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Page 3 of 10 Saving Decisions
Company decisions are made via an Excel® spreadsheet called Capstone.xls (available from the website's Downloads link). When you save decisions for Practice or Competition rounds, Capstone.xls asks if you want to upload them directly to the website or to a backup on your computer. Decisions saved to the website become part of your company’s Official Decision file. You can update Official Decisions as often as needed prior to the end of the round. Decisions sent to the website can be saved by Product, Functional Area, or All Products and Areas. What decisions you send depends on organizational structure. Communication between managers is essential; if one manager makes decisions for a specific product, other managers could overwrite those decisions if they upload by Functional Area or All Decisions. Product decisions require funding, so Finance decisions should be made after all product decisions are complete. The website’s Decision Audit lists all decision changes. | | 
Keep the box unchecked if you are going to continue to make decisions. | | | 
You have the option of checking the box if your decisions are done. If you change your mind, simply save again and do not check the box. | As an optional measure, you can tell your instructor that you feel the round's decisions are final. Doing so will not lock you out if you change your mind, you will be able to fine tune your decisions up until the round is processed. You do not have to check the box. When the round advances, the last set of decisions saved to the website will be used. Before checking the box, confirm with all teammates that their decisions are final.
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