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Case Study: Inventory Analysis in Tableau

Enhance your Tableau skills with this case study on inventory analysis. Analyze a dataset, create calculated fields, and create visualizations.

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Course Description

Looking for a way to challenge what you have learned in Tableau? This case study can help you prepare to tackle real-world problems in the field of inventory analysis.

Practice Your Tableau Skills With a Case Study

You’ll analyze a dataset from a fictitious company named Acropolis Retail Inc. Many retailers want to investigate possible improvements in inventory management and purchases, but they need some help. Here is where you come to the rescue. But as you will see, in a real-world case, not everything is perfect.

Clean and Explore Data With Tableau

You will start by cleaning and exploring the data to verify everything makes sense. Next, you’ll create calculated fields and ensure there is the appropriate level of detail for analyzing the clean information to obtain focused insights. Finally, you’ll finish by creating attractive, informative visualizations and dashboards.

By the time you’re finished, you’ll be more confident performing an inventory analysis using Tableau.
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  1. 1

    Exploratory Analysis

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    In this first chapter, you will prepare and explore your new dataset in Tableau to set things up for your inventory analysis. Of course, as with a real-world dataset, things might not be perfect, so you should keep your eyes open to check your data is in order and that all required variables for analysis are readily available.

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    Inventory Analysis with Tableau
    50 xp
    Calculating COGS
    100 xp
    Preparing the data
    100 xp
    Cleaning and exploring the data
    100 xp
    Cost of Goods Sold
    100 xp
    Revenue and profit
    100 xp
    Inventory analysis checkpoint
    50 xp
  2. 2

    Inventory Analysis

    Here, you will continue developing more interesting metrics and methods for inventory analysis in Tableau, such as inventory turnover and ABC analysis, to help you investigate which items are best for Acropolis Retail Inc.

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  3. 3

    Reporting Inventory Analytics

    In the final chapter, it's time to start creating dashboards to share information with suitable applications on management practices, such as assisting in purchase decisions to improve stock management efficiently.

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Maarten Van den Broeck
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Jess Ahmet
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Iason holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from UCL and is now a Curriculum Manager at DataCamp. He is also a certified Power BI data analyst. Prior to working at DataCamp, Iason held a number of analytics roles within a range of industries across different countries. Having a passion for education, data, and storytelling, he has found a great place at DataCamp to develop engaging content for learning. As an avid sports fan, he has a keen interest in sports statistics.
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