Practical Management Science
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Analysis of customer complaints at an e-commerce retailer revealed the following:
Billing errors: | 1,531 |
Shipping errors: | 940 |
Electronic charge errors: | 691 |
Shipping delays: | 2,989 |
Packing errors: | 1,758 |
The data has been sorted for your convenience. Calculate the percent of total complaints for each category of errors. Round your answers to two decimal places.
Name | Amount | Percent of Total |
Shipping delays | 2,989 | % |
Packing errors | 1,758 | % |
Billing errors | 1,531 | % |
Shipping errors | 940 | % |
Electronic charge errors | 691 | % |
Use the Excel Pareto template to construct a Pareto chart and choose the correct Pareto diagram.
The correct Pareto diagram is ___.
__________________ account for the majority of customer complaints. If two of these root causes are fixed, ____________ of customer complaints will be solved.
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