RM71003 Category Management & Merchandising Assignment 1 | SMU

RM71003 Assignment 1 (25%)

Instruction Sheet

This is an individual assignment, topics covering Competency 1 – Perform a Category Sales Analysis and Present Findings on Performance.  

You are the team leader of a department in your store and have been given the company’s sales reports from the company’s system.

• Assess the performance of store sales according to the different merchandising levels; and
• Suggest recommendations based on findings developed from performance review.

Assignment 1 is to be assessed based on:

• Apply basic data cleansing on a given data set; o Create charts using a given data set;
• Ability to use charts to identify areas of further analysis;
• Ability to identify cause of performance with appropriate use of other types of reports; and
• Ability to make recommendations to improve future performance.

Guidelines Of Report Structure And Format

Each student must submit a type-written report, which should contain:

• Cover Page
• Acknowledgement
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Body of Report
• Conclusion / Learning points
• Referencing

Report length

• Maximum of 800 words, excluding cover page, acknowledgement, table of contents and referencing.
• Cover page
• Title of report
• Students’ full name
• NRIC (last 4 characters)
• Index number

Paper

• Size A4
• White colour

Margin

• Centered with 1 inch left and right margins
• Top and bottom margins may be 1 inch

Line spacing

• 1½-spaced (for data and information)

Font

• Arial, Size 12

Page number

• Each page of text must be numbered except for the cover page and the content page.

Report submission

• The report shall be submitted by the due date as determined by the Lecturer assigned.

Assignment 1 – Part 1 Company Introduction & Compilation Of Report

Due November 7, 2025 11:59 PM

Instructions

Attached please find the template for your assignment 1. You are to complete:

Company Introduction

• Do a brief introduction of the company including the customer profile.

Problem Statement

• Present Situation
• What is the problem?
• Research objectives

Store Sales Report

• Compile the sales report
• Verify the period of the report
• Show evidence of data cleansing