Task 1 - Costs of operating the business Using Excel, create a spreadsheet called operating_costs.xlsx that calculates the projected annual outgoing costs of running Zombie. Your spreadsheet should be configured such that the working hours, hourly rates, and fixed and utility costs can be varied easily. Document your findings in your ePortfolio page (approximately 100 wordestions to be answered in the file attached.
Task 2 - Sales team offers Using Excel, process the history of purchases spreadsheet and use appropriate charts to visualize: How the prices paid differed for each staff member; and How the prices paid have changed over time Describe your findings in your ePortfolio (approximately 250 words), and attach the Excel file to your page
Task 3 - Automation Using Excel, create a spreadsheet page that automates the above process, allowing a member of the team to enter whether the book is hardcover, its publication year, and its condition, and receive a price to offer. Ensure that you include enough text and formatting to make your spreadsheet usable by a member of the Zombie team, or by a University lecturer. Your spreadsheet should be configured such that the Low, Medium and High prices can be varied easily. Describe how you automated the process (approx 150 words), and attach your Excel file to your ePortfolio.
Task 4 - Price setting Using Excel and the historical data you have available, determine sets of prices which meet the objectives of the following scenarios: Scenario one: Total offer prices are approximately the same as for the historical data Scenario two: Assuming all books purchased are sold, allow all staff to draw the same wage as Chery
Optional task 5 Reimplement Task 1 and Task 3 using either Python or HTML+JavaScript. Write a brief overview of how to run your solution, and attach a zip file containing your code to your ePortfolio page. There are no partial marks awarded for this bonus task - you must complete all features to attain the bonus marks. It is possible to attain full marks for this assignment without completing this challenge task.