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BUS501 - Business Analytics and Statistics
Research Report
Data from a small health food shop on the Sunshine Coast are provided. The business
is divided into a number of areas including retail, wholesale a box delivery system
(not included in the data) and Harvest Kitchen (http://www.goodharvest.com.au).
The data is inclusive of a whole year of trading. This is the 2nd year of business and
the business is still in a start-up phase. The reported high COGS is consistent with the
Organic industry.
The main challenges in the business are revenue (i.e lead generation/new business),
COGS (margins) and average sale.
The business has a 6 person team, 1 delivery van, a retail outlet and a cold store
warehouse.
REPORT:
Introduction (4 marks)
Problem definition and business intelligence required (6 marks)
Selected analytics methods and technical analysis (20 marks)
Results (10 marks)