COMM5000 Data Literacy Term 1 2024Matlab

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COMM5000

Data Literacy

Sandbox PwC Distribution Project

Milestone 2 Information

Term 1, 2024

Assessment Administrative Details

Turnitin

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If you are instructed to submit your assessment via Turnitin, you will find the link to the Turnitin submission in your Moodle course site. You can submit your assessment well before the deadline and use the Similarity Report to improve your academic writing skills before submitting your final version.

You can find out more information on the Turnitin information site for students.

Late Submissions

The parameters for late submissions are outlined in the UNSW Assessment Implementation Procedure. For COMM5000, if you submit your assessments after the due date, you will incur penalties for late submission unless you have Special Consideration (see below). Late submission is 5% per day (including weekends), calculated from the marks allocated to that assessment (not your grade). Assessments will not be accepted more than 5 days late.

Special Consideration

Special consideration is the process for assessing the impact of short-term events beyond your control (exceptional circumstances), on your performance in a specific assessment task.

What are circumstances beyond my control?

These are exceptional circumstances or situations that may:

• Prevent you from completing a course requirement,

•     Keep you from attending an assessment,

• Stop you from submitting an assessment,

• Significantly affect your assessment performance.

Available here is a list of circumstances that may be beyond your control. This is only a list of examples, and your exact circumstances may not be listed.

You can find more detail and the application form. on the Special Consideration site, or in the UNSW Special Consideration Application and Assessment Information for Students.

CASE STUDY INFORMATION-- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Distribution Project Statement

Wholesale distribution companies typically purchase products from manufacturers/suppliers and then sell them to retail stores, making them available for consumers. Typically, wholesale distributors deal in large quantities of goods and are set up to have warehouses, distribution centres and logistic functions to manage and deliver inventory to retail stores. We are interested in better understanding the profitability of wholesale distribution companies.

Looking at the profitability of wholesale distribution companies globally over the past five years (PwC to provide excel containing raw data), is there a correlation (positive or negative) between their profitability and their local jurisdiction’s GDP and other key economic metrics or events (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic). If so, what may be the reasons for the correlation? Please provide both quantitative and qualitative analysis supporting any findings.

In addition, with a straightforward business model, wholesale distributors aren’t involved in other key business functions such as manufacturing, R