Question: PLEASE HELP! PS2022 - Session 5 Homework - Sharing Information Successfully (Guy Howison). You are the recently promoted Operations Manager for XYZ Trading & Distribution

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PLEASE HELP! PS2022 - Session 5 Homework -

PS2022 - Session 5 Homework - Sharing Information Successfully (Guy Howison). You are the recently promoted Operations Manager for XYZ Trading & Distribution Ltd. which trades in the sale and distribution of mainly imported consumer goods throughout Belize. Your General Manager has asked you to provide her / him with details of the Sales Revenue for the month of April 2022 as well as for the year to date (Jan-April), together with details of how these compare to the same periods a year ago. This is needed within 3 days so that the GM can then further report to the Board of Directors before a requested 5 days deadline. You elicit the assistance of the Sales Manager who provides you with the following data a day before your 3 day deadline: XYZ Trading & Distribution Ltd. Monthly Sales Revenue Report Month Apr-22 District Month Belize Cayo Coroza Orange Walk Stann Creek Toledo TOTAL $352,671 $263,799 $337 156 $279,999 $187.554 $54,395 $1,474,664 Year to Date (4 Months) $1,455,104 $1,059,871 $1,852,384 $1,120,340 $648,121 $212,640 $6,348,460 Prior Year Sales Revenue Report Month: Apr-21 Growth Percentages 2022 over 2021 District Month District Month Belize Cayo Corozal Orange Walk Stann Creek Toledo TOTAL $327,965 $246,986 $471,816 $327,965 $182,675 $58,050 $1,615,457 Year to Date (4 Months) $1,327,797 $987,942 $1,894,256 $1,110,504 $621,456 $247,321 $6,189,276 Belize |Cayo Corozal Orange Walk Stann Creek Toledo TOTAL 7.5% 6.8% -28.5% -14.9% 2.7% -6.3% -8.7% Year to Date (4 Months) 9.6% 7.3% -2.2% 0.9% 4.3% -14.0% 2.6% Homework Instructions: Based on the above please prepare a summary report for the GM which, if you wish, can also include some of or all the data above as an annexe. Your report should be no longer than 500 words. In preparing this report please consider: 1) What is the data suggesting to you? 2) What further questions is your GM likely to ask or be asked based on this data and therefore, what additional information or analysis would you suggest be sought (either before the GMs deadline, or after)

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