Computing expected sales Units

howard

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I have a spreadsheet containing the branch names in Col a and the actual profit figures achieved. Where a branch has not achieved the desired result, I would like to put in the desired profit in Col B. I would like to be able to determine based on the desired net profit in Col B, how many units I would need to sell using an average selling price or average gross profit

I would like to know how I can do this using Excel
 

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See example below. I would like to compute the unit sales to be achieved based on the Net Profit target

<b>Sheet1</b><br /><br /><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff; padding-left:2pt; padding-right:2pt; "> <colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; " /><col style="width:64px;" /><col style="width:76px;" /><col style="width:101px;" /><col style="width:64px;" /></colgroup><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; "><td > </td><td >A</td><td >B</td><td >C</td><td >D</td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >1</td><td >Branch</td><td >Net Profit</td><td >NP Target</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >2</td><td >BR1</td><td style="text-align:right; ">152,375</td><td style="text-align:right; ">175,231</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >3</td><td >BR2</td><td style="text-align:right; ">18,029</td><td style="text-align:right; ">20,733</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >4</td><td >BR3</td><td style="text-align:right; ">76,007</td><td style="text-align:right; ">87,408</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >5</td><td >BR4</td><td style="text-align:right; ">245,396</td><td style="text-align:right; ">282,206</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >6</td><td >BR5</td><td style="text-align:right; ">76,910</td><td style="text-align:right; ">88,446</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >7</td><td >BR6</td><td style="text-align:right; ">67,943</td><td style="text-align:right; ">78,135</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >8</td><td >BR7</td><td style="text-align:right; ">180,291</td><td style="text-align:right; ">207,335</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >9</td><td >BR8</td><td style="text-align:right; ">46,777</td><td style="text-align:right; ">53,793</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >10</td><td >BR9</td><td style="text-align:right; ">6,018</td><td style="text-align:right; ">6,921</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >11</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >12</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >13</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >14</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >15</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >16</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:73px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >17</td><td > </td><td >Unit Sales</td><td >GP Per Unit</td><td >Unit Sales to be achieved</td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >18</td><td >BR1</td><td style="text-align:right; ">43</td><td style="text-align:right; ">8200</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >19</td><td >BR2</td><td style="text-align:right; ">23</td><td style="text-align:right; ">8200</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >20</td><td >BR3</td><td style="text-align:right; ">20</td><td style="text-align:right; ">8200</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >21</td><td >BR4</td><td style="text-align:right; ">33</td><td style="text-align:right; ">8200</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >22</td><td >BR5</td><td style="text-align:right; ">19</td><td style="text-align:right; ">8200</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >23</td><td >BR6</td><td style="text-align:right; ">26</td><td style="text-align:right; ">8200</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >24</td><td >BR7</td><td style="text-align:right; ">37</td><td style="text-align:right; ">8200</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >25</td><td >BR8</td><td style="text-align:right; ">15</td><td style="text-align:right; ">8200</td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >26</td><td >BR9</td><td style="text-align:right; ">25</td><td style="text-align:right; ">8200</td><td > </td></tr></table><br /><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; border-style: groove ;border-color:#00ff00;background-color:#fffcf9; color:#000000; "><tr><td ><b>Spreadsheet Formulas</b></td></tr><tr><td ><table border = "1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt;"><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; font-size:10pt;"><td >Cell</td><td >Formula</td></tr><tr><td >C2</td><td >=+B2*1.15</td></tr><tr><td >C3</td><td >=+B3*1.15</td></tr><tr><td >C4</td><td >=+B4*1.15</td></tr><tr><td >C5</td><td >=+B5*1.15</td></tr><tr><td >C6</td><td >=+B6*1.15</td></tr><tr><td >C7</td><td >=+B7*1.15</td></tr><tr><td >C8</td><td >=+B8*1.15</td></tr><tr><td >C9</td><td >=+B9*1.15</td></tr><tr><td >C10</td><td >=+B10*1.15</td></tr><tr><td >A18</td><td >=+A2</td></tr><tr><td >A19</td><td >=+A3</td></tr><tr><td >A20</td><td >=+A4</td></tr><tr><td >A21</td><td >=+A5</td></tr><tr><td >A22</td><td >=+A6</td></tr><tr><td >A23</td><td >=+A7</td></tr><tr><td >A24</td><td >=+A8</td></tr><tr><td >A25</td><td >=+A9</td></tr><tr><td >A26</td><td >=+A10</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <br />Excel tables to the web - Excel Jeanie Html 4
 
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