In this exercise, you will learn how to use spreadsheet software to improve management decisions about selecting suppliers. You will filter transactional data about suppliers based on several criteria to select the best suppliers for your company.

You run a company that manufactures aircraft components. You have many competitors who are trying to offer lower prices and better service to customers, and you are trying to determine whether you can benefit from better supply chain management. Attached, you will find a spreadsheet file that contains a list of all the items your firm has ordered from its suppliers during the past three months. The fields in the spreadsheet file include vendor name, vendor identification number, purchasers order number, item identification number and item description (for each item ordered from the vendor), cost per item, number of units of the item ordered (quantity), total cost of each order, vendors accounts payable terms, order date, and actual arrival date for each order.

Prepare a recommendation of how you can use the data in this spreadsheet database to improve your decisions about selecting suppliers. Some criteria to consider for identifying preferred suppliers include the suppliers track record for on-time deliveries, suppliers offering the best accounts payable terms, and suppliers offering lower pricing when the same item can be provided by multiple suppliers. Use your spreadsheet software to prepare reports to support your recommendations. Complete data for

Create three additional Excel sheets from the Master Excel spreadsheet I provided you. They will be:

1.

a which suppliers track record is the best for on-time deliveries per item ,

b. which suppliers offer the best accounts payable terms,

c. Which suppliers offer the lowest price per item/part when the same item can be provided by multiple suppliers

d. Create Three Charts, one for each of the above on anything that you have done.

Submit the excel and chart here. Do not submit a word doc or picture submit the excel file.