Assignment

To be submitted by Oct 21, 2024

Data Modeling Using Excel (60 Marks)

1. A company wants to compare two proposed plans for sales commission. In

Plan-A, when the number of units sold is less than or equal to 20,000 (call it
Volume-1) no sales commission is to be paid; otherwise, sales commission is
to be paid at the rate of Re. 1 for each unit sold beyond 20,000. In Plan-B
also, for sales upto 20,000 units there is no commission. For sales between
20,000 and 60,000 (call it Volume-2) the commission is at the rate of Rs. 0.6
for each unit above 20,000; for sales beyond 60,000, the commission is at the
rate of Rs. 1.5 for each unit in excess of Rs. 60,000. Marks =
10

The variable costs are estimated as follows:

Raw material cost per unit of final product = Rs. 15
Utilities cost per unit of final product = Rs. 5

The fixed costs per year are given as: Rent = Rs. 60,000; Salaries = Rs.
2,00,000; Advertising Expenditure = Rs. 80,000; Other Miscellaneous fixed
costs = Rs. 20,000.

The sales price per unit is Rs. 25.

In comparing the two policies, you are required to find the break even sales
volume for each of the two plans. You are also required to find the sales
volume, if any, at which both the policies yield the same profit; below this
sales volume, one of the policies is the more profitable, and above it, the other
policy is the better. Show the comparison for sales volume from 83000 to
93000 in increments of 1000.

2. Consider another extension, independent of the previous problem. Suppose

that the basic wage (rupees per hour) depends on a performance index
(PScore) which is computed and updated periodically for each worker.
PScore forms one of the inputs to the problem. The PScore is divided into
several intervals and the basic wage of a worker depends on the interval to
which his/her PScore belongs. This relationship is defined by the following
table: (Marks =
10)
Range of PScore Basic (Rs/hr)
PScore ≤ 10 20
10 < PScore ≤ 20 25
20 < PScore ≤30 30
30 < PScore ≤40 40
PScore > 40 60
 You can assume that PScore is computed to two decimal places; it is never
negative, and rarely exceeds 40. Other inputs and outputs required remain
the same as in the original version of the problem. Use lookups to solve the
problem.

3. You have been given the task to plan a direct-mail promotion and asked to
determine the net profit from the activity. The number of promotional mails to
be send is 2,75,000 and the expected response rate is 2.5%. The cost to print
a single mailer is given and unit cost varies with the quantity. 0.20 for
quantities less than 200,000; 0.15 for quantities of 200,001 and 300,000; and
0.10 each for quantities more than 300,000. A fixed cost of 0.28 is incurred
per unit for mailing. The number of responses is calculated based on the
response rate and the number mailed. The company knows that it will realize
an average profit per response of 18.50. Calculate the gross profit, Total costs
including printing and mailing costs and Net Profit. (Marks=10)

The manager of the company wants you to summarize the net profit for
various combinations of quantity and response rate. Assume quantity varies
from 100,000 to 3,25,000 in increments of 25,000 and Response rate varies
between 1.50% and 3.25% in increments of 0.25%.

The management has asked you to highlight three scenarios to the

management as shown in table below.

Scenario Numbers Mailed Response Rate

Best Case 325000 3.25%
Worst Case 275000 1.50%
Most Likely 200000 2.50%

4. Your organization is planning to invest Rs. 6 crores into an industrial unit. As

per the market research conducted by the consultants, it is projected that your
organization will get a return of Rs. 50 lakhs at the end of 1 st year, 85 lakhs at
the end of 2nd year, Rs 1.5 crore at the end of 3rd year, Rs. 2.3 crores at the
end of 4th year, and Rs. 3.2 crores at the end of 5 th year. Find the rate of return
at the end of 3rd, 4th and 5th year of the project. (Marks=5)

5. Ravi expects to earn 12% per year on his retirement investments. At the end
of each of the next 30 years, he wants to put the same amount of money in
his retirement portfolio. He is going to retire in 30 years. How much money
does he need to put in each year if he wants to have Rs. 10,00,000 in his
account when he retires after 30 years?
(Marks=5)

6. A Blending Problem. Douglas E.Starr, the manager of Heavenly Hound

Kennels, Inc., provides lodging for pets. The kennels’ dog food is made by
mixing three grain products to obtain a well-balanced dog diet. The data for
the three products are shown in the following table. If Douglas wants to make
sure that each of his dogs consumes at least 8 ounces of protein, 1 ounce of
carbohydrate, and no more than 0.5 ounces of fat each day, how much of
 each grain product should each dog be fed in order to minimize Douglas’s
cost? (Note: 16 ounces = 1 pound).
(Marks=10)

Grain Cost Per Protein (%) Carbohydrate Fat (%)

Product Pound ($) (%)
A 0.45 62 5 3
B 0.38 55 10 2
C 0.27 36 20 1

7. At a chip manufacturing plant, four technicians (A,B, C, and D) produce three

products (Products 1,2, and 3). This month, the chip manufacturer can sell
80 units of Product 1, 50 units of Product 2, and at most 50 units of Product 3.
Technician A can make only Products 1 and 3. Technician B can make only
Products 1 and 2. Technician C can make only Product 3. Technician D can
make only Product 2. For each unit produced, the products contribute the
following profit: Product 1, $ 6; Product 2, $7; and Product 3, $10. Each
technician is available for 120 hours. The time (in hours) each technician
needs to manufacture a product is as follows:
(Marks=10)

Produc Technicia Technicia Technicia Technicia

t nA nB nC nD

1 2 2.5 Cannot do Cannot do

2 Cannot do 3 Cannot do 3.5
3 3 Cannot do 4 Cannot do

DVD – Power BI Assignment

Exercise on Sample SuperStore Data (Marks 30)

1. Find out the total, average, max and min sales by different customers. Sort by
Customer Name in Ascending Order. Then Sort in Descending order of Sales. Next,
display only those customers where the name begins with A.
2. For each combination of Ship Mode and Sub-Category display the total Sales.
Identify the top 3 subcategories in terms of sales? Identify the top 3 subcategories in
terms of profits? Are the top 3 sub-categories profitable? Display the profit/loss with
color gradient.
3. Display Sales for Different Years. Segregate the Sales Trend wrt different Regions.
Display the Sales for different sub-categories.
4. Average Unit Price for each sub-category.
5. For each combination of category and subcategory display the sales wrt each
segment. Create a highlight for sum sales >10000 "Good" " else "Poor"
6. Correlation between Sales and Quantity Sold for different sub-categories by
Region. Segregate by Categories.
7. Sales by Year. Contribution of each Ship Mode to Sales. Filter by Region.
8. Display Sales by City
9. Display the sales, quantity and profit as an area chart wrt date.
10. Create a line chart to display the sales by Year and then find the sub-categories
which are contributing for this increase. Find out the Top 5 product sub-categories in
each year with respect to total sales. Display the sales figures on each bar.
11. Create a map to display average sales for each country. Display the sales for
each state in a different color.
12. Total Sales, Quantity and Discount along with Profit as an appropriate chart
13. For each combination of State and Order Date, find out the total sales and
display the profit in color.

Exercise on ERPSim DataSet (Marks 30)

The questions are based on sales data of the ERP Simulation Game. This game
simulates a commodity market wherein teams must plan, procure, produce and sell
products in a competitive environment.
 Which team had the highest revenue? What was the revenue?
 What product had the highest revenue? What was the revenue?
 Display the trend of revenue over rounds for each team.
 What is the market share of each team by product?
 Are there any products that don’t sell in specific distribution channels?
 What were the highest prices paid for various products per team? Which
team sold the most expensive Muesli?
 Which team sold the most quantity of muesli? For that team, what was the
most sold product?
 What three products have high price and high revenue?
 Show the days on which individual teams did not have any revenue. What
team made the highest revenue on a single day (which round)?
 What product on what day and round brought the highest revenue (for
which team)?
 Create a chart that shows revenue by team. Results should be shown by
round.