Sample screens, and the question each one answers.
A sample of the software we build, grouped by the part of the business each screen serves.
For confidentiality, the screenshots use illustrative data.
Commercial analytics
Sales, margin, pricing and promotions, from gross sales down to profit, by customer, brand, product, market and channel. For every company that sells goods.
Executive overview“What changed against last year, and where did the growth and the drag come from?”Illustrative data.
Gross to net“Where does the money go between gross and net, and whose deduction rate moved?”Illustrative data.
Price and discount depth“Which brands raised their prices, and which customers get deep discounts for a thin margin?”Illustrative data.
Portfolio complexity“How many products carry the business, and what is the long tail actually worth?”Illustrative data.
Promoted against base“How much of what we sell is on promotion, customer by customer?”Illustrative data.
Promotion margin“Do promoted sales earn less margin than base sales, and at what discount depth?”Illustrative data.
Revenue actions“Which price moves, promotions, rebates, listings and trade-term changes are live, and who approved them?”Illustrative data.
Monthly trend“Which line between gross sales and gross profit is drifting, and since when?”Illustrative data.
Sales and profit by any dimension“Where did sales and profit grow, by category, brand, customer or market, and where did the margin slip?”Illustrative data.
Pivot table“The cut no standard screen shows: pick the rows, the columns and the measures.”Illustrative data.
What each product costs to make, why that cost moved, and where the factories' costs landed. For companies that make what they sell.
Portfolio unit cost“What does each part of the portfolio cost to make, and which cost component is carrying it?”Illustrative data.
Costed recipe“Where in the recipe does the cost sit, and which level would a change actually move?”Illustrative data.
Why one product's cost moved“This product costs more than it did — how much of that was labour, energy and overhead?”Illustrative data.
Unit cost trend“Is unit cost drifting, and is that input prices or a change in what we make?”Illustrative data.
Cost-of-goods bridge“Cost of goods sold moved: how much was volume, how much was mix, how much was purchase prices, and how much was running the factories?”Illustrative data.
Where factory costs landed“Did every euro the cost centres spent reach a product, or are we paying for idle capacity?”Illustrative data.
Unit cost build-up“Component by component, what does each product cost, and what moved against last year?”Illustrative data.
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