Discussion question: presenting analytics to stakeholders

Purpose

Your textbook notes that 85% of Fortune 500 firms use optimization in areas like labor scheduling, inventory management, and production planning. When paired with strong data visualizations, optimization tools can guide better decisions and more effective strategies. This week youll practice a skill used constantly in leadership: translating analysis into clear, actionable recommendations for non-technical audiences.

Task

Using your Retail Performance Datasetand visualizations from Unit 6, identify one meaningful insight and propose a next-step optimization idea, all in a format that a business leader without technical expertise can understand.

In your initial post, include the following:

1. Key Insight. Briefly summarize one trend or finding you identified in your visual analysis.
2. Optimization Recommendation. Explain how your insight could inform an optimization strategy. Use optimization in a broad sense, recommend an improvement that allocates resources more efficiently (e.g., better labor scheduling, store promotions, product placement, etc.). What would you recommend changing?
3. Stakeholder Communication (12 paragraphs): Write as if youre briefing a manager or executive. Focus on business impact, not technical jargon. Your writing should be polished but easy to understand.
4. Embed a Visual Insight (Required): Insert one relevant data visualization directly into your post, not only as an attachment. This could be a chart, graph, or infographic created in Excel. Make sure it clearly supports your recommendation and is easy to interpret. To learn how to embed your visual, follow the steps on this or .
5. Reflection: What challenges did you face in simplifying your analysis for a non-technical audience?

In your responses to your peers, address the following:

• Assess clarity, business value, and visual communication.
• Suggest one improvement (visual or message).
• Offer a different optimization idea or the next step

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