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Section A Section B

Group No. Roll No. Group No. Roll No.

1 1-6 1 1-6
2 7-12
2 7-12
3 13-18
4 19-24 3 13-18

5 25-30 4 19-24
6 31-36 5 25-30
7 37-42
6 31-36
8 43-48
9 49-54 7 37-42
10 55-60 8 43-48
11 61-67
9 49-54
12 68-74
13 75-81 10 55-60

14 82-88 11 61-66
Exercise 1
As consultants, your task is to analyze the 2022 sales data for five companies in the retail sector. Company B
represents our client. The companies operate in product categories like Electronics, Home Appliances, Apparel,
Furniture, Outdoor Equipment, and an "Others" category. Your goal is to choose an appropriate graph to visually
represent the sales distribution across these categories for each company in 2022. Use the dataset to derive
meaningful insights that can inform strategic decision-making for our client.

Company Electronics Beauty and Apparel ($M) Furniture Tools ($M) Others ($M)
($M) hygiene ($M)
($M)
A 90 20 160 30 40 50
B 100 70 120 50 35 25
C 70 35 80 25 30 10
D 80 50 110 55 35 15
E 130 85 160 70 50 40
Exercise 2
You are tasked with conducting a comprehensive analysis of investment portfolios for a VC firm. The firm is
particularly interested in choosing the best portfolio given risk, and return. Your goal is to visually represent this
information utilizing the provided dataset

Portfolio Risk (Standard Return (Annualized) Market Value ($ M)

deviation)
Portfolio A 8% 12% 50
Portfolio B 12% 15% 40
Portfolio C 10% 14% 60
Portfolio D 15% 18% 30
Portfolio E 9% 13% 55
Exercise 3
ABC Company, a leading provider of cold storage services, is planning to expand its operations to new locations.
As a group of consultants, your task is to analyze average monthly temperatures (in Celsius) for a year in three
different cities and draw relevant conclusions to help ABC Company identify suitable locations for expansion
Month City A City B City C
Jan 23 25 22
Feb 25 28 24
March 28 35 30
Apr 30 37 32
May 28 40 33
Jun 26 42 35
Jul 28 43 36
Aug 25 41 35
Sep 23 38 30
Oct 22 35 28
Nov 20 30 24
Dec 18 26 20
Exercise 4
Your supervisor has asked you to create a market overview of the automotive industry, highlighting annual car sales by
two dimensions: manufacturer and type of car. How would you show this?

Type of car (M of cars sold per year)

Sedans Mini-vans Trucks SUVs
General Motors 2.4 0.0 0.6 0.8
Ford 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.2
Chrysler 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.6
Toyota 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.2
Other 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Exercise 5
You are a consultant hired by a company to analyze the variance between budgeted and actual figures for the last fiscal
year. Your goal is to provide insights into the key factors contributing to the overall variance. The company has shared the
budgeted and actual figures for revenue and expenses. What would be the best chart to represent the change in
budgeted and actual profit? Please feel free to perform actions on data to derive the relevant conclusion

Budgeted Amount ($) Actual Amount ($)

Revenue 5,00,000 4,80,000
COGS 2,00,000 2,10,000
Marketing Expenses 50,000 45,000
Operating Expenses 1,20,000 1,10,000
Net Profit 1,30,000 1,15,000
Exercise 6
For a cost analysis workstream, your supervisor has asked you to compare your client’s (Company A) costs to those of its
main competitor, Company B. What would be the best chart to represent relative costs? Please feel free to perform
actions to data to drive relevant conclusion

Company A Company B
Number of units sold 500 510
Raw materials (£M) 100 100
Manufacturing (£M) 80 60
R&D (£M) 60 60
Marketing (£M) 50 70
SG&A (£M) 80 30
Sources
• Reference reports and PPTs
• https://www.bcg.com/publications/2022/employers-perspective-on-future-of-work-progress
• https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/chemicals/our-insights/reimagining-mexicos-chemical-industry
• https://www.bain.com/insights/private-equity-market-in-2021-global-private-equity-report-2022/
• https://www.bain.com/insights/overseas-ambition-asia-pacific-consumer-products-companies-use-m-and-a-to-a
ccelerate-growth/
• Chart Cheat Sheet-
https://www.theanalystacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Charts-Cheat-Sheet_v4-May-26-2023.pdf
• PowerPoint Shortcuts- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv6kNBYEivc
• Waterfall Chart- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6QNZBZNMgo
• Live slide examples- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zw5HWXGFAE
• Tool to make mekko charts- https://ampler.io/ampler-charts/