Why dont the final industry reports agree with the company screens at submission time?
The company screens at submission reflect projected outcomes based on company estimates. The industry report reflects the competitive actions of each company and adjusts outcomes to reflect competitor decisions. Thus you may gain or lose market share, earnings or cash flow depending on what your competitors have done. No one knows this effect until all companies have submitted the decisions. ANSWER: The figures at the bottom of the screen are projections for the upcoming year. They will not match the reports you got for the previous year. The final decisions generated some projected results for the year, but when the other company decisions are processed, the actual results may be quite different from the expected results because of the decisions their competitors made. Your projected company performance for the year is based on all of the decision entries you have made for the year. If the numbers are negative it is not a “glitch”. It means that (given your decision and demand forecas
