Course Project

Part One: Preparing Your Data for Analysis

Instructions:
We have just opened a bakery, Cornell Cupcakes, that produces cupcakes that customers
month, we need to clean up the following worksheets so we can analyze our performance.
and organize the data. Good luck!

On the "July Orders" worksheet, insert a row at the top of the worksheet and add the title "J
widths, use borders, format prices, and fill in the order numbers in ascending numerical ord
right corner. Then use the function buttons to insert the date and page number underneath

Using the pricing scheme table on the right, calculate the total cost per order. The cost of t
per cupcake). Insert formulas to calculate the total amount of cupcakes ordered in Cell B1
Italicize B15 and D15.

Cornell Cupcakes is piloting a delivery service. In Cell E15, display how many orders used

Finally, add a table below that includes the total Costs of all orders, average cost per order
average cost per order, divide the total costs of all order divided by total number of orders.

Your team is trying to decide if Cornell Cupcakes should charge for the delivery service. Cr
additional 5% of the order total. Add a column to the right of the "July Cornell Cupcake Cos
Delivery." Adjust the formatting of the title.

Calculate the delivery cost for each order that used the delivery service. If the delivery serv
Calculate the new total cost of all 12 orders with the applicable delivery cost. Total the cost

Underneath "Original July Costs," create another table titled "Adjusted July Costs." Find the
expensive order using the added delivery service charge. For the definition of the average
divided by total number of orders.
Your manager has asked you to make a recommendation on whether Cornell Cupcakes sh
pricing scheme chart. Determine if you have enough information to make a recommendatio

To submit this assignment, please refer to the instructions in the course.

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July Cornell Cupcake Orders

Order # Amount of Cupcakes Amount of Toppings Total Cost of Order Delivery? Delivery Cost Total Cost with Delivery
1001 200 5 $ 700.00 Yes $ 35.00 $ 735.00
1002 100 6 $ 400.00 No 0 $ 400.00
1003 5 1 $ 7.50 No 0 $ 7.50
1004 26 4 $ 78.00 No 0 $ 78.00
1005 4 3 $ 10.00 No 0 $ 10.00
1006 50 2 $ 100.00 Yes $ 5.00 $ 105.00
1007 35 1 $ 52.50 Yes $ 2.63 $ 55.13
1008 76 0 $ 76.00 Yes $ 3.80 $ 79.80
1009 22 2 $ 44.00 Yes $ 2.20 $ 46.20
1010 10 4 $ 30.00 No 0 $ 30.00
1011 18 6 $ 72.00 Yes $ 3.60 $ 75.60
1012 6 1 $ 9.00 Yes $ 0.45 $ 9.45
Total 552 35 $ 1,579.00 7 $ 52.68 $ 1,631.68

Original July Costs

Total Cost of Orders $ 1,579.00
Average Cost per Order $ 131.58
Most Expensive Order $ 700.00
Least Expensive Order $ 7.50

Adjusted July Costs

Total Cost of Orders $ 1,631.68
Average Cost per Order $ 135.97
Most Expensive Order $ 735.00
Least Expensive Order $ 7.50
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Cornell Cupcake Pricing Scheme

Item Cost per unit*
Cupcake $1.00
Each Topping $0.50
Delivery 5% of order total
*Cost per unit refers to price per cupcake, per topping
choice. Each topping is an additional .50 per cupcake.

In order to determine whether Cornell Cupcakes

should introduce delivery, the cost of delivery (inc.
opportunity cost, labor cost) for the shop must be
subtracted from the revenue generated from all
orders (including delivered orders) to determine if it
would be profitable.