Happy New Year!

We at BTS Tournaments trust that you had nice Christmas Season holiday. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best in the New Year 2011!


We begin this year with two exciting sessions - in January and March. Sign up as soon as possible to (tournaments _ at _ bts . com)

Philips Netherlands - BTS Tournament World Champion 2010

DWLC Team from Philips Netherlands
From left to right:
Levke Ehlers, Jeroen van Gent, Joris Docter, Arie Lakerveld

A big round of applause to this winning team! DWLC from Philips is the official 2010 BTS Business Tournament World Champion!

"The BTS Tournament has been a thrilling experience that captivated our team over the last couple of months. The challenging assignments and the constant pressures of the deadlines really forced our team to work closely together and raised the bar for each of us. The program has been very satisfying on all levels and we would recommend the BTS Tournament to anyone that whishes to improve teamwork under pressure within their company."

We look forward to meeting you in person at the Awards Ceremony in the coming Spring. 

All the best,

BTS Tournaments Team

BTS World Final 2010 - and the Champion is...

The Final was held on 4 November 2010, with the best teams from the 2010 Tournament competing for highest shareholder value. All the simulated companies presented a very high level of performance. The results of teams in first and second place were less than  1% apart, but there can only be one Champion!

BTS Tournaments Team is proud to announce the Ranking of the BTS World Final 2010:  

1. Philips / THE NETHERLANDS - Team DWLC
2. Pan American Energy / ARGENTINA - Team Patagonia
3. JCI Finland / FINLAND - Team Spectre
4. JCI Portugal / SPAIN/UK/PORTUGAL - Team Megabuck
5. Abertis / SPAIN - Team GLDIATRS

  

From hundreds of teams participating in the 2010 BTS Business Tournament, these five teams climbed to the World Final. Congratulations to ALL competing Teams. It is very impressive how they managed to make decisions under time pressure, which only proves their business acumen. As it goes, only the three best teams are invited to the famous luxurious BTS Awards. They will be held in the Spring.

   

This was another amazing BTS Tournament Year! A big thank you to everyone who contributed.

- BTS Tournaments Team

Pan American Energy proceeds to World Final 2010

Our team is formed of five people from Pan American Energy’s (PAE) Cerro Dragon asset (located in Patagonia, Argentina):
Ricardo Mazzola, Engineering Manager
Alejandro Raslawski, Region I Operations Manager
Diego Querol, Planning & Economics Senior Leader
Federico Caldora, Business Unit General Manager (Team Leader)
Rafael Villarreal, Region II Operations Manager

After two really challenging rounds, we are very glad to be part of the BTS World Final 2010. But it is not over yet, we still have one step forward to meet our objective… and it seems to be the hardest one.

In the first two rounds we spent a lot of time before taking the first decision to fully understand the business case, market forecasts and company profile (strengths and weaknesses). Based on this deep understanding of the big picture, we defined our long term strategy for each case. Once the first decision was made, our main virtue was a good balance between strategy alignment and flexibility to adapt to changes in the environment in order to capture new opportunities and minimize the impact of market downsizes and reactions from competitors.

PAE is an upstream oil & gas company, so pricing decisions were a new experience for us. We also learned a lot from each other during the tournament because of our different backgrounds (operations, engineering and financial planning), which were put together towards the same objective.

Definitely, the Tournament was an exciting experience and a very interesting way to learn and practice some key business concepts.

BTS Global Semi-Finals 2010 - RESULTS

The Global BTS Semi-Finals took place over two sessions on 9th and 15th September. It was another competitive fight for highest shareholder value of a simulated company.

There were 28 Teams lined up to compete in the annual Global Semi-Finals! As many as 22 countries were present and the companies represented included: Philips, Nokia, NSN, Accenture, Astra Zeneca, HP, Ericsson, Statoil, etc.

Congratulations to every single one competing Team. It was extremely tough to focus on decision making in the limited time frame given. Only the best Teams get the opportunity to proceed to the BTS World Final 2010 (will be held early November 2010). And to remind you, top three teams in the world are invited for an unforgettable weekend away.

Special congratulations go to the winning teams, our finalists, who were the best in their divisions:

Pan American Energy / ARGENTINA - Team Patagonia
Philips / THE NETHERLANDS - Team DWLC
Abertis / SPAIN - Team GLDIATRS
JCI Portugal / SPAIN/UK/PORTUGAL - Team Megabuck
JCI Finland / FINLAND - Team Spectre

We wish them all the best in the World Final 2010!
BTS Tournaments Team

BTS Crowns 2009 Global Tournament Champions

Teams from Nokia, VIPnet and Syngenta
Take Top Honors

CANNES, France and HELSINKI, Finland; May 05, 2010 – BTS, the world leader in customized business simulations and other discovery learning solutions, announced the winners of the 2009 BTS Global Tournament. The top three winning teams excelled over hundreds of competitors in a number of simulations to run the most successful multinational company, striving for their share of a virtual market and shareholder value. Top winners Nokia Finland, second place winners VIPnet Croatia, and third place winners Syngenta Switzerland were honoured in an Awards Ceremony hosted by the BTS Tournaments BTS Tournaments division of BTS on April 24 2010.

The basic idea in Tournament participation is for people to enhance their business acumen and financial understanding. There were some 600 teams competing globally last year and at the end, there were as many as 12 nationalities represented at the BTS Awards in Cannes on the French Riviera.

"I have to admit, this year's Awards were one of the best ever. The location and arrangements were luxurious, yes, but at the end of the day - it is all about the people. Even with a certain volcano erupting, nothing can stand in the way of great people having a fabulous time. Just goes to show, the top three teams earned their place!", said Petteri Salokangas – responsible for arrangements from the BTS Tournaments team.

Winning Team of the 2009 Global Business Tournament - Nokia, Finland:

Second place was achieved by a Croatian network operator, VIPnet:

Third place winners are from Syngenta in Switzerland:

Once again - a big round of applause to congratulate on their genuine success.

The next BTS Global Tournament commences in September 2010. More information about BTS Tournaments is available on www.btstournaments.com.

About BTS
BTS is the global leader in accelerating strategy alignment and execution, innovating how organizations learn, change and improve. We partner with our clients to build commitment and capability to accelerate strategy execution and improve business results. The unique BTS process offers fast strategic alignment and rapid capability building through:
• Business Simulations and experiential solutions

– the most effective way to help organizations understand, align and execute.

• In-depth customization to what is relevant and actionable on the job.

• A results-focused approach that comprehensively and efficiently secures and measures business impact. BTS adds value to its clients through three practice areas: Strategic Alignment & Business Acumen, Leadership & Management, and Sales Force Transformation.

BTS has more than 300 professionals serving over 400 clients, including 44 of the US Fortune 100 companies and more than 25 of the Global Fortune 100 largest corporations in the world. BTS serves its clients from offices in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Scottsdale, Stamford, Bangkok, Beijing, Bilbao, Brussels, Helsinki, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Oslo, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Tokyo. For more information please visit www.bts.com.

Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year 2010!

We at BTS Tournaments would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and hope you will have the time to fully enjoy this magical season.

This year was a very important one for us. After a successful launch of an upgraded user interface, the new business simulation was very well received by our participants. Many teams from over 30 countries made the BTS Tournaments quite a global event. Congratulations again to the winners of our World Final 2009!

We genuinely look forward to continue improving participants' business acumen, strategic thinking and financial understanding. There are many success stories and it is to our satisfaction that we can see substantial results in their learning curves. Business simulations are proven to be the best way of learning by doing, in a risk-free and motivating environment.

What is more, we are proud to partner with our clients to add value to their business results and assist them to build on their talents to drive into a better future.

Let the next year be as much of a straight road towards successful results. Wishing you lots of sunshine and happiness for the upcoming Holidays and a prosperous New Year!

BTS Tournaments Team

BTS - Catalysts for Profitability and Growth

Latvia wins SEB business simulation competition

A team from SEB Latvia won this year’s SEB Championship, an online business simulation competition, and will now move on to the BTS Tournaments semi-finals, where they will meet teams from other companies.

The competition is arranged by BTS Interactive, a consultancy company. It is designed for individuals to gain a holistic view on the complexities of running a multinational company, to improve business acumen and financial skills, strategic thinking and learn the importance of team work. Each team has three to five members.

This year one team from SEB Latvia, one from SEB Norway and two from SEB Poland participated in the competition which stretches over ten weeks and consist of five rounds.

“The simulation presented interesting intellectual challenges, some ambiguity and serious number crunching,” says Mārtiņš Krūtainis who leads the Latvian team in the competition.

BTS Interactive arranges similar competitions for other companies and industries around the world and in total 900 teams competed this year. SEB Latvia’s team will now face other winners from the initial rounds in the semi-finals.

Later, the best teams proceed to the BTS World Final, where top three teams are invited to the BTS Awards, held in Cannes on the French Riviera. SEB has participated the competition since 2001 and two teams from the bank have made it to the finals over the years.


About the SEB Championships
The idea with the SEB Championships is to form teams of 3-5 people and have the team run an online simulated company in direct competition with other participating SEB teams for market shares, profits and revenue whereby the best team wins by gaining the most shareholder value. It’s like a flight simulator, only in business!

Simulations are one of the most effective learning methods and BTS Tournaments, developed by BTS Interactive, are a growing trend in the area of corporate management training. You learn by doing through experience, and without real-life risks! BTS Tournament is the leading business simulation tournament in the world.

For further information contact:
James Baker-Duly
BTS, BTS Interactive
James.Bakerduly[#]bts.com
http://www.btstournaments.com/

BTS World Final 2009 - Announcing the Results!

The winners of the BTS Global Semi-finals proceeded to the BTS World Final. All directly involved will agree: this year's Final was extremely exciting!

The Final was held on 5 November 2009, with the best teams from the 2009 Tournament competing for highest shareholder value. All the simulated companies performed at their peak, closing their fourth financial year with stunningly close results. This was the closest it has ever been with 4th and 5th place missing out on their spot in the top three by less than 1% difference!

We at BTS Tournaments are proud to announce the Ranking of the BTS World Final 2009:

1. NOKIA / Finland - Team Uision
2. VIPNET / Croatia - Team Red Devils
3. SYNGENTA / Switzerland - Team Aspire
4. ENDESA / Spain - Team APTC
5. SEB KORT / Norway - Team PLASTIXXX
6. NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS / Finland - Team Pohjatyö
7. ANDRITZ / Finland - Team Eagles

From the almost 600 teams participating in the 2009 BTS Business Tournament, these amazing seven teams reached the World Final. So once again, a big round of applause to ALL competing Teams. They held under pressure to prove their business acumen. But unfortunately only the three best teams receive the honours of being invited to the famous BTS Awards. They will traditionally be held in Cannes on the French Riviera, in the Spring.

Thank you everyone involved for another great BTS Tournament Year!

- BTS Tournaments Team

RESULTS of Global BTS Semi-finals 2009!

The Global BTS Semi-Finals took place over two sessions - on 10.09 and 17.09. It was a fierce fight for highest shareholder value of a virtual company.

There were 48 Teams lined up to compete in the annual Global Semi-Finals! As many as 20 countries were present and 28 companies represented, such as: ABB, Accenture, AstraZeneca, British Telecom, CP Kelco, Ericsson, LG, Maersk Line, PwC, Stora Enso and many more.

Congratulations to ALL competing Teams. They did a tremendous job in such a short time given to make decisions. Only the best Teams get the opportunity to proceed to the BTS World Final 2009 (will be held early November 2009). And to remind you, top three teams in the world are invited to the Luxurious BTS Awards, traditionally held in Cannes on the French Riviera.

Special congratulations go to the winning teams, our finalists, who were the best in their divisions:

SEB Kort / NORWAY - Team PLASTIXXX
Endesa / SPAIN - Team APTC
Syngenta / SWITZERLAND - Team Aspire
Andritz / FINLAND - Team Eagles
Vipnet / CROATIA - Team Red Devils
Nokia / FINLAND - Team Uision
Nokia Siemens Networks / FINLAND - Team Pohjatyö

We wish them all the best in the World Final 2009!
BTS Tournaments Team