This document contains the agenda for a 2017 business analytics case competition at the University of Iowa. It lists the names of the team members - Duygu Phillips, Ricky Boyer, Prashanth Pandula, and Archana Chinnaswamy. The key question is about analyzing the performance of different departments, overall and based on each department. The document outlines 5 key deliverables: analyzing trends, external factors, a sales forecasting methodology, sales forecasts, and a financial performance tool. It also includes references to external economic data sources.
2. 2017 IOWA MBA Business Analytics
Case Competition
TEAM #
Ricky Boyer
Duygu Phillips
Prashanth Pandula
Archana Chinnaswamy
3. key question:
What is the performance of Department
(overall and based on departments)?
PROBLEM KEY 1 DELIVERABLE 2 DELIVERABLE 3 DELIVERABLE 4 DELIVERABLE 5 SUMMARY
Meaning
TRENDS
EXTERNAL FACTORS
Moving
FORECAST
SALES PREDICTIONS
Making
REPORTING
4. key question:
What is the
performance of
Department (overall
and based on
departments)?
PROBLEM KEY 1 DELIVERABLE 2 DELIVERABLE 3 DELIVERABLE 4 DELIVERABLE 5 SUMMARY
MAKING
REPORTING
MOVING
MEANING
TRENDS
EXTERNAL
FACTORS FORECAST
SALES
PREDICTIONS
5. Key 1: General Trends vs Divisions Trends
PROBLEM KEY 1 DELIVERABLE 2 DELIVERABLE 3 DELIVERABLE 4 DELIVERABLE 5 SUMMARY