Enhancing Marks and Spencer's Performance Using Computer Skills Report

This report provides an analysis of how computer skills and technological advancements can improve the productivity and financial performance of Marks and Spencer. It begins with an introduction and an overview of the company's financial condition, highlighting the use of spreadsheets for profit and loss calculations and graphical representations of revenue. The report then discusses the role of Microsoft Office applications, such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, in enhancing business operations. It further explores three key technological advancements at Marks and Spencer: quantum business optimization solutions, infrastructure and supply chain solutions, and online software, emphasizing their benefits in increasing efficiency and customer satisfaction. The conclusion summarizes the findings, emphasizing the importance of data analysis and strategic approaches to improve performance and attract customers in the market. The report references several books and journals and includes a bibliography and appendices.

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SKILLS

Table of Contents
1 Introduction and Purpose of the report.........................................................................................1
2 Financial condition of Marks and Spencer company....................................................................1
3 Microsoft can help Marks and Spencer to increase productivity in the industry..........................3
4 Three technological advancement that is currently happening at Marks and Spencer ................4
5 Conclusion of this report...............................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................................8
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................9

1 Introduction and Purpose of the report
Main objective to generate spreadsheet to know actual condition of company in market.
They can easily calculate profit and loss of the company. By using advanced and enhanced
feature of computers they can get appropriate data of the firm in the market. From the basis of
revenue Marks and Spencer can get results in the form of profit and loss. In spreadsheet, there
are number of formulas that will help to calculate profit in the company.
Different formula has different types of criteria to evaluate results. In this report, there are
Bar graphs to present revenue/ month after VAT in the industry. Graphical representation
provides effective and efficient way to understand the appropriate situation of an entity. For each
month graph provide a current condition of firm in the industry. By using different types of
computer skills they can enhance performance and also increase productivity in the industry.
Main purpose of this report is to analysis data and calculate appropriate profit and loss of the
company and based on the evaluation they can take actions to improve performance in the
industry.
2 Financial condition of Marks and Spencer company
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Marks and Spencer has a risk in the market because they got loss in the market in some
months. By calculating the average of each month, they can know what is the actual condition of
a firm in the industry. By knowing the current situation, they can enhance a performance in the
market. As we show in the spreadsheet marks and Spencer had loss in some months such as in
January, may, June, July, September and October so they need to follow different types of
strategies and approaches to increase productivity in the market (Boixo and et.al., 2012).
They have risk in the industry because the got loss continuously from may to October.
Financial condition of this firm is not good because of continuously losses in the months so they
need to apply different type of methods and policies to attract a customer to increase productivity
in the industry.
To get higher performance in the industry they need to attract a customer in the market.
They also need to follow different type of pricing and promotion strategies to attract a customer.
It will help to increase productivity and also enhance a performance in the market (Chan and
et.al., 2013).
3 Microsoft can help Marks and Spencer to increase productivity in the
industry
Microsoft can easily enhance a performance and also help to increase productivity in the
industry. Microsoft have different types of versions that help to get results of the particular
information. Each version has various features to get appropriate data and information as well.
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To increase productivity in the market they need to use advanced computer skills in the
company. Microsoft office is an office suite of different applications, services to get appropriate
results. It contains different types of versions such as Microsoft word, excel and power point etc.
Different version of Microsoft help to enhance a business in the market (Li and Chang, 2013).
To enhance a performance in the market Marks and Spencer follows different type of
Microsoft offices as follows:
Microsoft Word
Microsoft word is an effective and efficient word processor that have advanced facilities
and features to manage data. Employees can prepare document in the word. It has different types
of features and functionalities to format, edit and manage a data in the document. Marks and
Spencer uses different versions of word to create effective and efficient document in the
company. Some of the benefits of Microsoft word as follows:
 Availability
 Effective integration with different offices
 instant help
 Document flexibility
Microsoft power point
Microsoft power point help to create effective and attractive presentation of the data. This
company uses different versions to create attractive presentation on appropriate data (Litt,
2013). It helps to maintain and handle the data of a firm. It also helps to create appropriate and
effective presentation on particular topic. Employees can add figures and tables to understand the
data. Some of the benefits of using power point are asfollows:
 Visual impact
 Collaboration
 Flexibility
 Content sharing is easy and effective
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft excel helps to manipulate data of a company. It provides different types of
formulas to generate effective report. Through excel Marks and Spencer can easily get result for
appropriate data (McGeoch and Wang, 2013). Manager of Marks and Spencer generate profit
and loss for the firm by an excel. It provides various types of formulas to generate appropriate
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results. In excel they can also create effective and attractive graphs, charts to show overall
performance of an entity in the world. Some of the benefits of using excel in the firm as follows:
 help to identify current trends
 online access
 Bring data together effective and attractive creation of charts
 Powerful analysis of huge amount of data
 Working together
4 Three technological advancement that is currently happening at Marks and
Spencer
Marks and Spencer follows different types of strategies and approaches to increase a
productivity and also enhance a performance in the industry. They apply innovate technologies
to attract a customer and provide effective and efficient services to the customers (Paino and
Renzulli, 2013). Advanced technologies and software help to increase productivity in the market.
Three technologies to increase performance in the industry of Marks and Spencer as follows:
Quantum business optimization solutions
This software provides effective and good quality services to the customers to increase a
productivity in the market. It provides advanced facilities and techniques to the customers that
will help to increase productivity in the market. They provide inventory recommendations to
both levels such as store and business level. From providing optimizing services to the customers
the Marks and Spencer can meet directly to the primary objective. It will give benefit to the firm
such as increment in performance, higher productivity in the market (Rao, Sasidhar and Kumar,
2012).
Infrastructure and supply chain solution
Marks and Spencer chain management in the world. They provide effective and good
quality services to the customer and enhance performance in the industry. By improving
infrastructure and supply chain management they can get higher performance in the market. It
has different types of tools and techniques to expand a business in the market. Some of the
benefits of this type of technologies as follows:
 Increment in productivity
 Enhance performance
 Flexibility
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 Availability
Online
By enhancing online services they can get higher performance in the world. Marks and
Spencer has effective and efficient software to attract a customer and also increase productivity
in the market. They provide good quality product to the clients to enhance a business in a world.
7.4 million customers shops from the company website (Reed, Kaplan and Brewer, 2012). They
need to enhance a website by adding additional facilities such as more data storing,
categorisation of specific transaction and enhanced transaction processing etc. These techniques
are help to increase productivity in the market. Some of the benefits of online software as
follows:
 Increased productivity
 Personalisation
 More convenient
 Maintain relationships
These all are the benefits from the online software to increase efficiency in the market.
Based on the customer needs they provide effective and good quality product to the customer to
increase productivity in the industry (Sun and et.al., 2012). They provide product with different
types of offers to increase productivity in the market. By enhancing a software they need to
follows new technologies and it will help to expand a business in the market.
5 Conclusion of this report
From this report Marks and Spencer can know what is the actual condition of a company
in the industry. By knowing the financial condition of a firm in the market they can apply
different types of strategies and approaches to enhance a performance and also help to increase
productivity in the industry. Main objective to calculate a profit and loss of each month they can
manage the firm in the market. Excel provides different type of formulas to generate revenue
after VAT based on the revenue after VAT in the industry.
Main points of this report is that from analysing the data and information and calculate
profit and loss of a firm so that they can enhance a performance and also increase productivity in
the industry. Excel provides effective and efficient way to generate financial report of an entity.
Marks and Spencer has a risk in the market because they got loss in many months continuously
so they need to follow some effective strategies and approaches to increase productivity and also
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enhance a performance in the industry. There are no guarantees that they can improve their
performance because they got losses in many months so they must attract a customer with the
product to increase productivity in the market.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
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Chan, A. Y. and et.al., 2013. Counterfactual thinking and anticipated emotions enhance
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Li, Y. and Chang, K. C., 2013. Exploring the dimensions and effects of computer software
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User Computing Advancements (pp. 99-118). IGI Global.
Litt, E., 2013. Measuring users’ internet skills: A review of past assessments and a look toward
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McGeoch, C. C. and Wang, C., 2013, May. Experimental evaluation of an adiabiatic quantum
system for combinatorial optimization. In Proceedings of the ACM International
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Paino, M. and Renzulli, L. A., 2013. Digital dimension of cultural capital: The (in) visible
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Rao, N. M., Sasidhar, C. and Kumar, V. S., 2012. Cloud computing through mobile-learning.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/IF-function-69aed7c9-4e8a-4755-a9bc-aa8bbff73be2
https://exceljet.net/excel-functions/excel-countif-function
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APPENDICES
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