Live Challenge closes on the 18th of May 2026 at 23:59pm UK time
Live Challenge closes on the 18th of May 2026 at 23:59pm UK time
Participate in the ZoomCharts Challenge to showcase skills, gain recognition, network, and boost your professional profile.
The ZoomCharts team provides personalized feedback to EVERY report entry that meets the requirements. This gives all participants the chance to hone their skills and adjust their report before deadline, giving you an extra competitive edge in the challenge.
Upon signing up for the challenge, you will receive a FREE Drill Down Visuals Developers License that lets you access the full Drill Down Visuals PRO library. This license remains active for a year after the last challenge you take part in. Meaning, you can access the latest advanced data visualization tools to enhance your projects for a full year.
Participants receive all the latest information on upcoming workshops and events, demonstrating how our team of proven professionals approaches visualizing the given dataset for the challenge. You also have the chance to book 1:1 calls with a Power BI mentor who will analyse and give specific suggestions to improve your report.
Last but not least, entering the challenge with ZoomCharts puts you in the running for an additional $300 Amazon gift card.
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Welcome to FP20 Analytics Challenge 37, where analytics meets procurement strategy, supplier intelligence, cost control, and operational efficiency.
In this challenge, you will step into the role of a Procurement Analyst, Strategic Sourcing Specialist, or Spend Intelligence Consultant, tasked with evaluating a dataset that reflects the purchasing activity of a modern organization.
The dataset contains procurement transactions across multiple suppliers, categories, business units, and regions, including detailed information about purchase orders, contract status, spend amounts, savings opportunities, supplier performance, delivery timelines, and compliance indicators.
You are not just analyzing purchasing records—you are telling the story of how procurement performance impacts business success. The best submissions will connect spending behaviour, supplier trends, operational bottlenecks, and sourcing decisions to real-world outcomes such as cost reduction, supplier reliability, contract compliance, and purchasing efficiency.
The objective of this challenge is clear:
Transform raw procurement data into actionable business intelligence—highlighting where spend is concentrated, where savings opportunities exist, which suppliers are driving value or risk, and what factors influence procurement performance across the organization.
Participants should aim to identify systemic patterns such as supplier dependency, category-level spending trends, price fluctuations, delivery delays, off-contract purchases, and the impact of procurement practices on efficiency and budget control.
This challenge is an opportunity to demonstrate how analytics can elevate procurement from a transactional function into a strategic driver of value, resilience, and smarter decision-making.
KEY QUESTIONS TO EXPLORE
1. How has procurement spend changed over time?
2. Which categories, departments, suppliers, or regions account for the highest spend?
3. How does actual spend compare with budget?
4. Where are the biggest savings being achieved?
5. Which suppliers are associated with the most spend, and how do they compare by risk level, status, tier, region, and ESG score?
6. Are there differences in performance between preferred and non-preferred suppliers, and how much spend is concentrated in single-source suppliers?
7. What is the on-time delivery rate, and which suppliers, categories, or departments experience the most delays?
8. How do lead times vary across supplier types or categories, and are delays linked to higher-risk suppliers or certain contract types?
9. How much maverick spend exists in the dataset, and how often are preferred suppliers not being used?
10. What proportion of invoices are overdue, disputed, or unmatched, and where are the main warning signs in the procurement process?
Know more about the judging criteria and other requirements
1. Is too much text used for explanation?
2. Are the indicative colors in charts understandable?
3. Does it tell a story?
1. Cross-chart filtering implementation.
2. Across the report. Can other visuals provide relevant data as the user explores the rep.
3. Response time.
4. Drill Down: multi-layer data exploration. Can the user drill down and gain additional insights within the report?
5. Use of tutorial overlays and other elements to assist new users. Can a new user start using this report straight away with just the guidance provided within the report itself?
1. Visual design: is the overall look consistent, no empty spaces, no overcrowding?
2. Interface design: are there unnecessary visualisations, buttons, complexity in use?
3. UX design: is the produced report usable?
4. Report design: is the main challenge answered?
5. Technical: are all the fonts used the same, are the sizes readable?
All tools are permitted for the challenge.
For the ZoomCharts Challenge, create a Power BI report that includes at least 2 ZoomCharts Drill Down Visuals on one report page.
Reports are restricted to a maximum of three pages, including drill-through pages.
Canvas size is 16:9 (Default Power BI size) or Full HD size = w:1920 - h:1080.
Business users use reports to make data-driven decisions. Reports are effective if they enable users to drill down and filter data quickly and intuitively to find answers to any question they might have and analyse data in all possible directions and dimensions.
1. Use-Case Gallery: Try live demos and download reports made by the ZoomCharts team
2. Video tutorials: Watch engaging video guides on how to set up and use the visuals
3. Documentation: Technical deep-dive about ZoomCharts visuals
4. ZoomCharts Blog: Useful tips & tricks for data visualization and report creation
5. Visuals Gallery: Explore all the possible customization options for Drill Down Visuals.
1. One Excel workbooks.
2. One Word document containing the Introduction and Brief (English).
To submit your three-page report, please follow these steps, if you want to be considered for the ZoomCharts' prize, otherwise post your entry in the challenges group.
Your report must be verified to ensure it meets all the technical requirements. If the report is validated, you will receive a 'Publish to Web' link. If it does not meet the criteria, you will receive a rejection reason and will have the opportunity to resubmit your report.
1. Upload the report as a PDF document on your LinkedIn feed.
2. Use the caption "I am participating in FP20 Analytics Challenge 37” and screenshots from your report.
3. Include a summary of your report's key insights.
4. Use the hashtags #FP20Analytics, #FP20Procurement, #builtwithzoomcharts, tag @Federico Pastor - @Zoomcharts - @Enterprise DNA.
5. Additionally, post your report in the FP20 Analytics LinkedIn Community Group.
Click on the link below to get your dataset: The files contain all the necessary data and information to create your report.