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Course Outline

Initial Skills Assessment and Review

  • Assessment of participants' Excel proficiency.
  • Warm-up activities focusing on functions and navigation.
  • Review of key concepts essential for structured datasets.

Budgeting for Purchases and Report Generation

  • Developing basic and dynamic budget templates.
  • Monitoring costs and purchase quantities.
  • Generating purchase summary reports.

Formulas for Inventory and Cost Calculations

  • Applying IF, SUMIF, and SUMIFS for logic-based analysis.
  • Utilizing VLOOKUP to reference item details.
  • Combining formulas to gain cost-per-unit and supplier-level insights.

Handling and Analyzing Large Datasets

  • Managing datasets with 5,000+ rows and multiple columns.
  • Performing sorting, filtering, and conditional formatting.
  • Employing Excel Tables for dynamic range referencing.

Building Purchase Lists and Supplier Reports

  • Creating structured input sheets organized by supplier.
  • Linking inventory, quantity, and cost fields.
  • Summarizing data by category or raw material.

Practical Inventory Tracking Exercise

  • Simulating consumption versus purchases (e.g., comparing 1,000 bags of sugar against 900 bags).
  • Reconciling usage data with purchase logs.
  • Highlighting discrepancies and generating alerts.

Pivot Tables for Reporting and Analysis

  • Creating pivot tables categorized by month, item, or supplier.
  • Filtering, grouping, and applying custom summarization.
  • Building dashboards using slicers and timelines.

Automating Reports with Macros

  • Recording and editing basic macros.
  • Automating repetitive tasks (e.g., monthly material consolidation).
  • Executing macros to refresh data and generate reports.

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • A foundational understanding of basic spreadsheet concepts.
  • Familiarity with file management and data entry procedures.
  • Previous exposure to business operations or inventory processes.

Audience

  • Inventory and purchasing personnel.
  • Operations or logistics analysts.
  • Finance or administrative staff.
 14 Hours

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