Simulation-Based Assessment Platform

SimAna Field Operations

Real business decisions. Live competition. Measurable results
— all in one platform.

45-90min
Avg. Duration
Live
Ranking Board
6
Business Criteria
3
User Roles
Challenge

Traditional Assessment Methods
Fall Short

📝

Multiple-Choice Exams

Memorization-based, fails to measure real job performance. Strategic decision-making skills go untested.

🏢

Traditional Case Studies

Time-consuming, expensive, and hard to scale. Takes days to weeks, feedback arrives too late.

📊

Single-Dimensional Assessment

Only scores or grades. Multi-dimensional competencies like gross margin, market share, and budget cannot be measured.

Solution

What Is a Field Operations Simulation?

Participants take on the role of an operational manager. They make budgeting, pricing, marketing, and operational decisions. Each choice affects gross margin, market share, budget, and revenue criteria.

  • Strategy-driven, multi-criteria scenarios
  • Completed in 45–90 minutes
  • Live ranking board for competitive environment
  • Kolb's experiential learning cycle
  • Instant feedback after every response
SimAna Field Operations — Live Ranking Board
Participant Score / GM
1
Emily Davis
Score: 2,450
GM: 28.5%
2
James Wilson
Score: 2,280
GM: 26.1%
3
Sarah Miller
Score: 2,150
GM: 24.8%
4
Alex Turner
Score: 1,980
GM: 22.3%
Process

How Does It Work?

✍️
Design
Create question bank and criteria
📤
Publish
Assign simulations to participants
📬
Play
Make strategic decisions
Score
Criteria update instantly
📊
Report
Detailed performance analytics

🎯 Multi-Criteria Assessment

Each response affects multiple business criteria: Gross Margin, Market Share, Budget, Revenue, and Overall Score. The flexible JSONB criteria system lets instructors define custom metrics.

📡 Live Ranking Board (SSE)

Real-time score updates via Server-Sent Events. Participants compete against each other, seeing instant ranking changes. Instructors can monitor live.

Module

No-Code Assessment Editor

Question bank, criteria system, and guide materials — no technical skills required.

📝

Question Bank

Rich text editor, drag-and-drop ordering

🎯

Criteria System

JSONB-based flexible criteria, per-choice impact

📚

Guide System

Text explanations, PDF/Excel/image attachments

⏱️

Time Management

Start/end window, timezone support

Flexible Criteria System
Drag & Drop
File Attachments (PDF, Excel)
Live Monitoring (SSE)
Reporting

Comprehensive Performance Analytics

📈 Ranking Board

Criteria-based participant ranking

📊 Charts

Chart.js bar/line/radar graphs

📋 Response Details

Per-question response distribution and criteria impact

📜 Activity Report

Timestamped participant activity logs

📥 Excel Export

Multi-sheet: participants, responses, activities

🧑 Individual Report

Personal performance analysis

Sample Criteria Report

Gross Margin
78%
Market Share
65%
Budget Mgmt.
82%
Revenue
71%
Overall Score
74%
Use Cases

Effective Solutions Across Industries

🎓

University Education

Business/economics courses, midterm practice, automatic grading

🏫

MBA & Graduate

Advanced strategy scenarios, team competitions, case study alternative

📈

Corporate Training

New employee onboarding, executive development, sales training

📢

Recruitment & Selection

Evaluate candidates in realistic business scenarios

🏆

Accreditation (AACSB)

Assurance of Learning data for quality control

🔄

Competitions & Tournaments

Inter-university or intra-org live ranking board competitions

Scenario Library

Four Ready Scenarios — In Four Languages

🛒

Sales Strategies

Beyond Sales — field sales decisions; budget, gross margin, market share and revenue

🚚

Supply Chain

ChainUp — the balance between OTIF, inventory cost and profitability

🏥

Healthcare Operations

A private hospital's eight weekly decisions; clinical quality, patient satisfaction, operating cost and bed occupancy

🏭

Production Operations

Factory decisions; OEE, quality rate, production cost and on-time delivery

Participant Experience

Step-by-Step Simulation Flow

  • Log in with credentials from instructor
  • Select from active simulations
  • Read briefing (topic, duration, rules)
  • Answer sequential questions — each a business decision
  • See criteria changes instantly after each answer
  • Track ranking on the live ranking board
  • Receive individual performance report
Instant Criteria Update
Gross Margin
-2.5%
Market Share
+3%
Budget
-$15,000
Score
+20
Criteria update instantly after each response
and reflect on the live ranking board.
Comparison

SimAna Field Operations vs. Traditional Methods

SimAna Field OpsTraditional Business SimMultiple-Choice Test
Duration45–90 minutesDays – weeks30–90 minutes
CompetitionLive ranking boardEnd of termNone
FeedbackInstant after each questionEnd of simulationRight/wrong
AssessmentMulti-dimensional (6 criteria)Usually single-dimensionalSingle-dimensional
EnvironmentWeb-based, anywhereClassroom requiredWeb or paper
Scalability50-700 participants20–30 per sessionUnlimited
CostLow (SaaS)High (instructor + venue)Low
Platform

The Right Tools for Everyone

🎮

Participant

Joins simulations, makes strategic decisions, competes on live ranking board, receives individual report

📊

Instructor

Creates assessments, monitors live, reviews reports, exports Excel data

⚙️

Administrator

User management, role assignment, organization settings, platform-wide control

Users can have multiple roles. Administrators automatically have all permissions.

Security

Enterprise-Grade Security Infrastructure

🔐 Authentication

JWT HS256, BCrypt cost-12, HttpOnly cookies, brute-force protection (5 attempts → 15min lock)

🛡️ OWASP Top 10

40+ penetration test scenarios, SQL/XSS/JSONB injection protection, IDOR prevention

📋 Security Headers

HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options DENY, Rate limiting (login 20/15min, API 100/min)

🔍 Security Scanning

Trivy (container), OWASP ZAP (web), SonarQube (SAST), Snyk (dependency)

🏗️ Microservice Architecture

• 5 independent services (Auth, Assessment, Simulation, Report, Gateway)

• Schema-per-service data isolation

• Podman rootless container orchestration

• Caddy with auto HTTPS and security headers

• MicroProfile Health & Metrics

• Journald JSON structured logging

Multi-Dimensional Analysis

From Single Score to Multi-Criteria Assessment

💰 Gross Margin

Financial decision quality and profitability management

📈 Market Share

Market strategy and competitive positioning

💼 Budget Management

Resource allocation and cost control

📊 Revenue & Score

Total revenue performance and overall success score

💡 JSONB Criteria System

• Instructors can define any criteria they need

• Each choice carries different criteria impacts

• Cumulative impact modeling

• Ranking Board criteria selection

• No schema changes required

• Unlimited customization

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