2014 KGSA Case Competition & Panel Discussion

Information Session

October 1, 2014

AGENDA

• Welcome

• Make Sure to Sign In

• Committee Overview

• Details: Case Conference and Panel Discussion

• Event Date(s)

• Rules and Regulations

• Questions

KGSA CASE COMP. COMMITTEE

KGSA VP of Academic Affairs

Eric Barajas

KGSA Case Competition

Committee Leader

Monique Kenney

Academic Affairs Committee

Hannah Brauer

Academic Affairs Committee

Botao “The Bo” Sun

KGSA CASE COMPETITION DETAILS

• What is it?• Annual Case Competition/Panel Discussion

sponsored by Amazon and A.T. Kearney• A way to show two of our top recruiters

what Boilermakers are made of

• Why is it important to me?• Stay active in Case Competitions• Work within mixed teams• Development Opportunities

CASE COMPETITION DETAILS

Monday10/20

Tuesday 10/21

Wednesday10/22

Thursday 10/23

Friday 10/24

Fall BreakNo Classes

Fall BreakNo Classes

Teams Receive Case via email by 9a.m.

Teams submit slides by 9a.m

Finalist alerted by email by6:00 p.m.

Case Daybegins at 7:30am

Final round presentations will be held in the Krannert Auditorium before a panel of judges

including representatives from Amazon, A.T. Kearney and Krannert Professors.

RULES AND REGULATIONS• Type of Case:

• Operations/Supply Chain/Strategy Focused Case • All information can be found within the case and teams should not

seek outside information for the purpose of analysis• Judging

• Two Rounds of Judging• All Teams participate in Round 1 (No oral presentation needed)• 4 Top teams will move to Round 2 and present to our corporate

sponsors on Friday, Oct. 24th• Slide Template:

• Each team will be free to choose their own slide template• Final Presentations will be 20 minutes + 10 minutes for Q&A

• Case Distribution:• Team Lead will receive case by 9a.m. Wednesday October 22nd

• Team Lead to forward to rest of team• Teams will have 24 hours to create a slide deck and submit

TEAM REQUIREMENTS• Each Team must be composed of 4 members, 2 of which

NEED to be in their first year of their respective program/Undergraduate Krannert Seniors• STEM, MS(f), MS(a) etc. count as first year

• Diverse Club representation is encouraged

• Participants must be currently enrolled in Krannert’saccredited MBA/MSHRM/STEM-focused MBA/MSF/MSA programs or be Seniors at Krannert (undergrad)

• Each Team Member should participate in the preparation and delivery of the presentation

PRIZES & REGISTRATION DETAILS

• Cash Prizes will be awarded to the teams winning first and second place:

• 1st Place: $1800• 2nd Place: $800• Best Presentor: $200• Best Q&A: $200

• Registration of Teams can take place via a qualtricslink (will be sent to you)• Register your Team• Want to participate but don’t have a team?

• There’s an option for that as well

Expectations• Intent of Amazon and A.T. Kearney sponsoring the KGSA Case

Competition is to maintain an environment of academic excellence within Krannert

• All Teams choosing to participate, even if not selected for final round, are expected to attend the final presentations on Friday Oct. 24th per request of Amazon and A.T. Kearney

• Amazon and A.T.Kearney will have the discretion of inviting select students to a private luncheon held after presentations • A Resume Book of participants will be created for our sponsors

• Participating in the KGSA Case Competition and attending the Final Presentations is LGL Credit approved.

QUESTIONS

Please direct questions to Eric Barajas at barajae@purdue.edu

DAY-OF SCHEDULETime Function

7:30 – 8:00am Check In

7:45 – 8:15am Breakfast (participants only)

8:20 – 8:35pm Rules Overview

8:45 – 9:15am Team 1

9:15 – 9:25am Break

9:25 – 9:55am Team 2

9:55 – 10:15am Break

10:15 – 10:45am Team 3

10:45 – 10:55am Break

10:55 – 11:25am Team 4

11:25 – 11:45am Break

*Lunch will be provided for final round participants, results will be announced over the lunch hour.