Question

Diamond Line is a distributor of everything a florist needs to create a beautiful arrangement except the flowers. It sells to 10,000 flower and gift shops and 3,000 supermarkets nationwide. Each florist is called on four times a month, and each supermarket is called on twice a month. A sales call to a florist takes one hour, and a sales call to a supermarket takes two hours of selling time. An average salesperson spends 1,000 hours per year making sales calls. Calculate the number of salespeople Diamond Line needs to cover its account base for a year. 585 879 312 624 262

Answer 1

Answer:

624 Salespeople

Explanation:

Total call hours in month to florist = 10,000 florist X 4 times in a month X 1 hour each call = 40,000 hours per month

Total call hours in month to supermarkets = 3,000 supermarkets X 2 times a month X 2 hours each call = 12,000 hours per month

Total of both per month  = 40,000 + 12,000 = 52,000 hours per month

Total annual hours = 52,000 X 12 = 624,000 hours

An average salesperson spends 1,000 hours per year making sales calls.

Therefore number of sales person required to meet annual target  = 624,000/1,000 = 624 Salespeople

624 Salespeople