Get in Touch

Course Outline

Initial Skills Assessment and Review

  • Assessment of participants' Excel proficiency.
  • Warm-up activities involving functions and navigation.
  • Review of essential concepts for structured datasets.

Budgeting for Purchases and Report Generation

  • Developing basic and dynamic budget templates.
  • Tracking costs and purchase quantities.
  • Generating purchase summary reports.

Formulas for Inventory and Cost Calculations

  • Employing IF, SUMIF, and SUMIFS for logic-based analysis.
  • Applying VLOOKUP to reference item details.
  • Combining formulas to derive cost-per-unit insights and supplier-level data.

Handling and Analyzing Large Datasets

  • Working with datasets comprising 5,000+ rows and multiple columns.
  • Utilizing sorting, filtering, and conditional formatting.
  • Leveraging Excel Tables for dynamic range referencing.

Building Purchase Lists and Supplier Reports

  • Creating structured input sheets organized by supplier.
  • Linking inventory, quantity, and cost fields.
  • Summarizing data by category or raw material.

Practical Inventory Tracking Exercise

  • Simulating consumption versus purchasing scenarios (e.g., 1,000 versus 900 bags of sugar).
  • Reconciling usage data with purchase logs.
  • Highlighting discrepancies and generating alerts.

Pivot Tables for Reporting and Analysis

  • Creating pivot tables categorized by month, item, or supplier.
  • Filtering, grouping, and customizing summaries.
  • Building dashboards using slicers and timelines.

Automating Reports with Macros

  • Recording and editing basic macros.
  • Automating repetitive tasks (e.g., monthly material consolidation).
  • Executing macros for data refresh and report generation.

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • A foundational understanding of basic spreadsheet concepts.
  • Familiarity with file management and data entry procedures.
  • Previous exposure to business or inventory-related processes.

Target Audience

  • Inventory and purchasing personnel.
  • Operations or logistics analysts.
  • Finance or administrative staff.
 14 Hours

Number of participants


Price per participant

Testimonials (3)

Upcoming Courses

Related Categories