Live Challenge closes on the 19th of March 2025 at 23:59pm UK time
Live Challenge closes on the 19th of March 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, disruptions in transportation and logistics contribute to supply chain disruptions, increased operational costs, and inefficiencies in freight movement. Whether in road, rail, air, or sea transport, delays can lead to congestion at ports and distribution hubs, increased fuel consumption, and higher carbon emissions, further impacting environmental sustainability. The economic consequences extend beyond logistics providers to retailers, manufacturers, and businesses relying on just-in-time delivery models.
Understanding the key factors contributing to disruptions—ranging from traffic congestion, weather disruptions, and customs clearance bottlenecks to equipment failures, warehouse inefficiencies, and workforce shortages—is crucial for developing strategies to minimize their impact. By leveraging data analytics, predictive modeling, and real-time tracking, stakeholders can identify patterns, anticipate potential disruptions, and implement proactive solutions to enhance supply chain resilience and improve delivery performance.
1. Top Routes: What are the most common shipment routes and their average distances?
2. Delivery Times: Which routes have the longest delivery times?
3. Peak Shipments: When are the busiest booking and delivery dates?
4. Delays Analysis: What factors contribute to shipment delays?
5. Supplier Trends: Which suppliers handle the most shipments, and do some have higher delays?
6. Customer Insights: Which customers receive the most shipments, and do they experience delays?
7. Material Movement: What are the most frequently shipped materials, and do certain materials have longer delivery times?
8. Bottlenecks: Where are the most common shipment delays based on GPS data?
9. Predicting Delays: Can you build a model to predict shipment delays?
10. Route Optimization: What strategies can improve transportation efficiency?
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 ZoomCharts Challenge: create a Power BI report including at least 2 ZoomCharts Drill Down Visuals in one report page.
Reports are restricted to a maximum of 3 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. That’s why reports are called 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 1 tab.
2. PDF with the Intro and Brief in English.
3.PDF with the Intro and Brief in Spanish.
To submit your two-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 will undergo validation 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 requirements, 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 24”, along with screenshots from your report.
3. Include a summary of your report's key insights and publish it to the web or NovyPro link.
4. Use the hashtags
#FP20Analytics, #FP20TransportationAndLogisticsAnalysis, #builtwithzoomcharts, tag @FP20 analytics challenges group, @Federico Pastor, @Zoomcharts and @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.