SaketAgrawal,AkshayChopda,ChiragTahilyani

DukeInterdisciplinarySocialInnovatorsCrayons2Calculators

ExistingDataC2Cprovideddata to the theDISI teamcontaining the factualnumbersofoperationat the facility. Itincludedinformationregardingthenumberofparticipatingschoolsalongwiththenumberofteachersfrom each of these schools and the value of supplies withdrawn from C2C. The data provided wasfragmented intodifferentsheets,whichmade itdifficult toanalyzetheexistingdata.Basedon logicalassumptions, we collated the data from various sheets which summarizes the C2C’s existing data toidentifyperformancetrendsandinsightsonimpacttodate.Forthe10elementaryschoolswhichareeligibletovisitonceamonth,thedollaramountgivenawayperschoolpermonthandthenumberofNeedyChildrenareanalyzed.Forthepurposeofdiscussion,Figure1,Appendix1,whichdescribesthedatacollectedinAugustisconsidered.Informationregardingtheothermonthscanbefoundintheattachments.FromFigure1,wecansee that thedollaramountof suppliesgivenaway toGlennandHolt isalmostdoublethedollaramountofsuppliesgiventothenextbestschooli.e.RNHarris.Wecanalsoseethedecreasingamountofdollarspentbyeachschoolasthemonths’progresswhichcouldsignifytheendoftheacademicyearandthefeweramountofsuppliesneeded.TherecouldbemultiplefactorswhichresultedinthisdisparitybetweentheschoolssuchasproximitytoC2C,lackofawareness,busyschedulesetc.Although,thisdataonlyrepresentsthemonthofAugust,acloser lookat thedata from the remainingmonths shows the relatively consistentbenefitderivedbyGlennandHoltascomparedtotheotherschools.RecommendationMovingforward,collectingthehistoricaldataintoonesheetandanalyzingthesametoforecastthefuturetrendscanbereallyhelpfulforC2C.Basedonourcalculation,themostimportantdataforC2Cis:

1. NumberofteachersvisitingC2Cpermonth(alongwiththeschoolsherepresents)2. Amountanddollarvalueofeachsupplyeachteachertakespermonth3. Amountofsuppliesintheinventoryandamountofcashavailableforpurchasingsupplies

ThiswillhelpC2Ctoanalyzethetrendofsuppliesoverthemonthsandwillhelpthemhaveconsistentdatatoforecastthedemandinthefuture.(Exhibit3)InordertohelpC2Cquantifytheeffectivenessofitssupplies,andmakeaninformeddecisiononwhetherto expand to other schools or penetrate further into their current attending schools,we recommendcalculatingaratioofDollarGivenAwayperNumberofNeedyChildrenforeachschool.ThiswouldgiveC2Caclearpictureofthe levelofeffectivenessof itssupplies ineachschool.Byusingthistodefineathresholdvalue,C2Ccanthentakestepstobringthecurrentcustomerschoolsatacertainlevelbeforegoingoutandactivelytargetingfurtherschoolstosupport.

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Appendix

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Figure3:Recommendedformatofthedatacollection