Instructions1.

There are 2 deliverables for this assignment- a) An excel file with the necessary
computations. b) A word doc with the corresponding explanations. (For the question
involving macro, a separate file could be submitted. However, a single excel file is
preferred).
2. Solve each question in a separate sheet in one excel file.
3. Youre required to state all your assumptions in the first sheet of the excel file. These
assumptions should be written for all the sub-parts separately, however in the same
sheet, wherever applicable.
4. Maintain uniformity in structure and formatting. The assignment would be penalized
for lack of hygiene.
5. Name all your sheets appropriately.
6. Naming Convention for the file Name_Roll_No_Section.doc/.xls. ExampleHermione_Granger_91023_G.xls
Assignmenti)

Use column V to create a new character variable of length 10- ABCDEFGHIJ where
AB=Region, CD=Province, E=Product Category, FG=Customer Segment, H=Ship
Mode, I=Order Priority, J=Product Container. (Youre free to use your own
nomenclature. Specify the same in the assumptions sheet. Eg- Use initial 1(or 2)
characters of the corresponding variable.)

ii)

Summarize the data using a pivot table by region and province. Subsequently, find
the province with highest profit per shipment and highest profit per Unit.

iii)

Create a pivot table where you provide a summary of sales, cost and profit statistics.
How will you summarize? State the variables used as row labels, column labels and
filters. Justify your selections. Do you think it would make sense to use some of the
statistics variables in percentage terms? If yes, create those variables in the pivot
table. (Note: The new variables are to be created in the pivot table itself. Youre not
supposed to create the variable in the raw dataset and then using it in the pivot table).

iv)

Find the month which had the highest overall profita. Per shipment (in Currency terms)
b. Per Unit (in Currency terms)

c. As a percentage of total price (excluding shipping cost) of the products

delivered
v)

Find a linear relationship which explains the dependency of profit on sales, unit
price, order quantity, discount and shipping cost. Would you like to remove any of
the variables mentioned from analysis? If yes, why?

vi)

Mr. RG Verma wants to come up with the policy that all orders must be shipped
within a specified time duration given in table below:

Priority
Critical
High
Medium
Low

Ship Before
1 day
2 Day
3 Days
5 Days

If any of the orders fail to meet above ship times, the company will pay the shipping
cost on behalf of the customer. Bases on the data given and additional information
given in this question i) Find out whether the firm can meet the deadlines internally by showing % of
fulfilled orders in each priority level.
ii) How much shipping cost would be paid by the company? (Assume that all orders
who are within timelines, customers are being charged for shipping)
vii)

Find the overall revenue loss due to returned shipments. (Hint: Use opportunity cost
of returned shipments and the Shipping Cost incurred).

viii)

Pick a combination of region, province, Customer Segment and Product Category

of your choice. For the chosen combination, generate a data table which would use
discount rate and product base margin to provide the profit data. Henceforth,
identify the optimum combination to be offered. (Use your judgement to select the
ranges and the step-size).

ix)

Write a macro to identify the returned orders and the day on which the order was
placed and shipped. The new variables are to be appended at the end of the sheetcolumn W onwards.