is determined by the client's discretion based on the company's record with that client. More than eleven times the turnover to capital it is assumed that the company doesn't have the resources to take on more work. The company can expand by borrowing. But the other side of this is that if your turnover to capital ratio is say only five it in effect means that you capital isn't working hard enough. The company has underutilized capital resources. The company faces the choice of expanding turnover if it can or reducing its capital base maybe by investing in other opportunities but that depends on the cash available and that is another aspect that needs managing.
There is still all to play for to gain a top six position. Good luck.
Preliminary results, subject to change. (Teams with a negative % have requested late submission)