Welcome to the FP20 Analytics April 2025 Challenge!

Webinars

Learn more about ZoomCharts visuals & gain a knowledge advantage in the contest by joining the upcoming webinars! You'll also get the chance to your ask questions and get expert answers in the Q&A section.

Upcoming webinars

Top 5 Power BI Reports for Inventory Management: Insights & Best Practices

29th April, 2025

09:00 AM - EDT

Explore the top Power BI dashboards in inventory management! Join us as we review this month’s Top 5 reports, dive into expert tips, and reveal the winning dashboard that stood out from the rest.

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Past Webinar recordings

Workshop: Mastering Inventory Management Reporting in Power BI

Inventory is more than just numbers - it's the heartbeat of business operations. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn practical strategies to visualize complex inventory data with Power BI and ZoomCharts Drill Down Visuals.

 

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How to participate? 

1. Register for the challenge: 

• Download the Challenge dataset either on this Challenge page or from FP20 Analytics website. 
• Register for the FP20 Analytics ZoomCharts Challenge. 
• Activate your free Drill Down Visuals Developer License for Power BI. Read license setup instructions.
• Read the challenge brief (see "The Brief" section) for additional info about the dataset and to see what questions your report should answer.  

2. Build your report in Power BI: 

• Set up an account in Power BI using the assigned license details (if you have participated in ZoomCharts Challenges in the past, you can use the same account you set up before).
• Use the account to access the full library of custom ZoomCharts Drill Down visuals. 
• Use the dataset to build a Power BI report including at least 2 ZoomCharts Drill Down Visuals in one report page. 
• The recommended number of pages in the report is up to 3 pages, including drill-through pages. 

3. Improve your report and learn new skills: 

• To learn more about applying ZoomCharts visuals in your reports, participate in the challenge workshop. 
• If you have any questions or need advice, you can book a free individual consultation. 
• Check out the submissions from past challenges for inspiration. 

4. Submit your challenge entry: 

• Submit your report in .pbix format for validation. 
• If your submission doesn’t match the challenge criteria, you will be notified by email indicating the reason. Don't worry if this happens! You can fix the issue and resubmit your report. 
• Together with validation confirmation, you will receive a publish to web link that you can use to add the report to your portfolio or publicly share online. 
• All validated entries will receive personalized feedback from the evaluation team. You can use this feedback to revise your report and resubmit it before the deadline. Feel free to resubmit your entry as many times as necessary before the deadline. 

5. Finalize your participation to compete for the ZoomCharts grand prize: 

• Post the final version of your submission in PDF format on your LinkedIn profile. 
• Use the caption "I am participating in FP20 Analytics Challenge 25". 
• Include a summary of your report's key insights and add the ZoomCharts publish to web link.
• Use #FP20Analytics, #FP20InventoryManagementAnalysis, #builtwithzoomcharts, tag @Federico Pastor and @Zoomcharts.
  
• Additionally, post your report in the FP20 Analytics LinkedIn Community group. 
• Follow ZoomCharts on LinkedIn

6. Attend challenge closing webinar to hear the results: 

• The submissions are evaluated by ZoomCharts team (see "Judging criteria" for more info). The submissions of Top 5 ZoomCharts Challenge finalists are analyzed live during the challenge closing webinar to share the best practices and learning opportunities with the community. 
• The author of the best report is awarded with a $300 Amazon gift card.

Technical requirements

• Build your report using only Power BI 
• The recommended number of pages in the report is up to 3 pages, including drill-through pages.
• Canvas size is 16:9 (Default Power BI size) or Full HD size = w:1920 - h:1080 
• The report should contain at least 2 ZoomCharts Drill Down visuals within a single page. See a practical guide for using Drill Down visuals here

About the Dataset

Welcome to the Inventory Management Challenge! Efficient inventory management is crucial for balancing supply and demand while minimising costs. This challenge explores key aspects such as stock levels, supplier performance, warehouse utilisation, and reorder strategies. By analysing this dataset, you will identify trends, optimise restocking, and assess cost efficiency. Your goal is to uncover actionable insights that enhance inventory operations and decision-making. Use statistical techniques, visualisation tools and storytelling to support your findings. Can you optimise inventory performance and improve supply chain efficiency? Let’s dive in and explore the data!

Questions: 

Stock Analysis & Inventory Levels
1. Which product category has the highest total stock quantity across all products?
2. How many products currently have stock quantities below their reorder point?
3. What minimum order quantity is required for a company to restock all products below the reorder point?

Supplier & Restocking Performance
4. Which supplier has the highest average lead time for restocking?
5. What is the average time since the last restock for products marked as "Out of Stock"?
6. Identify the months when the highest number of products were restocked - are there any seasonal trends?

Cost & Pricing Analysis
7. Identify the top 5 most expensive products (by unit price) and their categories.
8. Which product category has the fastest turnover based on stock quantity and lead time?

Warehouse & Geographic Insights
9. Which warehouse location has the highest number of products stored?
10. Which country has the most stocked items, and which top 3 counties have the highest stocked quantities by different product categories? 

Judging criteria

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.

Each report is evaluated based on three main criteria: intuitiveness, insightfulness, and interactivity. These factors ensure that the reports are not only accurate and functional, but also meet the target audience's needs and are ready to be presented to the end-users. 

1. Intuitive: How clear and easy it is to understand the report at a glance? (max 15 points)
   • Is the report visually appealing?
   • Choice of charts and visual elements
   • Does the report tell a story?
   • Is it not overwhelming to the user?
   • Choice of tooltips, titles, and legends
     
     
2. Interactive: How engaging and seamless is the report exploration and interaction with data? (max 15 points)
   • Clear navigation that allows user to explore the report
   • Use of slicers and other interactive elements
   • Smooth cross-chart integration
   • Is report optimized for touch devices?
   • Are tutorials and guiding elements helpful to the user?
     
     
3. Insightful: How accurate, complete, and meaningful is the data in driving decisions? (max 15 points)
   • Depth of analysis
   • Data cleaning and preparation
   • Does data show up accurately in the report?
   • Is report optimized for quicker loading time?
   • Does the report provide deeper exploration of data (drill-down)?

Dataset

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1:1 mentoring sessions

You can book a personal session with Senior Product Expert at ZoomCharts, Aivis Pavlovs, to gain practical knowledge about Drill Down Visuals and how they can be used to enhance data storytelling in a report.