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To analyze a set of data (in Microsoft Excel), and write a ITECH1005-5005 business information systems assignment question, identifying and explaining your insights into the operation of Trade Fair organized by “Latrobe Valley Product Gallery”.
In the process of this assessment task you will:
Latrobe Valley Product Gallery (LVPG) specializes in promoting and selling both (i) stand space at trade fairs and (ii) tickets for visitors to trade fairs in Latrobe Valley, Gippsland area. The company currently promotes and sells two different sized stand spaces (small and large), to new or returning exhibitors, for a number of Trade Fairs locally and overseas. LVPG also provides a number of additional value-added services to exhibitors for fees such as organizing exhibitor stands, developing marketing material for exhibitors to distribute at fairs, arranging travel and/or accommodation for exhibitors, and hospitality/catering for exhibitors to offer their customers attending the trade fair. LVPG also organize visitor tickets for the trade fairs, which also provide commission income. All these activities are managed through the efforts of a number of sales representatives. The company’s founder, Ms Diamantine Rose, like all small business owners, is always interested in finding ways to increase revenues and decrease expenses.
Ms Rose has recently hired you as her business analyst and poses some operational-level questions about the performance of her business. She is also eager to hear your thoughts and ideas on how to improve the business and requires you to make several recommendations on how to improve the company’s performance, especially in relation to the following business objectives:
Ms Rose has provided you with last year’s sales information in the “ITECH1005_assignment_data_S1_2016.xlsx” file. The data needs to be analyzed and visualized to help observations related to the business operation and its shortcomings.
The data worksheet “Sales” contains collected information of the LVPG’s operations in the year 2015. These details included:
Value Added Service |
Fee (AUD) |
Exhibitor stand organized |
600 |
Exhibitor travel arrangements |
300 |
Exhibitor accommodation arrangements |
280 |
Exhibitor marketing material organized |
500 |
Exhibitor hospitality organized |
380 |
Commission Received |
Space Sold |
Rate (% of sale amount) |
New Exhibitor (large) |
>= 20 sq.m. |
30 |
New Exhibitor (small) |
< 20 sq.m. |
25 |
Returning Exhibitor (large) |
>= 20 sq.m. |
20 |
Returning Exhibitor (small) |
< 20 sq.m. |
15 |
Commission Paid |
Space Sold |
Rate (% of commission received) |
New Exhibitor (large) |
>= 20 sq.m. |
25 |
New Exhibitor (small) |
< 20 sq.m. |
20 |
Returning Exhibitor (large) |
>= 20 sq.m. |
15 |
Returning Exhibitor (small) |
< 20 sq.m. |
10 |
Ms Rose requires you to make observations to help her with the following questions.
Ms Rose also requires you to make recommendations concerning the following business-level questions.
Ms Rose has asked you to provide her with the details of how you have accomplished these tasks. Therefore, you must include the functions and the formulae you’ve used in your analyses, and not simply report the answers.
As a paid consultant, your submission to Ms Rose must be professionally presented; all analyses, calculations and summaries in the Excel file must have headings and be supported with explanatory notes; and the formal business report must be preceded by a ‘covering letter’ (i.e. incorporate letter as first page of your Word document with your report on following pages).
Note: All recommendations in your report must be clearly justified (e.g. include charting or refer to specific analyses/summaries from the Excel spreadsheet).
The business options are linked to a number of questions posed by Ms Rose. Your role is to answer these specific questions and to support your answers with your data analysis as presented in the appropriate tables and charts. Ensure that your recommendations address the company’s objectives, and that they are clearly linked to your observations.
There is no ‘ideal’ or ‘best’ way of doing this project. You’ll be assessed on your insight of the data, on your ability to make observations by analyzing (with formulas) and visualizing (with charts) your data, and your ability to link your observations to business issues.
There are numerous Microsoft Excel facilities and functions that may be useful in this project. While planning your workbook, you may wish to review the lab exercises on the related topics (e.g. Excel functions, absolute and relative cell referencing, formatting, chartings and managing large worksheets, as well as on the analysis of Excel data and drawing recommendations).
The Excel workbook contains all the necessary data for your assignment. Columns headings required for calculations (I) are provided in the Excel workbook. You may have to add (or insert) more columns (for some intermediate calculations) and/or worksheets for the rest of the calculations and observations. Also, you need to make sure the records included in the worksheets are not faulty or inaccurate (e.g. missing data) to avoid errors in calculations.
You will very likely need to analyze beyond the assessable tasks to gain sufficient insight into the business operations to provide recommendations to Ms Rose. Include any additional analyses or summaries on the calculations worksheet.
Make sure you review the marking guide (attached at the end of this assignment specification), to ensure you complete all required tasks before submission.
The questions posed to you in this ITECH1005-5005 business information systems assignment question range from easy, through medium to challenging. However, it is expected that all students will succeed in all the tasks. Some of the tasks are very similar to those covered in tutorials and the associated exercises. Some of the challenging tasks may rely on insight that requires self-directed study (e.g. using help facilities in Excel to explore in depth some of the topics covered in the tutorials).