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Assignment:

Hoover Medical Supplies, Inc, is a large manufacturing company located in Columbus,

Ohio. The company is currently seeking to gain operational ef ciencies in its supply chain
by reducing the number of transportation carriers that it is using from ve to three. Brian
Hoover, the CEO of Hoover Medical Supplies has hired you to analyze its data and make a
clear recommendation about how to reduce transportation costs while retaining a high
level of service from its best carriers. Hoover has customers in Michigan, West Virginia,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.

Data Available:

The HooverData.xlsx le contains all the shipping invoices submitted by its current
carriers and paid by Hoover. Shipping is billed by the pound at a rate that considers fuel
costs, driver costs and truck costs. The le also includes data collected by tracking the
delivery schedule of the shipments – re ected in the column of Days Overdue. Late
deliveries are not tolerated by Hoover’s customers.

Project Focus:

Carrier selection should be based on the assumptions that all environmental factors are
equal and that historical cost trends will continue. Review the data from the past several
years to determine your recommendation for the top three carriers that Hoover should
continue to use. Be sure that the three carriers recommended will provide adequate
coverage of all states currently serviced. (Don’t assume carriers will expand their services
to states not currently served.)

1)  Analyze the last 24 months of Hoover’s carrier transactions found in the data le:
HooverData.xlsx.

2)  Apply what you learned about the use of Excel Pivot Tables and do a thorough analysis
of the data to determine which carriers provide the best service at the best price the
states that Hoover services. Consider whether you should look at totals or averages in
your analysis. Slice and Dice (pivot) the data a number of different ways to help you in
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your analysis.
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about the problem and how best to analyze the data.

3)  Prepare a memo to Mr. Brian Hoover in which you detail your recommendation for the
top three carriers with which Hoover should continue to do business. Be sure to support
your recommendation with facts and numbers from the data because there are some
biases amongst your co-workers that may distort their view of the carriers. To better
make your argument, your report must include some charts and graphs (designed in Excel
and copy and pasted into Word) that support your recommendation. 

You must demonstrate your ability to create and use pivot tables to complete this
assignment. Save each created Pivot Tables in your Excel workbook under a separate
worksheet (tab). Create Charts on the data elements that you will use to justify your
recommendation in the word document.

Upload your Excel le – (with all the Pivot tables that you created to perform your
analysis) to the Blackboard assignment link. You may not need to use or reference each
created pivot table in your nal report. Just be sure to analyze the data from all angles.
Also, upload your memo to the Blackboard assignment page 

Shipping
Invoice Carrier DestinationShippingInvoice Days
Date Cost per
Number Name State Weight Amount Overdue
Pound
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100101 01/01/13 PA 3257 $3,200  $0.98  0
Shipping
100102 01/02/1324 Seven OH 2658 $3,546  $1.33  0
Sure
100103 01/03/13 OH 3288 $4,300  $1.31  0
Shipping
Sure
100104 01/04/13 IN 3574 $3,370  $0.94  0
Shipping
Sure
100105 01/05/13 OH 4567 $4,298  $0.94  0
Shipping
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100106 01/06/13 OH 9657 $10,250 $1.06  0
Time 
There
100107 01/07/13 OH 2350 $3,010  $1.28  0
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100108 01/08/13 IN 5871 $3,161  $0.54  0
Shipping
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100109 01/09/13 MI 6666 $2,793  $0.42  0
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100110
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Us
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100111 01/11/13 KY 4790 $2,286  $0.48  0
Us
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100112 01/12/13 OH 4435 $3,638  $0.82  1
Time 
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100113 01/13/13 OH 4532 $4,354  $0.96  3
Time 
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100114 01/14/13 MI 6567 $9,492  $1.45  4
Time 
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100115 01/15/13 IN 8904 $11,207 $1.26  0
Us
There
100116 01/16/13 KY 3010 $5,694  $1.89  0
Tomorrow
100117 01/17/1324 Seven OH 4621 $9,879  $2.14  0
Testing
100118 01/18/13 KY 7574 $6,468  $0.85  1
Time 
Sure
100119 01/19/13 KY 3333 $7,698  $2.31  0
Shipping
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100120 01/20/13 OH 3569 $11,421 $3.20  1
Time 
100121 01/21/1324 Seven KY 5623 $9,593  $1.71  0
Testing
100122 01/22/13 MI 9563 $5,607  $0.59  2
Time 
There
100123 01/23/13 KY 2683 $5,724  $2.13  0
Tomorrow
Sure
100124 01/24/13 KY 7478 $3,020  $0.40  0
Shipping
Testing
100125 01/25/13 OH 6498 $5,156  $0.79  3
Time 
There
100126 01/26/13 OH 1976 $5,805  $2.94  0
Tomorrow
100127 01/27/1324 Seven MI 2783 $4,035  $1.45  0
100128 01/28/1324 Seven VA 7222 $10,253 $1.42  0
100129 01/29/1324 Seven KY 1367 $3,998  $2.92  0
Testing
100130 01/30/13 OH 7034 $10,901 $1.55  7
Time 
100131 01/31/1324 Seven VA 4768 $4,574  $0.96  0
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100132 02/02/12 OH 8654 $8,967  $1.04  1
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100133
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Shipping
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100134 02/04/12 PA 8465 $2,625  $0.31  0
Shipping
There
100135 02/05/12 KY 2243 $6,958  $3.10  0
Tomorrow
100136 02/06/1224 Seven OH 6465 $4,375  $0.68  0
Testing
100137 02/07/12 IN 6575 $3,557  $0.54  3
Time 
There
100138 02/08/12 KY 3577 $4,506  $1.26  4
Tomorrow
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100139 02/09/12 OH 3325 $6,725  $2.02  1
Time 
Sure
100140 02/10/12 IN 8789 $9,984  $1.14  1
Shipping
Sure
100141 02/11/12 KY 4334 $5,031  $1.16  2
Shipping
100142 02/12/1224 Seven OH 4742 $5,258  $1.11  3
There
100143 02/13/12 PA 4578 $5,772  $1.26  7
Tomorrow
100144 02/14/1224 Seven VA 6589 $1,029  $0.16  1
There
100145 02/15/12 PA 7890 $6,758  $0.86  1
Tomorrow
100146 02/16/1224 Seven VA 5678 $4,004  $0.71  1
100147 02/17/1224 Seven IN 5456 $5,946  $1.09  1
100148 02/18/1224 Seven IN 5677 $7,795  $1.37  2
Testing
100149 02/19/12 MI 6547 $4,746  $0.72  2
Time 
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100150 02/20/12 KY 8765 $8,414  $0.96  6
Time 
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100151 02/21/12 OH 4364 $10,090 $2.31  1
Time 
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100152 02/22/12 KY 3256 $6,040  $1.86  0
Us
There
100153 02/23/12 KY 9587 $6,259  $0.65  0
Tomorrow
100154 02/24/1224 Seven VA 4578 $5,052  $1.10  2
Testing
100155 02/25/12 OH 3796 $4,341  $1.14  1
Time 
100156 02/26/12Sure KY 7889 $7,800  $0.99  0

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100157 02/27/12 OH 4454 $4,209  $0.94  1
Time 
100158 02/28/1224 Seven OH 3563 $3,103  $0.87  1
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100159 02/29/12 PA 8797 $9,231  $1.05  2
Time 
There
100160 03/01/12 IN 4387 $4,100  $0.93  0
Tomorrow
Sure
100161 03/02/12 MI 5474 $5,777  $1.06  0
Shipping
Testing
100162 03/03/12 OH 9054 $8,699  $0.96  3
Time 
There
100163 03/04/12 MI 7611 $7,123  $0.94  1
Tomorrow
100164 03/05/1224 Seven KY 2133 $4,500  $2.11  2
100165 03/06/1224 Seven OH 3211 $7,000  $2.18  6
100166 03/07/1224 Seven PA 3577 $4,275  $1.20  1
Testing
100167 03/08/12 IN 7154 $6,589  $0.92  1
Time 
100168 03/09/1224 Seven OH 2684 $2,343  $0.87  1
Testing
100169 03/10/12 OH 6903 $7,013  $1.02  2
Time 
Sure
100170 03/11/12 KY 2129 $2,450  $1.15  0
Shipping
Sure
100171 03/12/12 PA 5456 $5,211  $0.96  0
Shipping
Testing
100172 03/13/12 IN 1634 $1,500  $0.92  2
Time 
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100173 03/14/12 KY 4356 $4,201  $0.96  2
Time 
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100174 03/15/12 OH 5843 $5,632  $0.96  2
Time 
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100175 03/16/12 PA 5709 $5,709  $1.00  0
Us
There
100176 03/17/12 PA 5785 $5,600  $0.97  1
Tomorrow
100177 03/18/1224 Seven OH 4564 $4,798  $1.05  2
Testing
100178 03/19/12 KY 1111 $1,000  $0.90  2
Time 
100179 03/20/12Sure IN 6314 $6,000  $0.95  0

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100180 03/21/12 OH 6799 $7,132  $1.05  5
Time 
100181 03/22/1224 Seven WV 9090 $9,000  $0.99  1
Testing
100182 03/23/12 KY 5443 $5,243  $0.96  3
Time 
There
100183 03/24/12 IN 6394 $6,009  $0.94  1
Tomorrow
Sure
100184 03/25/12 KY 7120 $3,600  $0.51  0
Shipping
Testing
100185 03/26/12 MI 7533 $7,219  $0.96  3
Time 
There
100186 03/27/12 OH 9565 $8,909  $0.93  1
Tomorrow
100187 03/28/1224 Seven KY 1234 $1,234  $1.00  2
Testing
100188 01/01/13 KY 5787 $6,111  $1.06  0
Time 
Sure
100189 01/02/13 OH 3799 $3,890  $1.02  0
Shipping
Sure
100190 01/03/13 KY 5643 $5,600  $0.99  1
Shipping
There
100191 01/04/13 KY 9076 $9,000  $0.99  0
Tomorrow
100192 01/05/1324 Seven KY 4444 $2,233  $0.50  1
Testing
100193 01/06/13 OH 3456 $3,400  $0.98  0
Time 
There
100194 01/07/13 IN 4657 $5,132  $1.10  0
Tomorrow
Testing
100195 01/08/13 OH 3567 $3,500  $0.98  1
Time 
Sure
100196 01/09/13 KY 8567 $8,435  $0.98  0
Shipping
Sure
100197 01/10/13 KY 4325 $3,290  $0.76  0
Shipping
100198 01/11/1324 Seven WV 6455 $7,500  $1.16  1
There
100199 01/12/13 PA 4532 $4,532  $1.00  0
Tomorrow
100200 01/13/1324 Seven WV 2342 $2,342  $1.00  2
There
100201 01/14/13 KY 2332 $2,389  $1.02  0
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100202
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Home Print Page Seven
New UpdatesKY 6875 $7,000  $1.02  2
100203 01/16/1324 Seven WV 5555 $6,999  $1.26  2
100204 01/17/1324 Seven IN 6890 $7,000  $1.02  3
Testing
100205 01/18/13 IN 6900 $7,000  $1.01  1
Time 
Testing
100206 01/19/13 IN 5377 $5,488  $1.02  1
Time 
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100207 01/20/13 KY 5621 $5,832  $1.04  1
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100208 01/21/13 OH 8902 $8,200  $0.92  0
Us
There
100209 01/22/13 IN 4543 $4,500  $0.99  0
Tomorrow
100210 01/23/1324 Seven VA 3257 $3,609  $1.11  3
Testing
100211 01/24/13 PA 5480 $5,798  $1.06  0
Time 
Sure
100212 01/25/13 IN 5311 $5,843  $1.10  0
Shipping
Testing
100213 01/26/13 OH 8461 $8,888  $1.05  4
Time 
100214 01/27/1324 Seven VA 4390 $4,598  $1.05  1
Testing
100215 01/28/13 OH 9088 $9,321  $1.03  2
Time 
There
100216 01/29/13 KY 5435 $5,821  $1.07  0
Tomorrow
Sure
100217 01/30/13 IN 5675 $5,600  $0.99  1
Shipping
Testing
100218 01/31/13 PA 6792 $6,888  $1.01  0
Time 
There
100219 02/01/13 KY 3782 $4,000  $1.06  0
Tomorrow
100220 02/02/1324 Seven WV 4169 $5,398  $1.29  0
100221 02/03/1324 Seven VA 4367 $4,389  $1.01  0
100222 02/04/1324 Seven VA 6445 $6,782  $1.05  0
Testing
100223 02/05/13 MI 4567 $4,387  $0.96  0
Time 
100224 02/06/1324 Seven PA 4278 $5,521  $1.29  0
Testing
100225 02/07/13 OH 9032 $9,000  $1.00  0
Time 
100226 02/08/13Sure MI 2109 $2,000  $0.95  0

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100227 02/09/13 MI 3931 $3,876  $0.99  0
Shipping
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100228 02/10/13 KY 5644 $5,367  $0.95  0
Time 
There
100229 02/11/13 OH 8544 $7,900  $0.92  0
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100230 02/12/13 OH 3221 $3,000  $0.93  0
Us
There
100231 02/13/13 OH 3675 $3,600  $0.98  0
Tomorrow
There
100232 02/14/13 OH 8965 $8,876  $0.99  0
Tomorrow
100233 02/15/1324 Seven WV 5655 $6,666  $1.18  0
There
100234 02/16/13 KY 3532 $3,211  $0.91  0
Tomorrow
100235 02/17/1324 Seven WV 6378 $6,275  $0.98  0
Count on
100236 02/18/13 MI 9099 $9,000  $0.99  0
Us
There
100237 02/19/13 OH 7237 $7,200  $0.99  0
Tomorrow
Testing
100238 02/20/13 PA 1287 $1,100  $0.85  0
Time 
There
100239 02/21/13 OH 6765 $6,454  $0.95  0
Tomorrow
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100240 02/22/13 OH 7901 $8,000  $1.01  0
Time 
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100241 02/23/13 OH 4565 $4,398  $0.96  0
Shipping
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100242 02/24/13 PA 3469 $3,245  $0.94  1
Shipping
Sure
100243 02/25/13 OH 3568 $3,765  $1.06  0
Shipping
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100244 02/26/13 KY 1278 $1,354  $1.06  0
Time 
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100245 02/27/13 KY 9832 $9,543  $0.97  0
Shipping
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100246 02/28/13 KY 4644 $4,555  $0.98  0
Shipping
100247 03/01/13Sure KY 8643 $8,676  $1.00  0

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100248 03/02/13 MI 6578 $6,578  $1.00  2
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100249 03/03/13 OH 2584 $2,299  $0.89  3
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