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Participant Guide
Planogram Guide
How to play the shelf-layout simulation — drag and drop, criteria and team mode.
Before you start
Get into your session in three steps. This part is the same for every simulation.
- Sign in. Log in at simana.tr with the username and password your organization gave you.
- Open the Simulations dashboard. Every simulation assigned to you appears as a card.
- Pick your card. Choose Start, Continue or View Results by its status — your progress saves automatically.
How to play
You are a category manager. You are given an empty shelf and a product library; you build the best layout by dragging products onto the shelf. Every layout is scored against commercial criteria at once, and shown with the reason for its score.
| Area | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Left — Product Library | The products you can place on the shelf |
| Centre — Shelf | The shelf unit; you place products here |
| Right — Score | Total score, criteria breakdown, live scoreboard |
- Place a product. Drag a product from the library onto the shelf; duplicate it to add facings.
- Rearrange. Drag a product elsewhere or remove it with the bin. The shelf will not let you exceed its physical width.
- Watch your score. Each change updates the score and criteria breakdown on the right; the rationale under each criterion tells you how to improve.
- See your rank. The live scoreboard compares you with the others; nobody sees your layout, only your score.
- Finish. Choose Complete Layout; in reference scenarios a comparison with the target opens.
What the criteria measure
| Criterion | What it measures |
|---|---|
| Eye Level | Are the focus products on good shelves |
| Block Integrity | Did you keep a brand as one block |
| Facing Share | Did you give facings in line with the target share |
| Category Flow | Are the segments in order |
| Reference Compliance | How close to a given standard layout |
| Shelf Fill | Did you use the shelf efficiently |
These criteria often conflict: giving one brand eye level can split a competitor's block. The whole point is to strike that balance.
If you play as a team
If your instructor put you on a team, you build one shelf together. Only one person edits at a time — we call it the pen. A banner at the top shows who holds it.
- "Pen is free" → take it with Take the pen and become the driver.
- "You have the pen" (green) → you are editing; when done, Release the pen.
- "… is editing" → another member drives; you watch live and see changes at once.
- If the driver is idle for 3 minutes the pen frees automatically; if the team is stuck the instructor can free it.
Team mode is about negotiation: you take turns with the pen and discuss the layout together — like a real category meeting.
Good to know
- Tablet and touch are supported; drag and drop works with a finger.
- It saves automatically; you can pause and pick up with Continue.
- Your score depends on the final state — not the order you placed things, but how the shelf ends up.
Build the shelf, see what the decision costs.