Ohio Logistics manages the logistical activities for firms by matching companies that need products shipped with carriers that can provide the best rates and best service for the companies. Ohio Logistics is very concerned that its carriers deliver their customers material on time, so it carefully monitors the percentage of on-time deliveries. The following table contains a list of the carriers used by Ohio Logistics and the corresponding on-time percentages for the current and previous years. (Please refer to the Carriers Data file)

a. Sort the carriers in descending order by their current years percentage of on-time deliveries. Which carrier is providing the best service in the current year? Which carrier is providing the worst service in the current year?

b. Calculate the change in the percentage of on-time deliveries from the previous to the current year for each carrier. Use Excels conditional formatting to highlight the carriers whose on-time percentage decreased from the previous year to the current year.

c.Use Excels conditional formatting tool to create data bars for the change in the percentage of on-time deliveries from the previous year to the current year for each carrier calculated in part b.

d. Which carriers should Ohio Logistics try to use in the future? Why?

Carrier Blue Box Shipping Cheetah LLC Granite State Carriers Honsin Limited Jones Brothers Minuteman Company Rapid Response Smith Logistics Super Freight Previous Year On- time Percentage 88.4% 89.3% 81.8% 74.2% 68.9% 91.0% 78.8% 84.3% 92.1% Current Year On-time Percentage 94.8% 91.8% 87.6% 80.1% 82.8% 84.2% 70.9% 88.7% 86.8%