Grader - Instructions Excel 2019 ProjectExcel_8G_Sales_and_Income
Project Description:
In this project, you will assist Margo Logan, CFO of Sam’s Smoothies, and use a worksheet model and Solver to create several scenarios that would result in breaking even four months after opening.
Steps to Perform:
Step
Instructions
Points Possible
1
Open the Excel workbook
Student_Excel_8G_Sales_and_Income.xlsx downloaded with this Project.
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2
On the Projected Income worksheet, change the value in B15 to
6 and press ENTER. Notice the change in the Sales and Gross Profit/Loss results, in cells B17 and B20 respectively.
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3
Ensure that the Solver add-in is installed. Open Solver. Set the objective cell as
$b$20 to a Value Of
0 and set the Variable Cells to
$b$16,$b$18 (be sure to type the comma between the two cell references) to change both the growth rate in cell B16 and the costs related to Sales % in cell B18. Click Solve. Save this scenario as
16% Growth and then restore the original values.
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4
Display the Solver Parameters dialog box. Add a constraint that requires percent growth in cell
B16 to be less than or equal to
10% Solve, save the scenario as
10% Growth, and then restore the original values.
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5
Display the Solver Parameters dialog box. Delete the existing constraint and add a constraint for the costs related to sales in cell
B18 to be equal
80% Solve, save the scenario as
80% Costs and then restore the original values.
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6
With the Projected Income worksheet displayed, create a scenario summary report, using Gross profit or loss in cell
B20 as the result cell.
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7
On the Projected Income worksheet, create a Line chart using the ranges A2:M3 and A8:M8.
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8
Add
Expected Break-Even Point as the title. Position the chart so that the upper left corner of the chart is in cell B22.
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9
Ensure that the Analysis ToolPak add-in is installed. On the Sales worksheet, create a Moving Average using the sales
B2:B49 as the input range,
7 as the interval,
C3 as the output range, and selecting the Labels in First Row and Chart Output options.
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10
Select the chart, and then move the chart to a new sheet named
Sales Trend Chart
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11
On the Sales Trend Chart worksheet, click one time to select the Horizontal (Category) Axis Labels, display the Select .