Please assist with the attached question. How do you configure goal seek to determine the correct answer?
Problem 1. (100 pts. Each part is worth 25 pts) Henri of Henri's French Cuisine (HFC), a chain of twelve restaurants, is trying to decide if it makes sense to outsource the purchasing function. Currently, Henri employs two buyers at an annual fixed cost of $45,000 per employee. Henri's estimates that the variable cost of each placed purchase order is $15. Value-Buy (VB), a group of purchasing specialists, will perform the purchasing function for a fixed annual fee of $100,000 plus $5 for each purchase order placed. Last year, HFC placed 1450 purchase orders and averages $182 income per order. (a) Construct a base-case spreadsheet model that shows both of these alternatives side-by-side. Keep in mind the ABC's of good spreadsheet modeling. Use the same number of orders (stored in a single cell) to drive the calculations. (6) Using last year's quantity of purchase orders, which alternative would have been the better? Type your answer in the space provided in Excel (Cell J16) (c) Use Goal Seek to find the indifference point or crossover point (where total costs are equal) between these two alternatives. (Hint: Goal Seek can work only with a single Set cell. Create a cell in your model that computes the difference between the total costs of the two alternatives before running Goal Seek.) (d) Henri is considering adding another location. He is considering the following factors: Curb Appeal, Population, Median Income, Local Suppliers and Square footage available. Each factor has been assigned a weight. These three locations have been considered and have been given scores for each factor. The table is below: Factor Curb Appeal Population Median Income Local Suppliers Square footage Weight 0.20 0.15 0.30 0.10 0.25 Atlanta 75 35 85 40 50 Birmingham 60 75 80 60 40 Chicago 55 75 60 90 55 Use the Function (SUMPRODUCT) to figure the score of each location. Use Conditional Formatting to identify the highest score. Problem 1. (100 pts. Each part is worth 25 pts) Henri of Henri's French Cuisine (HFC), a chain of twelve restaurants, is trying to decide if it makes sense to outsource the purchasing function. Currently, Henri employs two buyers at an annual fixed cost of $45,000 per employee. Henri's estimates that the variable cost of each placed purchase order is $15. Value-Buy (VB), a group of purchasing specialists, will perform the purchasing function for a fixed annual fee of $100,000 plus $5 for each purchase order placed. Last year, HFC placed 1450 purchase orders and averages $182 income per order. (a) Construct a base-case spreadsheet model that shows both of these alternatives side-by-side. Keep in mind the ABC's of good spreadsheet modeling. Use the same number of orders (stored in a single cell) to drive the calculations. (6) Using last year's quantity of purchase orders, which alternative would have been the better? Type your answer in the space provided in Excel (Cell J16) (c) Use Goal Seek to find the indifference point or crossover point (where total costs are equal) between these two alternatives. (Hint: Goal Seek can work only with a single Set cell. Create a cell in your model that computes the difference between the total costs of the two alternatives before running Goal Seek.) (d) Henri is considering adding another location. He is considering the following factors: Curb Appeal, Population, Median Income, Local Suppliers and Square footage available. Each factor has been assigned a weight. These three locations have been considered and have been given scores for each factor. The table is below: Factor Curb Appeal Population Median Income Local Suppliers Square footage Weight 0.20 0.15 0.30 0.10 0.25 Atlanta 75 35 85 40 50 Birmingham 60 75 80 60 40 Chicago 55 75 60 90 55 Use the Function (SUMPRODUCT) to figure the score of each location. Use Conditional Formatting to identify the highest score
