Live Challenge closes on the 23rd of April 2025 at 23:59pm UK time
Live Challenge closes on the 23rd of April 2025 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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Below is your important reading!
From an industry-wide perspective, inefficiencies in inventory management contribute to supply chain imbalances, increased carrying costs, and lost sales opportunities. Whether in retail, manufacturing, or distribution, poor inventory visibility and inaccurate demand forecasting can lead to stockouts, overstock situations, and elevated warehousing costs, all of which hinder operational agility and financial performance. The ripple effects are felt across procurement, production planning, and customer fulfillment processes, especially in sectors relying on lean inventory models.
Understanding the key factors contributing to inventory challenges—ranging from data silos, demand variability, and supplier reliability issues to inadequate inventory tracking, storage constraints, and workforce limitations—is critical for implementing effective control mechanisms. By leveraging advanced analytics, inventory optimization algorithms, and real-time monitoring tools, organizations can improve forecast accuracy, reduce excess stock, and ensure product availability. This strategic approach enhances supply chain resilience, improves service levels, and drives cost-efficiency across operations.
A. Stock Analysis & Inventory Levels.
1. Which product category has the highest total stock quantity across all products?
2. How many products currently have stock quantities below their reorder point?
3. What minimum order quantity is required if a company needs to restock all products below the reorder point?
B. Supplier & Restocking Performance.
4. Which supplier has the highest average lead time for restocking?
5. What is the average time since the last restock for products marked as "Out of Stock"?
6. Identify the months when the highest number of products were restocked—are there any seasonal trends?
C. Cost & Pricing Analysis.
7. Identify the top 5 most expensive products (by unit price) and their categories.
8. Which product category has the fastest turnover based on stock quantity and lead time?
D. Warehouse & Geographic Insights.
9. Which warehouse location has the highest number of products stored?
10. Which country has the most stocked items and which top3 counties have the highest stocked quantities by different product categories?
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. An Excel spreadsheet with two tabs.
2. PDF with the Intro and Brief in English.
3.PDF with the Intro and Brief in Spanish.
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 25” and screenshots from your report.
3. Include a summary of your report's key insights and publish it on the web or via a NovyPro link.
4. Use the hashtags
#FP20Analytics, #FP20InventoryManagementAnalysis, #builtwithzoomcharts,
tag @Federico Pastor and @Zoomcharts.
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.