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Daffodil International University

LAB REPORT
Management Information System
Course code: 0413-126
Lab report topic: Analysis of Drug Company’s

Submitted To
Teacher's Name: Maria Roshny
Designation: Lecturer
Department of Business Administration
Daffodil International University

Submitted By
Student Name: Irin Islam Shrabony
Student ID:232-11-387
Section: 65-B
Department of Business Administration
Daffodil International University

Date of Submission: 24/05/2024

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Introduction
We are to record data or do mathematical or accounting equations,
doing them manually may take a lot of our valuable time which we
could have used to do something much more productive. This report
will put us in 6 different scenarios to help us Identify problems and
what is needed to be done to quickly solve them by providing a real-
life experience.
In Scenario 1, we would analyze the data of a Drug Company and we
would be able to determine how much profit the company would be
able to make in a 10-year span.
In Scenario 2, We would use the data of a retail company to highlight
sales figures that exceed certain thresholds to identify potential areas
for improvement and success.
In Scenario 3, we would analyze the sales performance of different
products across various regions over the three years to identify key
trends, opportunities for growth, and areas for improvement in the
company's sales strategy.
In Scenario 4, we would use the data to calculate total sales by Product
or Salespersons, average units sold by Products, and total revenue by
salesperson and product or a salesperson.
In Scenario 5, We would analyze how the publisher’s profitability
would vary depending on the amount of sold copies.
In Scenario 6, we would design a database schema for a company that
sells products, manages customer information, and tracks orders.
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Scenarios 1:
Scenario 1: Analysis of Drug Company's Profitability and Capacity
Planning
A major drug company is in the process of determining the optimal
plant capacity for a new drug. The drug is expected to be sold for 10
years, and the demand remains constant throughout this period.
To do so, firstly we will record all the data given in scenario 1 to our
Excel worksheet.

Then we will assign names to the values by using the Define name
feature. Doing so would make it easier for us to do the

Annual Capacity Unit and the fixed cost per unit of capacity for this
we will use this formula
=Annual_Capacity_Unit*Fixed_Cost_PerUnit
Of Capacity For calculating the Annual Revenue we will take the
lowest value between the Annual Capacity Unit and Market Demand
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and multiply that value with the Selling Price value. The formula
would look like this =
=MIN(Annual_Capacity_Unit,Market_Demand)*Selling_Price
To calculate the Annual Variable Cost we will take the lowest value
between the Annual Capacity Unit and Market Demand and multiply
that value with the Variable cost value. We will use this formula
=MIN(Annual_Capacity_Unit,Market_Demand)*Variable_Cost

After getting these 3 values we will be able to calculate the profit for
each year. Because the fixed cost is a one-time cost so we will apply
this only for the 1 st year. We will calculate the 1 st year profit by
subtracting the Annual Fixed cost and Annual Variable cost from the
Annual Revenue and for the next 9 years we would only subtract the
Annual Variable cost from the Annual Revenue.
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Scenario 2: Sales Data Analysis

We would use the data of a retail company to analyze sales data for
electronic gadgets across different region. The management has
requested a report highlighting sales figures that exceed certain
thresholds to identify potential areas for improvement and success.
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We would firstly import the data to our Excel Worksheet. We would

make sure that we have separate Rows for Date, Product. Region and
Sales Amount.
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We would now select the data under our Sales Amount row and use the
Conditional Formatting Feature to highlight the sales figures exceeding
$2000.

We would go to Conditional Formatting to Highlight Cells Rules to

Greater than. There we will set the value to 2000, as we want to
highlight the number exceeding $2000 and choose the highlight color
as Yellow.
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Then to highlight the top 3 performing sales figures in green while

selecting the sales amount data , we would need to go to Conditional
Formatting to Top/Bottom Rules to Top 10 Items.
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Then the top 3 sales values will be highlighted in green.

Then to highlight the bottom 3 performing sales figures in red while
selecting the sales amount data, we would need to go to Conditional
Formatting to Top/Bottom Rules to Bottom 10 Items.

Just like before there we will set the value from 10 to 3 as we want the
bottom 3 sales values and set the highlight color to Red.
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Then the Bottom 3 sales values will be highlighted in Red.

Scenario 4: Advanced Sales Analysis
For example, we will select the entire row of “Name” and using the
define name function we will name this Data Range as “NAME”. We
will do the same for Product row, Units row, and Dollars row to make
it easy for us to calculate the five problems in this scenario.
Total Sales by Product
Firstly, we will create 3 rows names Product, Units and Revenue. Under
the product row we will copy a cell where “Headphone” is written and
paste it in “I4” cell. On the cell next to it(J4) under the “Units” row we
will calculate the total number of headphones sold. For this we will use
this formula
=SUMIF(Product,I4,Units)
This will help us calculate the total units sold for the product
headphone.
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Now, under the Revenue row on K4 cell we will use the formula
=SUMIF (Product, I4, Dollars) to calculate the total revenue generated
from selling the headphones.

Total Sales by Salesperson

We will use the “unique” function to easily get the names of all
=UNIQUE(Name)
the salespersons from the “Name” data range. This will list all the
names of the salespersons on separate cells under the Name row. Next
to the Name row we will create another row named “Revenue” where
we will calculate the total revenue from each salesperson.

We will use the “sumif” formula to calculate the revenue for Jany first.
The formula would look something like this
– =SUMIF(Name,I7,Dollars)
This way we will be able to get the total sales of other salespersons.
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Average Units Sold by Product

To calculate the average unit of the product “tablet” we can use
“averageif” formula. This formula will look like this
=AVERAGEIF(Product,I17,Units)
This will print the average number of units sold in the J17 cell.

Average Revenue per Sale by Salesperson

We would list the names of the salesperson using the “unique” function
as we did before and create a row next to it “Average Revenue”.
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In the cell next to Jany’s we will use this formula of averageif

=AVERAGEIF(Name,I23,Dollars) To calculate her Average revenue.
After that we will select and drag the cell by the plus(+) icon to copy
the formular from cell.

Scenario 5: Profitability Analysis of Stephen King's

Novel
We would analyze, for the Stephen King’s Novel, how the publisher’s
profitability would vary depending on the amount of Hardcover sales
from 100,000 to 800,000 copies. To do so, we will need to copy the
data of scenario 5 to our excel worksheet.
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Because the sales of Paberback copies is double the sales of Hardcover

copies, we will multiply the Paperback to hardcover ratio, which is 2,
with total sold units of Hardcover to calculate the total sold units of
paperback copies.
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Now we will multiply the Sold Units of Hardcover with its selling price
to calculate Hardcover revenue and Sold Units of Paperback with its
price to calculate the Paperback Revenue. We will use the same logic
to calculate the variable cost of both Hardcover copies and Paperback
copies. To calculate the profit we would use the following formula:
=HC_Revenue+PB_Revenue-Royalty_Payment-FC_HC-FC_PB
VC_HC-VC_PB This formula subtracts all the costs from the total
revenue. Then to calculate how the publisher’s profitability would vary
depending on the amount of Hardcover sales from 100,000 to 800,000
copies we will copy the profit cell in to a new a cell and type the
variations of sold hardcover units as shown bellow
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After that we will select the new profit cell along with the variations,
we go to “What-If Analysis” then click on “Data Table”

Upon clicking it A new window will open up. We will go to “Column

input cell” and select the cell where the Sold Units of Hardcover is
specified.
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Then the profit for Hardcover sales from 100,000 to 800,000 copies
will show as bellow.

Scenario 6: Database Schema Design

We have to design a database schema for a company that sells products,
manages customer information, and tracks orders. We need to make 4
types of tables including Products Table, Customers Table, Orders
Table and Emplyees Table. Additionally we need to design a form for
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collecting customer information, including fields for first name, last

name, email, and phone number.

Tables
We will go to the create Tab on our Microsoft Access and click on the
Table button to create a new Table. Then from the Home tab’s view
option we will switch to design view to edit the table. The system will
ask us to name the table if we haven’t already set a name for it. We will
name that table Products.

Then we will create another table and name it Customers. This table
will have 5 fields and they will be CustomerID, FirstName, LastName,
Email and Phone. The CustomerID will be the primary key in this table.
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We will create another table for Orders containing OrderID,

CustomerID, ProductID, OrderDate and Quantity fields. The OrderID
will be the primary key in this database.

Similarly we will create another table for Employees with the

EmployeeID, FirstName, LastName, Position and HireDate fields. The
EmployeeID will be the primary key in this table.

Form
We will create a form from the create tab by clicking the “Form
Wizard”
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Upon clicking that button a new window will pop up and us what fields
do we intend to have in the Form. We select the fields we need and
follow the steps to create the form. Upon clicking that button a new
window will pop up and us what fields do we intend to have in the
Form. We select the fields we need and follow the steps to create the
form.

After the form has been created we will rename our form to “Customers
Information Form” and switch the view mode to “Layout View” this
will allow us easily edit our form. From the Form Layout Design Tab
we will select the “Button” from the controls and add some buttons.
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We will add some buttons such as “Previous” – To go back to previous

record, “Next” – To go to next record, “Save” – To save the current
record, and “Create” – to create a new record.
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Conclusion
From Scenario 1 to Scenario 6, we are faced with different kinds of
problems where we are required to use different formulas from the
Microsoft Excel. We have even used Microsoft access to understand
how data are collected. From all the exercises from scenario 1 to
scenario 6 we can understand how we can apply the skills that we have
learned in a classroom and apply it to solve real-life mathematical and
accounting problems. We were able to solve complicated problems
with Excel and Access very easily in a short period of time which would
have not been possible if done manually. If we can do so much with
can achieve a lot if we explore further in Excel and database tasks.