For the second year running HEC Lausanne was the winning team at the international ERPSim competition, which brought together 18 universities and took place from 13 April to 17 June 2015. 

ERPSim is the name of the platform (developed by HEC Montreal) used on the HEC Business Game course. It is a simulation which allows students to put into practice different concepts taught during the first two years of the Bachelor programme.

The HEC Lausanne team took first place ahead of the Universities of Tampa and Cincinnati after two qualification rounds and a final, played in June. The team selected by HEC Lausanne took the laurels in the final, which was played as part of the HEC Business Game course two months earlier. The team consisted of Thomas Birbaum, Julien Cheseaux, Robin Granges and Mathieu Meylan. However because the competition rules stipulated only three players per team, one member had to pull out. Course assistant Thomas Boillat was the team’s coach.

For the HEC Lausanne team, it was a very rewarding experience: “One of the keys to our victory was meticulous preparation, which allowed us to take decisions very quickly based on game scenarios. It was also important not to panic, knowing as we did that we weren’t in front while the game was in progress.” The setting was slightly unusual in that the final began at 5:30pm in Canada, i.e. 11:30pm in Lausanne. “It felt very odd to be in the IT Teaching Centre so late at night!” remarked one of the participants.

Congratulations once again to the winners and a note in the diary for next year’s edition and the chance to make it three out of three!