DDD Summative Assignment Hafsa v1
DDD Summative Assignment Hafsa v1
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Table of Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Charts
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Sales Performance Analytics: Deriving Strategic Insights for COTS Coffee
Shops
• Data Collection: Gather sales information from all three stores and combine it into a
single dataset.
• Data Cleaning: Find and fix any problems with the quality of the data.
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• Exploratory Analysis: Determine summary statistics such as sums, means, and ranges.
• Drill-down Analysis: To answer business inquiries, examine sales by product, time
frame, and location.
• Visualisation: Produce graphs and charts to illustrate results.
• Reporting: Condense analysis into a document that includes suggestions.
With the help of this framework, a thorough study using verified data will be possible,
yielding suggestions based on facts.
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Data-driven improvements against these KPIs are made possible via analytics in a number of
ways:
• Finding the best-performing merchandise, stores, and times of year to maximise price,
promotions, and sales mix
• Estimating future revenues to establish goals and spending plans
• Monitoring KPIs throughout time to assess performance in relation to objectives
• Comparing stores to decide whether to make expansion investments
• Evaluating the effect of measures such as delivery on sales
• Keeping an eye on product, store, and seasonal splits to adjust tactics
Missing data: A dataset containing empty or null values. able to remove rows or columns and
impute missing data.
Duplicate data: The same data captured more than once is known as duplicate data. able to
locate and eliminate duplicates.
Inaccurate data: Information that is erroneous or defective. able to confirm using primary
sources.
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Inconsistent data: Data that is inconsistent or has distinct formats from one source to
another. able to harmonise formats.
Irrelevant data: Information deemed unhelpful for the analysis. able to eliminate useless
fields.
Outdated data: Information that is no longer current and outdated. Can get most recent data
if it's feasible.
Missing sales values: A number of days have missing sales quantities, most likely as a result
of problems with data input. To close gaps, I will interpolate between dates that are
legitimate.
Duplicate rows: A portion of the rows have identical data. I'll get rid of redundant rows.
Text formatting: Abbreviations and capitalization of product names and kinds are
inconsistent. I'll make the text formatting uniform.
Irrelevant columns: Analysis does not need columns like invoice number. I'll take out any
extraneous columns.
Outdated information: The sales data spans December 2022 to January 2020. I should
mention that the data is between one and two years old.
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• For uniformity, standardise the product text and capitalise it appropriately.
• Reduce the number of columns in the dataset to those required for sales analysis.
• The note analysis relies on data from 2020–2022 that is one to two years outdated.
Enhancing the data quality and validity of the analysis involves removing duplicates,
missing numbers, formatting errors, and unnecessary information. Using the most recent
sales data available would help to reinforce the study even further. I can carry out thorough
analytics to provide data-driven insights and suggestions using high-quality sales data.
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Table A: Monthly Sales Summary
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Seasonality is evident in all outlets' sales volumes and values, with summer and winter
months exhibiting notable peaks and troughs, respectively. This is in line with
predictions for the food and beverage sector, where warm weather increases
consumer visitation and consumption.
From 2020 to 2021, sales volumes and values climbed consistently year over year in
every store, demonstrating steady revenue and unit growth. This shows that during
this post-pandemic era, the stores were effective in growing both their client base and
share of wallet (Singh et al., 2018).
Despite the fact that volumes increased further in 2022, sales values differed
throughout stores, which is probably a reflection of larger economic dynamics like
inflation influencing average item prices and transaction values.
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Blackpool produced the highest total sales income, while Southampton lead in total
sales volumes served the greatest number of consumers. Data gathered over the
course of the three-year period offers a solid foundation for comparison.
In order to support operational and strategic choices, COTS can clearly detect seasonal
patterns, growth trends, and high-level performance rankings by summarising sales data
monthly over a period of years.
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Critical highlights and observations are:
Coffee and cold beverages were consistently the best-performing categories in terms
of sales volume and value, solidifying their status as the main drivers of sales for the
entire COTS product line (Stanek et al., 2021).
Sales volumes of sandwiches and hot beverages decreased between 2020 and 2022,
which may be a sign of a decline in customer demand for these goods. Further market
research may reveal the reason.
The greatest average sales value per item sold was produced by cakes, indicating that
cakes encouraged higher transaction sizes, which is beneficial.
Coffee, cold drinks, and cakes were the top 3 categories, as determined by the overall
3-year sales volume and value. These were the "winning" goods at COTS.
COTS can identify its hero and trailing items to optimise its marketing, price, promotions, and
assortment in order to maximise sales and profitability. This is done by breaking down
performance by product category merchandising, marketing, operations (Hejna et al., 2023,
Forcina et al., 2023).
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Table C: Shop Performance Benchmarking
Southampton served the most clients overall and topped in total sales volume every
year.
Nevertheless, Blackpool consistently outperformed the other stores in terms of
overall sales income, making them the obvious market leader in terms of sales over
time.
Portsmouth came in second place in terms of sales value and volume, after Blackpool.
Positively, every store saw an increase in sales volumes between 2020 and 2022,
indicating a wider range of customers.
In order to optimise its retail footprint and growth plan, COTS can easily discover its
best and worst performing stores along key criteria by benchmarking across locations.
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In conclusion, data-backed insights on overall performance, sales trends, seasonal
patterns, product portfolio, and store benchmarks are provided by this multidimensional
sales study. via consistent tracking and analysis of sales via analytics, COTS can improve its,
and growth plan over time (Torlak et al., 2019, Mohammad and Diva, 2023).
The three-year trends in total monthly sales values for each COTS coffee shop from
2020 to 2022 are shown in the Chart A (Chen and Koga, 2019).
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For the three-year period between 2020 and 2022, the monthly sales value trends for
each COTS coffee shop location are shown in line chart. Sales typically peak in the summer
and decline in the winter, exhibiting distinct seasonal trends. The graph also shows that, over
the course of the three years, sales growth was comparatively constant in Southampton and
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Portsmouth, but more variable in Blackpool, which finally recorded the highest sales charts
overall.
The following graphic representation restates the main findings of the numerical analysis:
Seasonal sales trends that are evident, with a summer high and a winter trough each
year
Portsmouth and Southampton are on a steady increasing trend, whereas Blackpool is
more variable.
Blackpool had the highest sales prices, often exceeding £40,000.
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Coffee Hot Drinks Cold Drinks Cakes Sandwiches Pastry
Product Category
Chart B: Clustered column chart showing 3-year sales values by product category
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The overall 3-year sales value produced by each product category across all COTS
coffee shops is compared in this chart. It shows that, accounting for the majority of overall
sales, coffee and cold drinks were consistently the best-selling categories at every store. The
graph also demonstrates that, in comparison to the other sites, Blackpool significantly over
indexed in producing disproportionate sales of coffee and cold beverages (Besta et al., 2023).
The majority of each shop's overall sales are made up of coffee and cold drinks,
solidifying their rankings as COTS' top two offerings.
Blackpool significantly over indexed in order to produce excessive sales of coffee and
cold beverages.
Sandwiches, the smallest category in any business, have continuously
underperformed.
The graphic effectively highlights the considerable improvement Blackpool saw in the two
target areas, despite the fact that sandwiches generally underperformed.
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Blackpool's monthly sales pre- and post-delivery
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Chart C: Clustered column chart showing Blackpool's monthly sales pre- and post-delivery
The monthly sales value results for the Blackpool store before and after introducing
home delivery services in April 2021 are separated from the sales for Southampton and
Portsmouth, which did not provide delivery, in this clustered column chart. It demonstrates
that Blackpool outperformed the other stores in terms of sales both before and after delivery
was introduced. More significantly, compared to its pre-delivery record, the graphic indicates
that Blackpool's sales rose after adding home delivery (Besta et al., 2023, Juliana et al., 2021).
Both before and after delivery, Blackpool's sales continuously exceeded those of the
other stores.
Following the April 2021 delivery debut, Blackpool's sales significantly surged.
No discernible increase in post-Blackpool deliveries to Portsmouth and Southampton.
The close examination reveals that Blackpool's delivery trial most likely slightly
increased already strong sales.
In conclusion, the extensive data analysis and the visualisations work together to
highlight important trends, variations, and effects pertaining to COTS's sales success (Karima
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and Mulia, 2021). The visualisations tell a compelling tale. Regular reporting will improve the
interpretation of analytics data for faster comprehension and decision-making by using eye-
catching charts and graphs.
Seasonal sales trends are evident in all stores, with summer sales peaking; these patterns
should guide advertising activities.
The top sales drivers are cakes, coffee, and cold drinks; sandwiches perform poorly, thus the
product mix should be optimised.
Blackpool routinely generates more sales income than any other store, making it the best
performer and a good candidate for further investment.
The Blackpool home delivery pilot programme increased revenues gradually, indicating a
successful experiment that justifies further growth.
Overall, based on data-driven insights, the sales analytics provide potential to optimise product
selection, marketing, delivery expansion, and targeted promotions to unlock growth.
Subject to financial modelling, increase floor space and hire more employees so that the
Blackpool store can take advantage of its excellent sales momentum.
Simplify the menu by eliminating underwhelming sandwich selections and placing more of an
emphasis on pastries, coffee, and cold beverages.
Start summertime sales campaigns to coincide with retail stores' seasonal demand peaks.
To increase sales, expand the Blackpool home delivery service to other stores.
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Monitor sales KPIs on a regular basis and utilise analytics to inform choices about selection,
pricing, store growth, and delivery.
Get input from customers on menu modifications to track the effect on satisfaction.
Create a client database to track trends in purchases and encourage adherence.
Calculate campaign ROI by connecting sales data to marketing initiatives.
Examine margins for each product to see which ones are the most lucrative.
Put important sales KPIs on a digital dashboard so that performance can be tracked in real
time.
In essence, COTS may optimise operations and achieve long-term profitable development by
improving data-driven decision making and using sales analytics to derive actionable insights.
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Appendix A: COTS Dataset showing product category, sales volume and value
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