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Axiata Limited
Sales Forecast
Of
Robi Axiata Limited
Course: Operations Management
BUS650, Section- 02
Submitted To
Dr. A. K. M. Masud
Professor
Department of Industrial and Production Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Submitted By
Group# 07
Name ID
1. Md. Arefin Ferdous 192 5323 660
1. Company Profile 6
6. Limitations 23
Bibliography 23
Appendix 24
The 61.82% ownership of Robi is preserved by Axiata Group Berhad of Malaysia, where
else 28.18% is preserved by Bharti Airtel of India. The general public of Bangladesh holds the
remaining 10% of the ownership. The company debuted the Bangladeshi stock market of both
Dhaka and Chattogram on December 24th, 2020, with the largest IPO ever.
Robi Axiata is the first (1st) company that launched a 4.5G service in all the 66 districts of
Bangladesh on February 20th, 2018, which was the first day of the commercial launch of the
4.5G service. As of the end of 2020, Robi Axiata has created the largest 4.5G network in
Bangladesh in 13,030 cities which covers 97.4% of the entire country's population. It was also
the sole mobile operator in Bangladesh which has complete the trial run of 5G and the first
operator to introduce Voice over LTE technology (VoLTE) on a 4.5G network.
From the socio-economic involvement responsibility, Robi Axiata has created and
introduced ‘Robi-10 Minute School’ which is the largest online school in the country. It also
established internet corners in seven (7) divisional public libraries, safe drinking water
purification facilities in ten (10) major railway stations of Bangladesh.
In the promise of creating a unique digital experience for the subscriber, Robi has
introduced Islamic lifestyle app- Noor; sports entertainment app- Sports; customers digital self-
service app- My Robi app has added some excitement to the daily lifestyle of Robi customers.
Core Value
Services Added
Services
1. Core Services
The core services of Robi include providing telecommunication solutions and internet
connectivity to its customer. To perform the core services, Robi Axiata has a comprehensive
range of offerings for their customer. These includes
• Pre-Paid connections
• Post-Paid connections
• Internet Pack offers
• Voice Pack offers
• Bundle Pack offers
• Recharge offers
From the services mentioned above, customers can only see and feel the Pre-Paid and Post-
Paid connections with the physical existence of packaging and SIM (Subscriber Identifications
Module) cards with Robi branding.
After knowing the purpose of the customer, the designated person issue token. After
issuing the token, the customer is served by a customer care representative. If there are queues,
the customer has to wait in the waiting facility for few moments. While waiting, the customer
can enjoy free internet through Wi-Fi. The customer care representative is required to access
several computer software programs to serve a customer successfully. The followings are some
of the software’s uses by Robi customer care executive: -SVS, STS, DCRM (Digital Customer
Relationship Management System), QMS (Queue Management System), Network Dashboard.
Info360. The service blueprint of Robi can be illustrated in the following
Physical
Evidence
Get
Reached
Sanitizing Explain the Talking to Payment of the Bill,
Customer at Robi Waiting at Center, sitting at couch, Watching
liquid & Purpose & Get Customer Care Service Charges,
Actions Center TV, Using WIFI, Seeing Customer Executives
Enter into a Token Executive Recharge Amounts
the Center Serving Customers
Line of
Interaction
Air Conditions; TV, Performing
Welcome by Greetings the Taking Cash/
Computer Screens, Internet Customer
the Security customer, Issue Swiping of The
Front Stage Routers, Counter Displaying Services- Issuing
Guards or the Token & Showing Cards/ Online
Interactions Numbers are Functional SIM, Recharging,
Designated Counters Transactions
Activating
Person Confirmations
Roaming etc.
Line of
Visibility
Office Decoration, Queue
Organize the Maintenance of Air Operations of Servers;
Cleaning, Purchase of Management Arrangement of POS
Inventory of Conditions, Servers, Inventory of the SIM Cards, Machines and Online
Back Stage Furnitures; Computers; Software;
Sanitizing Routers, TV, Software & Installations and operation Payment Gateways
Interactions Servers; TV; Air Printing
Liquid and the Cleaning Equipment’s of the Required Software
Conditions, Cleaning Machine, (BKash, Rocket etc.)
Sprayer on the Computer
equipment’s Counter Displays
Line of
Internal Interaction
Hire Cleaner; Buy Sanitizer Software: - SVS, STS, DCRM, Payment of Bills for Electricity & Satellite Television, Buy and
Customer Service & Spray QMS, Network Dashboard, Info Agreement with
Support Maintain Office Stationery Inventory
Representative’s; Bottles 360; Printers; Water Purifiers, Banks & Payment
Process
Security Guards. Cleaning Machines and Solutions Gateways
Base Station
Caller # 03 Receiver
Connected to the
internet using
Satellite
On the other hand, the market leader and main competitor, Grameen Phone, reported a
P/E ratio of 14.63. Robi Axiata joined the stock market on December 24, 2020, with the most
extensive initial public offerings ever. From the inception of the company in 1997, Robi Axiata
claimed to pay about Taka 26,621core to Bangladesh.
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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Figure: Illustrations of the Reported Profit of Robi Axiata Limited From 2015 to 2020
1. Pre-Paid Connections
2. Post Paid Connections
The mathematical calculation has been accomplished using the ‘Microsoft Excel’ software
program of ‘Microsoft Office 360’.
A twelve-month sales data of Robi Axiata Limited is as follows
Period
Month Pre-Paid
2
(x) X Connections xy
Sales (Units
in 00) (y)
January 2020 1 1 1215 1215
x̅ 6.5
y = a + bx
y̅ 1080.83
(x̅) (y̅) 7025.42
(x̅)2 42.45 Σ xy – n (y̅) (x̅)
b=
Σ xy 87045 Σ (x̅)2 – n (x̅)2
Σ (x̅)2 650
n 12
Analysis
After reviewing the table mentioned above, it can be seen that the ‘Three Period Weighted
Moving Average’ with the weights of t1=0.7; t2=0.2; t3=0.1 provides the most negligible value
of MAD (Mean Absolute Deviation) compared to all other methods apply. It can also be seen
that the forecast done by the Three Period Weighted Moving Average’ with t1=0.7; t2=0.2;
t3=0.1 weights are much closer to the actual sales data which is found earlier.
After considering all these, it can be claimed that the forecast done by using the ‘Three Period
Weighted Moving Average’ method with the weights t1=0.7; t2=0.2; t3=0.1 is the best method
of the forecast for Robi Pre-Paid connection sales and the forecast for February 2021 sales is
124300 units.
Post-Paid
Period Connections Sales
Month X2 xy
(x) (Units in 00) (y)
x̅ 6.5 y = a + bx
Σ xy – n (y̅) (x̅)
y̅ 1582.75 b=
(x̅) (y̅) 10287.88 Σ (x̅)2 – n (x̅)2
(x̅)2 42.45
Σ xy 128471 128471 – {12 (10287.88)}
b= = 35.678
Σ (x̅)2 650 650 – {12 (42.45)}
n 12
a = y̅ - bx̅ = 1582.75 – 35.678 (6.5)
= 1350.843
Analysis
After reviewing the table mentioned above, it can be seen that the ‘Three Period Weighted
Moving Average’ with the weights of t1=0.7; t2=0.2; t3=0.1 provides the most negligible value
of MAD (Mean Absolute Deviation) compared to all other methods apply. It can be also seen
that the forecast done by the Three Period Weighted Moving Average’ with t1=0.7; t2=0.2;
t3=0.1 weights are much closer to the actual sales data which is found earlier.
After considering all these points above, it can be claimed that the forecast done by using the
‘Three Period Weighted Moving Average’ method with the weights t1=0.7; t2=0.2; t3=0.1 is
the best method of the forecast for Robi Post-Paid connection sales and the forecast for
February 2021 sales is 183700 units.
Bibliography
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Shawki, A. (2020). Robi net profit drops to Tk17cr. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 April 2021,
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https://www.robi.com.bd/en/corporate/company-profile.