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IS 340 Improving Organizational Decision Making
IS 340, Improving, Organizational, Decision, Making
Improving Decision Making: Use a Spreadsheet to Select Suppliers
IS 340 Management information Systems Chapter 2 Lab
Lab 2-10 Improving Decision Making: Use a Spreadsheet to Select Suppliers (Individual
Assignment worth 50 points)
Resources needed:
1. A windows PC with Microsoft Excel installed. If you need this software, follow these
steps to install it.
2. Ess13ch02_Questionfile.xlsx
In this exercise, you will learn how to use spreadsheet software to improve
management decisions about selecting suppliers. You will filter transactional data about
suppliers based on several criteria to select the best suppliers for your company.
Scenario: You run a company that manufactures aircraft components. You have many
competitors who are trying to offer lower prices and better service to customers, and
you are trying to determine whether you can benefit from better supply chain
management. The Assignments area under Week 2, you will find a spreadsheet
file (Ess13ch02_Questionfile.xlsx) that contains a list of all the items your firm has
ordered from its suppliers during the past three months.
The fields in the spreadsheet file include vendor name, vendor identification number,
purchaser’s order number, item identification number and item description (for each
item ordered from the vendor), cost per item, number of units of the item ordered
(quantity), total cost of each order, vendor’s accounts payable terms, order date, and
actual arrival date for each order.
Prepare a recommendation of how you can use the data in this spreadsheet database
to improve your decisions about selecting suppliers. Some criteria to consider for
identifying preferred suppliers include:
· The supplier’s track record for on-time deliveries
· Suppliers offering the best accounts payable terms
· Suppliers offering lower pricing when the same item can be provided by multiple
suppliers. (Extra credit)
Use your spreadsheet software to prepare reports to support your recommendations.
Information about the data:
· At a minimum you will need to be able to sort the database by various criteria such as
item description, item cost, vendor number, or A/P terms
· A/P terms is expressed as the number of days that the customer has to pay the vendor
for the purchase. In other words, 30 designates net 30 days. The vendor that allows
customers the longest amount of time to pay for an order would, of course, offer the
most favorable payment terms.
· You will need to add additional columns for calculating the delivery time for each order.
The delivery time can be calculated by subtracting the Order Date from the Arrival Date.
Vendors with the shortest delivery times are obviously desirable.
· These numbers are useful when trying to determine who is the vendor with the best
on-time delivery track record. Students can use the DAVERAGE or the SUMIF and
COUNTIF functions to determine the average delivery time for each vendor. You can
also use one of the database functions to determine the vendor with the best accounts
payable terms.
To determine the vendor with the lowest prices for the same item when it is supplied by
multiple vendors, students can filter the database using the item description. This
filtered list can then be sorted by item cost and vendor number.
Deliverables:
· Your recommendations (minimum 100 words) that include the details of findings that
supports your recommendation. (25 Points) Your recommendation must include
analysis of:
a. the supplier’s track record delivery time
b. suppliers offering the best accounts payable terms
c. suppliers offering lower pricing when the same item can be provided by multiple
· Copy and paste the reports you ran to come to your conclusion. You should cite the
reports you used in your recommendation. (25 Points)
MS 340 Management Information Systems
(2020) Brian Volkmuth
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