{"id":30024,"date":"2017-02-16T09:16:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T08:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sqills.ch\/services\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:54:15","slug":"services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sqills.ch\/en\/services\/","title":{"rendered":"SERVICES"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30024\" class=\"elementor elementor-30024 elementor-28640\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d3c388d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d3c388d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03df0f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03df0f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WHAT IS A PRACTICE FIRM?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b76dddc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b76dddc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52aa064 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"52aa064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=QwK_ZpNYSx0&amp;t=14s&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d39a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d39a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--gbl-secondary-font); font-size: var(--gbl-body-font-size); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">A commercial practice company (epco) is a trainee-run company that operates like a real business. It reproduces the business procedures, products and services of a real company. A practice firm resembles a real one in form, organization and function.<\/span><\/p><p>Under the guidance of one or more trainers\/coaches and business mentors, students and trainees create their practice business from the following elements:<\/p><ul><li>Product development<\/li><li>Distribution and sales<\/li><li>Marketing and human resources<\/li><li>Accounting\/finance<\/li><li>Website design<\/li><\/ul><p>As employees of the practice firm, trainees are responsible for its performance and, thanks to the learning-by-doing methodology, they develop the following skills in particular:<\/p><ul><li>Market research<\/li><li>Marketing and digital marketing<\/li><li>Inventory management<\/li><li>Planning and logistics<\/li><li>Sale of goods or services<\/li><li>Salary processing and payroll taxes<\/li><\/ul><p>Each company conducts business, both nationally and internationally, with other companies within a network of practice firms, following standard business procedures and frameworks.<\/p><p>There is no actual transfer of goods and money, but commercial transactions and financial exchanges take place, orders are placed, invoices are issued, payments are made and general and analytical company accounting is set up.<\/p><p>There are standard equipment and information technology (hardware and software) requirements for running a practice. To make the experience as realistic as possible, each learning area is divided into different sections representing the different departments of a company, such as reception, purchasing, human resources, accounting and marketing.<\/p><p>The Practice Enterprise approach emphasizes learning in four key areas by applying the learning-by-doing methodology:<\/p><ul><li>Ownership: Trainees take responsibility for their own learning.<\/li><li>Experience: Trainee learning is authentic and realistic.<\/li><li>Cooperation: Trainees learn together and understand the dynamics of teamwork.<\/li><li>Reflection: Trainees experience the consequences of their decisions and apply this learning to future challenges.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53273f7 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"53273f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/penworldwide.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">More information on the PEN Worldwide website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IS A PRACTICE FIRM? https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QwK_ZpNYSx0&#038;t=14s A commercial practice company (epco) is a trainee-run company that operates like a real business. It reproduces the business procedures, products and services of a real company. A practice firm resembles a real one in form, organization and function. 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