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Financial Analytics 7.9.5 Product Guide


BI Apps are more thanDashboards and Reports!

The following is intended to provide just a documenting of the out of the box BI Applications content

It is not the final word in capabilities that the BI Applications offer

Prebuilt content of the BI Applications also include rich subject areas to build thousands of additional reports and dashboards very quickly with little incremental effort

Do not make decisions and judgments on capabilities of the BI Applications just on this content alone


DASHBOARDS& REPORTS

Prebuilt best practice library

One size does NOT fit all

SUBJECT AREAS Many metrics and dimensional attributes not surfaced by prebuilt dashboards and reports

Possibilities are endless Incremental work to build tons more content from this foundation

More than just dashboards and reportsValue of BI Apps lies under the surface


More than just dashboards and reportsAnswers unlocks limitless combinations

Oracle Answers together with prebuilt Subject Areas = Unlimited analysis possibilities

Almost limitless combinations of analysis entities in support of business objectives

Many metrics and dimensional attributes not surfaced by prebuilt dashboards and reports but in Subject Areas


More than just dashboards and reportsOne Subject Area, Unlimited Possibilities

Financials AR Invoice Aging Subject Area Same Subject Area, Different Analyses

Report showing trending of AR Aging Buckets across time

Report showing Customer AR Details across time


Derived calculation in Oracle AnswersOne Subject Area, Unlimited Possibilities

Derived calculations can be created in Oracle Answers with

simple expression builder99 standard ANSI SQL functions can

be leveraged


One more thingEven more value under the surface

Measures from physical columns in data warehouse

Aggregations, time series calculations and derived calculated measures extend physical measures

Subset of logical measures are exposed in presentation layer

Not all measures in presentation layer used in reports & dashboards

Metrics in Logical Layer

Metrics in Physical Warehouse

Metrics in Subject Areas

Metrics used in Reports &

Dashboards


Typical Effort & Customization balance

Extension of DW Schema for extension columns, additional tables, aggregates, indices, etc.

Extension of ETL for extension columns, descriptive flexfields, additional tables, etc.

Additional derived metrics, custom drill paths, exposing extensions in physical, logical and presentation layer, etc.

Additional dashboards and reports, guided and conditional navigations, iBots, etc.

Level ofEffort

Degree of Customization

Easy

Moderate

Intermediate

Involved

Dashboards & Reports

OBIEE Metadata

DW Schema

ETL


Whats in Financial Analytics 7.9.5

General Ledger Overview Balance Sheet Cash Flow Budget vs. Actual Asset Usage Liquidity Financial Structure GL Balance

Profitability Overview P&L Margins Revenue Products Customers

No. of dashboards 4 No. of dashboard pages 30 No. of reports 205 No. of metrics 360

Receivables Overview AR Balance Payments Due Effectiveness Payment Performance Customer Report Invoice Details All AR Transactions

Payables Overview AP Balance Payments Due Effectiveness Payment Performance Supplier Report Invoice Details All AP Transactions


Roles Benefiting from Financial Analytics

Secondary: Inventory Manager Procurement Agent

Secondary: Sales Professionals Sales Operations

Secondary: Cost Center Owner General Manager Budget Owner

Secondary: Cost Center Owner General Manager Budget Owner

Primary: CFO VP / Director of Accounts

Payable Payables Analyst

Primary: CFO VP / Director of Credit and

Collections Collections Agent

Primary: CFO VP of Finance Controller Accounting Manager Analyst

Primary: CFO VP of Finance Controller Accounting Manager Analyst

PayablesReceivablesProfitabilityGeneral Ledger


Overview Balance Sheet Cash Flow Budget vs. Actual Asset Usage Liquidity

FinancialStructure GL Balance

General Ledger Dashboards

The General Ledger Dashboards have been designed to provide insight into key financial areas of performance, including balance sheet, cash flow, expenses, budget vs. actual, working capital, liquidity.

The Cash Flow dashboard page helps predict a firms ability to sustain (and increase) its cash from current operations. It provides information on: 1) A firms ability to generate cash from operations 2) Trends in the flow of cash relating to investing and financing decisions and 3) investment for growth.

The Asset Usage dashboard page displays reports that enable organizations to quickly assess the status of the components of working capital. Reports focus primarily on analyses that evaluate working capital via different ratios, thus giving the organization a complete view.

The Liquidity dashboard page helps companies ensure that they are in a position where they are managing their short term assets such that there will be plenty of resources to cover payments toward liabilities.

The Financial Structure dashboard page allows users to view ratios of debt to equity, debt to asset as well as the composition of liabilities.

The GL Balance dashboard page allows users to look up GL Balances by specific GL Accounts and or categories by date.

The Budget vs. Actual dashboard page enables organizations to perform quick budget variance analysis and provides insight into those areas that are close to going over budget so that the organization can proactively manage those expenses into control.

The Balance Sheet dashboard page is useful in understanding the financial health of an organization. It sheds light on the exact amounts a company has in assets and liabilities, and identifies the components that contribute to these amounts.

The Overview dashboard page contains the key financial indicators which top management looks at on a regular basis in order to gauge the overall health of the enterprise.


Overview P&L Margins Revenue Products Customers

Profitability Dashboards

The Profitability Dashboards have been designed to provide key data pertaining toprofitability, including Profit & Loss Statements, Customer and Product profitability, Margin Analysis, ROA, and ROE.

The Overview dashboard page provides management a picture of the key profitability indicators, including ROA, Profit Margins and a summary of key P&L components.

The Margins dashboard page enables users to quickly understand key drivers that impact a company's profitability.

The Products dashboard page evaluates the product profitability and revenue performance of products and enables better planning and allocation of resources in the future.

The Customers dashboard page displays the profitability of the organization's customers, including the expenses by customer and if resources are properly utilized to increase overall customer profitability.

The Revenue dashboard page provides details on revenue performance of the company by various dimensions such as Products, Customers and various hierarchies.

The P&L dashboard page allows access to profit and loss information - fundamental to understanding the financial soundness of a company. For instance, the profit and loss statement offers profitability indicators such as Gross Margin, Operating Margin, EBT and Net Income Margin.


Overview AR Balance Payments Due Effectiveness PaymentPerformanceCustomer

Report Invoice DetailsAll AR

Transactions

Receivables Dashboards

The Receivables Dashboards have been designed to provide key data pertaining toreceivables, including receivables due, credit risk, payments, collector efficiency and enables Finance to best manage cash inflows and their ability to collect debt.

The Payments Due dashboard page shows how well a company is managing its cash inflow from customers. The aging reports are broken into due and overdue so that users can focus immediate attention on the overdue invoices and adjust cash forecasts accordingly.

The Payment Performance dashboard page gives a full overview of customer accounts and their payment history to evaluate the effectiveness of the collections process.

The Customer Report dashboard page gives a full overview of customers by customer name or customer type, including credit history, their payment history and current due and overdue invoices.

The All AR Transactions dashboard page allows users to look up specific information regarding sales invoices.

The All AR Transactions dashboard page allows users to look up specific Customers and their various transactions, including details about the specific GL line item.

The Effectiveness dashboard page provides Receivables managers with insight on how well their staff is managing invoice processing and collection accounts.

The AR Balance dashboard page shows how well a company is managing its cash inflow from customers and provides insight into how well risk is being managed, including aging analysis, areas of risk for collections and credit monitoring.

The Overview dashboard page provides key statistics on the Receivables function, covering key performance indicators, status on receivables, payment performance, and efficiency measures.


Overview AP Balance Payments Due Effectiveness PaymentPerformance Supplier Report Invoice DetailsAll AP

Transactions

Payables Dashboards

The Payables Dashboards have been designed to provide an overview of the health of the payables side of the business and enables Finance to best manage its cash outflows and ensure timely payments to its suppliers.

The Payments Due dashboard helps to estimate cash outflow based on the payment terms and due dates. The reports are broken into due and overdue so that users can ensure that payments to key suppliers or supplier groups do not run overdue very long and cause supply chain issues.

The Payment Performance dashboard page gives an overview of days in arrears and an indication of how often vendors are paid late -a leading indication of supplier satisfaction.

The Supplier dashboard page provides an overview of all key indicators for a specific supplier based on the filter criteria.

The Invoice Details dashboard page shows the details of open invoices and helps to identify invoices by Supplier by pre-defined criteria such as Overdue Invoices pending for more than a certain number of days.

This report allows users to look up specific Suppliers and their various transactions, including details about the specific PO and GL line item.

The Effectiveness dashboard page provides managers with insight on how well their staff is managing accounts. The business needs to ensure that payments are made according to cash mgmt strategies while also ensuring that their staff is not overwhelmed with accounts.

The AP Balance dashboard page shows how the company is managing payables including AP Aging, AP Balances by Supplier and AP Turnover.

The Overview dashboard page provides key statistics on the Payables function. Metrics include DPO, Overdue Invoices and reports that provide insight into how efficient your staff is.


Financial Analytics Subject Areas (1 of 3)

Analysis of AR Balances by company, customer, customer accounts, GL accounts and associated hierarchies.

Financials - AR Balance

This detailed subject area provides the ability to analyze invoice accounting transactions at the most granular level. For example this will be used by analysts to query invoice transactions that are due within the next 3 days. Various filters can be used to slice and dice invoice accounting transactions.

Financials - AP Transactions

This is a summary subject area that provides the ability to report aging, payment performance, supplier balances, transaction cycle times across suppliers, company, supplier accounts.

Financials - AP Overview

This is a detailed subject area that provides summary aging balances as well as ability to drill down to invoices transactions. Provides aging analysis from two different perspectives, one with respect to invoice date and the other one with respect to payment due date. The one with payment due date provides analysis of cash flow expected by those due dates. This subject area also provides overdue balances aged by predefined buckets. Further this subject area provides ability to drill down to invoice transactions from aging balances.

Financials - AP Invoice Aging

Analysis of AP Balances by company, supplier, supplier accounts, GL accounts and associated hierarchies.

Financials - AP Balance



This detailed subject area provides the ability to analyze invoice accounting transactions at the most granular level. For example, this can be used by analysts to query invoice transactions that are due within the next 3 days. Various filters can be used to slice and dice invoice accounting transactions from a AR perspective.

Financials - AR Transactions

This is a summary subject area that provides the ability to report on aging, payment performance, customer balances, due and overdue balances, transaction cycle times across customers, company, customer accounts and associated hierarchies.

Financials - AR Overview

This is a detailed subject area that provides summary aging balances as well as ability to drill down to invoice transactions. Provides aging analysis from two different perspectives, one with respect to invoice date and the other one with respect to payment due date. The one with payment due date provides analysis of cash flow expected by those due dates. This subject area also provides due and overdue balances aged by predefined buckets. Further this subject area provides ability to drill down from these aging balances to invoice transactions.

Financials - AR Invoice Aging

This is a summary subject area that provides the ability to draw a complete balance sheet as well as many financial ratios to understand the financial health of the company. Further this subject area provides the ability to slice and dice GL balances by GL accounts, GL segments, company and chart of accounts.

Financials - GL Balance Sheet



This subject area provides the ability to analyze GL transactions by various dimensions such as GL account, cost center, GL segments, chart of accounts and more.

Financials - GL Detail Transactions

This subject area provides ability to analyze Company profitability such as Gross Margins, Operating Margins, Return on Assets as well as the ability to construct complete Income Statements. The Income Statements and the financial ratios can be analyzed by Company, Business Units and associated hierarchies.

Financials - Profitability -Company

This subject area provides ability to analyze Customer profitability at the Gross Margin as well as the Operating Margin level. Some of the costs at the Operating Margin level are allocated costs which are captured in the data model.

Financials - Profitability -Customer

This subject area provides ability to analyze Product profitability at the Gross Margin as well as the Operating Margin level. Some of the costs at the Operating Margin level are allocated costs which are captured in the data model.

Financials - Profitability -Product

This subject area provides ability to analyze revenue by Products, Customers, Company, Sales Region, Time, etc.

Financials - Revenue Analysis

This subject area provides the ability to draw a complete cash flow statement at the company level as well as any other business unit by which cash flow can be constructed. In addition, there are a number of financial ratios related to cash flow such as cash cycle that provide deeper insights into the actual cash flow.

Financials - GL Cash Flow

This subject area provides the ability to report expenses by company, cost center, GL accounts, GL segments and comparison with budgets to perform variance analyses.

Financials - GL Budget and Expenses


ReceivablesAR Balance DSO Closing Group Amt Credit Limit Used % Total AR Overdue AmtAR Aging AR Aging 1-30 Amt AR Due 1-30 Amt AR Overdue 1-30 AmtPayment Performance AR Payment Days AR Weighted Days Times Paid Before DueAR Transactions AR Avg Invoice Amt AR Credit Memo Amt

PayablesAP Balance DPO Closing Group Amt Total AP Overdue Amt Overdue Amt to Total %AP Aging AP Aging 1-30 Amt AP Due 1-30 Amt AP Overdue 1-30 AmtPayment Performance AP Payment Days AP Weighted Days Times Paid Before DueAP Transactions AP Avg Invoice Amt AP Avg Payment Amt

ProfitabilityProfitability Returns Return on Equity Return on Assets Return on CapitalMargins Gross Margin % Operating Margin % EBT Margin % Net Income Margin %Product Profitability Revenue Product Gross Profit Product Operating ProfitCustomer Profitability Revenue Customer Gross Margin

Example Financial Analytics Metrics

Sample Pre-Built Dashboards

Financial Controller Balance Sheet Cash Flow Budget Vs Actual P&L

Department Manager Budget Vs Actual P&L Product Profitability Customer Profitability

Payables Manager AP Balance Payments Due Effectiveness Invoice Details

Receivables Manager AR Balance Payments Due Effectiveness Invoice Details

General LedgerBalance Sheet Cash Accounts Receivable Debt to Equity Ratio Current RatioAsset Turnover AR Turnover AP Turnover Inventory Turnover Cash Cycle Fixed Assets TurnoverCash Flow Operating Cash Flow Investing Cash Flow Financing Cash Flow Net Cash Flow

Oracle Financial Analytics


General Ledger Reports


Purpose: Displays an overview of the components of

cash flow over time User Focus:

CFO, VP of Finance, Controllers, Accounting Managers, Analysts

Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Overview

Source: Financials - GL Cash Flow Subject Area

Cash Flow Summary


Purpose: Displays an overview of expenses by

category User Focus:

CFO, VP of Finance, Controllers, Accounting Managers, Analysts


Source: Financials - GL Budget and Expenses

Subject Area

Expenses by Category


Purpose: This report displays the top ten cost centers

by expense amount User Focus:

CFO, VP of Finance, Controllers Location:

Dashboard General Ledger Page Overview

Source: Financials - GL Balance Sheet Subject Area

Top 10 Cost Centers by Expenses


Purpose: This report shows how many days of cash

are locked up in various components such as accounts receivable and inventory. It will be easier to find out the reason for increase or decrease in working capital by looking at these individual components of cash cycle.

User Focus: CFO, VP of Finance, Controllers



Operating Cycle & Cash Cycle


Purpose: Displays a summary of the current assets

and liabilities User Focus:

CFO, VP of Finance, Controllers Location:

Dashboard General Ledger Page Overview


Net Working Capital Summary


Purpose: Displays the balance sheet by month for the

current fiscal quarter. Balance sheet reports shed light on the different components that constitute the assets and liabilities of an organization.


Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Balance Sheet


Monthly Balance Sheet


Purpose: Displays the balance sheet by quarter for the

current month and past few fiscal quarters. Balance sheet reports shed light on the different components that constitute the assets and liabilities of an organization.


Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Balance Sheet


Quarterly Balance Sheet


Purpose: Displays the cash flow by month for the

current fiscal quarter. This analysis will provide information on: 1) A firms ability to generate cash from operations 2) Trends in the flow of cash relating to investing and financing decisions 3) Management decisions regarding financial policy (leverage), dividend policy, and investment for growth.


Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Cash Flow


Monthly Cash Flow


Purpose: Displays the cash flow by quarter for the

current month and past few fiscal quarters. This analysis will provide information on: 1) A firms ability to generate cash from operations 2) Trends in the flow of cash relating to investing and financing decisions 3) Management decisions regarding financial policy (leverage), dividend policy, and investment for growth.


Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Cash Flow


Quarterly Cash Flow


Purpose: Displays the budget amount and expense

amount for each cost center in order to assist with expense monitoring and control.


Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Budget vs. Actual


Subject Area

Expense vs. Budget by Cost Center


Purpose: Displays the expense amount and budget

amount for each GL account in order to assist with expense monitoring and control.

User Focus: Controllers, Managers, Analysts

Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Budget vs. Actual


Subject Area

Budget vs. Actual by GL Account and Cost Center


Purpose: Displays the net working capital by quarter

for the last few fiscal quarters User Focus:

CFOs, VPs, Controllers, Managers Location:

Dashboard General Ledger Page Asset Usage


Net Working Capital


Purpose: Displays the gross and cash gross margin

percentages by fiscal month. An increase in cash collections faster than sales reduces working capital requirements. Similarly if cash inputs (due to inventory and payables) as a % to COGS decreases, then it indicates that inventory is managed better or firm has received better credit terms from the supplier. The cash gross margin will lead gross margin if working capital is managed efficiently.

User Focus: CFOs, VPs, Controllers, Managers

Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Asset Usage


Gross Margin vs. Cash Margin


Purpose: Displays the AP and AP turnover by month

for the trailing twelve fiscal months User Focus:




Payables Turnover


Purpose: Displays the AR and AR turnover by month

for the trailing twelve fiscal months User Focus:




Receivables Turnover


Purpose: Displays the inventory and inventory

turnover by month for the trailing twelve fiscal months




Inventory Turnover


Purpose: The long-term asset turnover ratio measures

the efficiency of (long-term) capital investment. A higher turnover means that the company is more efficient.




Long-Term Assets Turnover


Purpose: Displays the total assets and total asset

turnover by month for the trailing twelve fiscal months




Total Assets Turnover


Purpose: Displays the current ratio and current liabilities by

month for the trailing twelve fiscal months. This helps evaluate whether the firm is liquid enough to meet all its liabilities. While a high current ratio is considered to be safe, this could conflict with efficient usage of working capital. So there are two objectives: the firm should be liquid enough and the firm should conserve cash through better working capital mgmt.


Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Liquidity


Short-Term Liquidity (Current Ratio)


Purpose: Displays the quick ratio and CA less

inventories by month for the trailing twelve fiscal months




Short-Term Liquidity (Quick Ratio)


Purpose: Displays the days cash in hand and cash by

month for the trailing twelve fiscal months. Days Cash in Hand is another measure of short-term liquidity. It provides intuitive feel for a firms liquidity. However this is more conservative than some of the other ratios such as current, quick and cash ratios.




Days Cash in Hand


Purpose: Displays the cash to current liabilities and

cash by month for the trailing twelve fiscal months




Cash Ratio (Cash to CL)


Purpose: Displays the capital expenditure ratio and

additions to PPE by month for the trailing twelve fiscal months. This report evaluates whether internal cash generation is enough to fund the capital expenditure requirements of the firm. Rapid growth of a firm is often accompanied by increases in capital expenditures and negative free cash flows, resulting in liquidity problems.




Capital Expenditure Coverage


Purpose: Displays the debt to equity and total shareholder

funds by month for the trailing twelve fiscal months. Debt-to-equity ratios examine the firms capital structure and, indirectly, its ability to meet current debt obligations.


Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Financial Structure


Debt to Equity


Purpose: Displays the times interested earned and

interest expense by month for the trailing twelve fiscal months.




Interest Coverage


Purpose: Displays operating cash flow and long term

debt by month for the trailing twelve fiscal months




Debt Coverage


Purpose: Displays the debt to asset ratio and long

term debt by month for the trailing twelve fiscal months




Debt to Asset


Purpose: Displays the composition of the liabilities for

the current fiscal quarter User Focus:


Dashboard General Ledger Page Financial Structure


Total Liabilities Composition


Purpose: Displays the account balance for all GL

accounts in a searchable interface User Focus:

Managers, Analysts Location:

Dashboard General Ledger Page GL Balance


GL Account Balance


Purpose: List of accounts in general ledger and their

debit and credit balances at a specified date Drills down to journal lines entries, which

allows to drill across to AP and AR transaction details

User Focus: Managers, Analysts

Location: Dashboard General Ledger Page Trial Balance


Trial Balance


Current Assets Composition Current Liabilities Coverage Days Payables Outstanding Days Sales Outstanding Expense Details for Cost Center Inventory Days Total Cost Center Expenses Trend Total Expenses Trend Working Capital Turnover Trial Balance - Journal Lines Entries Trial Balance - AP Transactions Details Trial Balance - AR Transactions Details

Additional Reports in GL Catalog


Profitability Reports


Purpose: Displays the profitability returns by month for

the current fiscal quarter User Focus:


Dashboard Profitability Page Overview

Source: Financials Profitability Company Subject

Area

Profitability Returns


Purpose: Displays a summary view of the profit and

loss by quarter. Profit and loss reports shed light on your profitability by identifying the different components that constitute your total operating cost and profit. P&L reports are available for an analysis date, a range of months, quarters and the year to date.


Location: Dashboard Profitability Page Overview


Area

Profit & Loss Quarterly


Purpose: Displays the percentages of the cost ratios

for the current fiscal quarter User Focus:




Area

Cost Breakdown


Purpose: Displays the gross margins by product for

the current fiscal quarter. This report helps to identify underperforming products by comparing Product Gross Margin with the overall Company Gross Margin (Internal Benchmark).


Location: Dashboard Profitability Page Overview

Source: Financials Profitability Product Subject

Area

Product Gross Margin


Purpose: Displays the gross margins by customer

category for the current fiscal quarter. User Focus:



Source: Financials Profitability Customer Subject

Area

Customer Gross Margin


Purpose: Displays the profit and loss by quarter for the

trailing four fiscal quarters. Profit and loss reports shed light on your profitability by identifying the different components that constitute your total operating cost and profit. P&L reports are available for an analysis date, a range of months, quarters and the year to date.


Location: Dashboard Profitability Page P&L


Area

Profit & Loss Quarterly


Purpose: Displays the YTD profit and loss by quarter

for the trailing four fiscal quarters. Profit and loss reports shed light on your profitability by identifying the different components that constitute your total operating cost and profit. P&L reports are available for an analysis date, a range of months, quarters and the year to date.


Location: Dashboard Profitability Page P&L


Area

Profit & Loss Quarterly YTD


Purpose: Displays the ROE, ROA and ROCE by

month for the trailing 12 fiscal months User Focus:


Dashboard Profitability Page Margins


Area

Profitability Returns Trend


Purpose: Displays the cost ratios by month for the

trailing 12 fiscal months User Focus:




Area

Key Cost Ratio Trends


Purpose: Displays the ROA, EBIT and total assets by





Area

Return on Assets Drivers


Purpose: Displays ROE, net income and total

shareholder funds by month for the trailing 12 fiscal months


Location: Dashboard Profitability Page Margins


Area

Return on Equity Drivers


Purpose: Displays the group and cumulative revenue

amounts by month for the trailing four fiscal quarters


Location: Dashboard Profitability Page Revenue

Source: Financials Revenue Analysis Subject Area

Revenue Trend


Purpose: Displays the revenue amount and percent of

total by quarter and product for the trailing four fiscal quarters




Area

Revenue Performance by Product Category


Purpose: Displays the top ten revenue amounts and

percent of total by product for current fiscal year




Top 10 Products by Revenue


Purpose: Displays the top 10 customers by revenue

amount for the current fiscal year User Focus:


Dashboard Profitability Page Revenue


Top 10 Customers by Revenue


Purpose: Displays the revenue amount by quarter by

customer and product for the trailing four fiscal quarters




Revenue Performance by Products and Customers


Purpose: Displays the revenue, gross profit and

operating profit by product and year for the current fiscal year


Location: Dashboard Profitability Page Products


Area

Product Profitability by Product Category


Purpose: Displays the product profitability by quarter

for the current fiscal year User Focus:


Dashboard Profitability Page Products


Area

Product Profitability Statement


Purpose: Displays the top to products by revenue

amount and gross margin for the current fiscal year




Area

Top 10 Revenue Contributing Products with Margins


Purpose: Displays the allocated and direct cost lines

by product for the current fiscal year User Focus:




Area

Direct vs. Allocated Expenses for Products


Purpose: Displays the lowest products by operating

profit percentage for the current fiscal year User Focus:




Area

Top 10 Lowest Margin Products


Purpose: Displays the top 10 products by operating

profit percentage for the current fiscal year User Focus:




Area

Top 10 Products by Operating Margin


Purpose: Display the 10 least profitable products by

operating margin for the current fiscal year User Focus:




Area

10 Least Profitable Products (Operating Margin)


Purpose: Displays the top 10 products by marketing

expenses for the current fiscal year User Focus:




Area

Top 10 Products by Marketing Investments


Purpose: Displays the sales expense, revenue and

operating profit percentage of top 10 products by sales expense for the current fiscal year




Area

Top 10 Products by Sales Expenses


Purpose: Displays the services expenses, revenue

amount and operating profit percentage of the top 10 products by service expenses for the current fiscal year




Area

Top 10 Products by Service Expenses


Purpose: Displays the revenue amount, gross profit

and operating profit by customer category for the current fiscal year


Location: Dashboard Profitability Page Customers


Area

Customer Profitability by Customer Category


Purpose: Displays the revenue and expenses by

quarter for the current fiscal year User Focus:


Dashboard Profitability Page Customers


Area

Customer Profitability Statement


Purpose: Displays the allocated and direct costs by

customer category for the current fiscal year User Focus:


Dashboard Profitability Page Customers


Area

Direct vs. Allocated Expenses


Purpose: Displays the revenue amount and expenses

of the top 10 customers by expenses for the current fiscal year




Area

Top 10 Customers by Expenses


Purpose: Displays the revenue and operating profit of

the top 10 customers by operating profit for the current fiscal year




Area

Top 10 Customers by Operating Profit


Purpose: Displays the sales expenses and revenue for

the top 10 customers by sales expenses for the current fiscal year




Area

Top 10 Customers by Sales Expenses


Purpose: Displays the revenue and operating profit

percentage of the top 10 customers by service expenses for the current fiscal year




Area

Top 10 Customers by Service Expenses


Purpose: Displays the revenue and operating profit

percentage of the top 10 customers by marketing expenses for the current fiscal year




Area

Top 10 Customers by Marketing Expenses


COGS Trend by Product COGS Trend by Product Category Cost Details for Allocated and Direct

Costs Cost Details for Allocated and Direct

Expenses Customer Expenses by Category Customer Profitability by Customer Gross Margin % Indicator Key Cost Ratio Trends Net Income Margin % Indicator Operating Margin % P&L Summary - Quarterly YTD Product Expense Trends Product Expenses by Category

Additional Reports in Profitability Catalog Product Gross Margin vs Company

Margin Product Profitability by Product Profitability Margins Trend Return on Assets Revenue Performance by Products Revenue Trend by Customer Revenue Trend by Product Revenue Trend by Product Category ROA (EBIT Basis) ROA (Pre-Interest) ROE Indicator Top 10 Products by Expenses


Receivables Reports


Purpose: Displays the several of the key AR metrics


CFOs, VPs, Director of A/R, Managers Location:

Dashboard Receivables Page Overview

Source: Financials AR Overview Subject Area

Receivables Key Performance Indicators


Purpose: Displays the top 10 customers by total

overdue AR balance amounts. Includes all AR overdue aging buckets to highlight the components of the total overdue amount.

User Focus: CFOs, VPs, Director of A/R, Managers

Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Overview (Drill Report)


AR Largest Customer Overdue Balances


Purpose: Displays the AR average invoice amount and

count by month for the trailing 12 fiscal months

User Focus: Director of A/R, Managers

Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Overview


Invoice Transaction Efficiency


Purpose: Displays the AR overdue aging for the

current fiscal quarter. Overdue amounts indicate that customers failed to pay some of the money owed on time. If the overdue balance to total outstanding balance is high, then the firm should be cautious in selling more to those customers. Also the firm should take aggressive steps to collect the money.

User Focus: VP, Director of A/R, Managers



AR Overdue Payments Overview


Purpose: Displays the average payment days,

weighted days and times paid before and after due date by fiscal month




Payment Performance


Purpose: Displays the receivables aging for the trailing

four fiscal quarters User Focus:


Dashboard Receivables Page AR Balance


Aging Report


Purpose: Displays the days sales outstanding and AR

balance by month for the trailing 12 fiscal months


Location: Dashboard Receivables Page AR Balance


DSO Monthly Trend


Purpose: Displays the AR aging by customer category



Dashboard Receivables Page AR Balance


AR Aging by Customer Category


Purpose: Displays the AR balance and DSO for the

top 10 customers by AR balance for the current fiscal quarter




Top 10 Customers by AR Balance


Purpose: Displays the credit limit percentage used,

credit limit and closing amount for the top 10 customers by credit limit percentage used for the current fiscal quarter




Top 10 Customers by Credit Limit Used %


Purpose: Displays the AR due aging for the trailing

four fiscal quarters User Focus:


Dashboard Receivables Page Payments Due


AR Payments Due Aging Report


Purpose: Displays the AR overdue aging for the

trailing four fiscal quarters. Overdue amounts indicate that customers failed to pay some of the money owed on time. If the overdue balance to total outstanding balance is high, then the firm should be cautious in selling more to those customers. Also the firm should take aggressive steps to collect the money.


Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Payments Due


AR Payments Overdue Aging Report


Purpose: Displays the total AR overdue amount and

percent overdue vs. total by customer for the current fiscal quarter. Overdue amounts indicate that customers failed to pay some of the money owed on time. If the overdue balance to total outstanding balance is high, then the firm should be cautious in selling more to those customers. Also the firm should take aggressive steps to collect the money.




Top 10 Customers by Overdue Balances


Purpose: Displays the total AR due amount and

percent due of total by month for the current fiscal quarter

User Focus: VPs, Director of A/R, Managers


Source: Financials AR Invoice Aging Subject Area

Top 10 Customers by Payments Due in Current Quarter


Purpose: Displays the invoice amount, due amount

and overdue amount by month User Focus:

VPs, Director of A/R, Managers Location:

Dashboard Receivables Page Payments Due


AR Payments Due in Payment Month


Purpose: Displays the count of invoices by customer

for the trailing four fiscal quarters User Focus:

Director of A/R, Managers Location:

Dashboard Receivables Page Effectiveness


Top 10 Customers by # of Invoices


Purpose: Displays the number of invoices issued for a

particular sales order. Monitoring invoice efficiency is an important cost-cutting control. The ability to reduce the number of invoices issued for a particular customer is a common way to reduce inefficiencies.


Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Effectiveness (Drill Report)

Source: Financials AR Transactions Subject Area

Top Multiple Invoice Issuances for Same Sales Order


Purpose: Displays the total AR outstanding amount by

staff for the trailing four fiscal quarters User Focus:

Director of A/R, Managers Location:

Dashboard Receivables Page Effectiveness


Staff Productivity Report


Purpose: Displays outstanding AR amounts by

collector name. This will provide insight into collection effectiveness or a potential need to rebalance collection responsibility.


Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Effectiveness (Drill Report)


Aging Report by Collector


Purpose: Displays the AR debit and credit memo

counts and amounts by month and quarter for the trailing four fiscal quarters


Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Effectiveness


Number of Adjustments


Purpose: Displays the average invoice amount and

count by month for the trailing 12 fiscal months




Invoice Transaction Efficiency


Purpose: Displays the invoice count, amount and

average amount by staff for the current fiscal year




Invoice Management Efficiency


Purpose: Displays the average payment days and

weighted payment days by month User Focus:

Director of A/R, Managers, Analysts Location:

Dashboard Receivables Page Payment Performance


Payment Performance


Purpose: Displays the payment amount and invoice

percentage by month for a fiscal year User Focus:

Director of A/R, Managers, Analysts Location:

Dashboard Receivables Page Payment Performance


Invoice Amount vs. Payment Amount


Purpose: Displays the top 10 customers AR total

payment amount by customer name for the trailing four fiscal quarters

User Focus: Director of A/R, Managers, Analysts

Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Payment Performance


Top 10 Customers by Payments


Purpose: Displays the top 10 customers average

payment days, weighted days and number of times paid before and after the due date for a fiscal year


Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Payment Performance


Top 10 Customers by Average Payment Days


Purpose: Displays the AR balance and days since

outstanding by month for the trailing 12 fiscal months for a customer or group of customers

User Focus: VPs, Director of A/R, Managers, Analysts

Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Customer Report


DSO Monthly Trend


Purpose: Displays the credit limit percentage used and

closing group amount by quarter for a customer or group of customers. If the credit limit % exceeds a certain value, either sales should be stopped until the customer clears some part of the balance or credit limit should reviewed. The credit limit is allocated depending on the risk profile of the customer. If greater than 100%, then every additional dollar credit sales is at a higher risk of not turning into cash.




Trend of Credit Limit Used %


Purpose: Displays the AR due aging by quarter for the

trailing four fiscal quarters for a customer or group of customers. Also provides a breakout of AR due aging by customer.




AR Due Aging Report


Purpose: Displays the AR overdue aging by quarter for

the trailing four fiscal quarters. Also provides a breakout of AR overdue aging for a customer or group of customers.




AR Overdue Aging Report


Purpose: Displays the details of all open invoices


Location: Dashboard Receivables Page Invoice Details


Open Invoice Details


Purpose: Displays the details of all invoice

transactions User Focus:

Director of A/R, Managers, Analysts

Invoice Transaction Details Location:

Dashboard Receivables Page All AR Transactions



Aging Report by Collector - Detail AR Aging by Customer AR Aging Trend AR Payments Due Aging Trend AR Payments Due by Payment Due Date Due Invoice Details - (1-30) Days Aging Report Due Invoice Details - (31-60) Days Aging Report Due Invoice Details - (61-90) Days Aging Report Due Invoice Details - (90+) Days Aging Report Invoice Load by Collector Invoice Management Efficiency Trend Trend of AR Payment Due Amount % Trend of AR Payment Overdue Amount %

Additional Reports in Receivables Catalog Open Invoice Details - (1-30) Days Aging Report Open Invoice Details - (1-30) Days Aging Report Open Invoice Details - (31-60) Days Aging

Report Open Invoice Details - (61-90) Days Aging

Report Open Invoice Details - (90+) Days Aging Report Overdue Invoice Details - (1-30) Days Aging

Report Overdue Invoice Details - (31-60) Days Aging

Report Overdue Invoice Details - (61-90) Days Aging

Report Overdue Invoice Details - (90+) Days Aging

Report Top 10 Customers with Highest Avg Payment

Days


Payables Reports


Purpose: Displays the number of days payable

outstanding for the current fiscal quarter User Focus:

CFOs, VPs, Director of A/P, Managers Location:

Dashboard Payables Page Overview

Source: Financials AP Overview Subject Area

DPO Gauge


Purpose: Displays the percentage of accounts payable

overdue for the current fiscal quarter. Overdue amounts are Supplier balances that are past payment due date. If the overdue balance as a % to AP balance is high, this could indicate problems with the supplier. There could be a dispute with the supplier. If it is not resolved, then the vendor might stop supply, which could disrupt production.

User Focus: CFOs, VPs, Director of A/P, Managers

Location: Dashboard Payables Page Overview


% AP Overdue Gauge


Purpose: Displays a snapshot of the payables for the

current fiscal quarter User Focus:


Dashboard Payables Page Overview


Payables Snapshot


Purpose: Displays the AP average invoice amount and

count by fiscal month for the trailing 12 fiscal months

User Focus: VPs, Director of A/P, Managers



Invoice Transactions Efficiency


Purpose: Displays the AP average supplier payment

days and weighted days in payments by fiscal month for a fiscal year




Payment Performance


Purpose: Displays the AP aging buckets and relative

% vs. total User Focus:


Dashboard Payables Page AP Balance


AP Aging Report


Purpose: Display the days payable outstanding by





DPO Monthly Trend


Purpose: Display the top 10 suppliers by the AP

balance for the current fiscal quarter User Focus:




Top 10 Suppliers by AP Balance


Purpose: Displays the AP aging by the supplier

account group for the current fiscal quarter User Focus:

CFOs, VPs, Director of A/P, Managers, Analysts

Location: Dashboard Payables Page AP Balance


AP Aging by Supplier Group


Purpose: Displays the AP payments due aging for the

current fiscal quarter User Focus:


Location: Dashboard Payables Page Payments Due


AP Payments Due Aging


Purpose: Display the AP payments overdue aging for

the current fiscal quarter. Overdue amounts are Supplier balances that are past payment due date. If the overdue balance as a % to AP balance is high, this could indicate problems with the supplier. There could be a dispute with the supplier. If it is not resolved, then the vendor might stop supply, which could disrupt production.

User Focus: CFOs, VPs, Director of A/P, Managers,

Analysts Location:

Dashboard Payables Page Payments Due


AP Payments Overdue Aging Report


Purpose: Displays the top 10 suppliers by payments

due in the current fiscal quarter User Focus:


Location: Dashboard Payables Page Payments Due

Source: Financials AP Invoice Aging Subject Area

Top 10 Suppliers by Payments Due in Current Quarter


Purpose: Display the top 10 suppliers by overdue

amount for the current fiscal quarter. Overdue amounts are Supplier balances that are past payment due date. If the overdue balance as a % to AP balance is high, this could indicate problems with the supplier. There could be a dispute with the supplier. If it is not resolved, then the vendor might stop supply, which could disrupt production.

User Focus: CFOs, VPs, Director of A/P, Managers,

Analysts Location:



Top 10 Suppliers by Overdue Amounts


Purpose: Displays the payments due by the fiscal

month of the due date User Focus:

VPs, Director of A/P, Managers, Analysts Location:



AP Payments Due by Payment Due Date


Purpose: Displays the AP average invoice amount and

count by month for the current fiscal quarter User Focus:

Director of A/P, Managers Location:

Dashboard Payables Page Effectiveness


Invoice Transactions Efficiency


Purpose: Displays the top 10 suppliers by the number

of invoices for the current fiscal quarter User Focus:

Director of A/P, Managers, Analysts Location:



Top 10 Suppliers by # of Invoices


Purpose: Displays the invoice amount, count and

average amount by username for the current fiscal quarter


Location: Dashboard Payables Page Effectiveness

Source: Financials AP Transactions Subject Area

Staff Productivity Report


Purpose: Displays the number of adjustments by

month for the current fiscal quarter User Focus:




Number of Adjustments


Purpose: Displays the average supplier payment days,

times paid before date and time paid after date by month for the trailing 12 fiscal months


Location: Dashboard Payables Page Payment Performance


Payment Performance


Purpose: Displays the top by suppliers by lowest

average payment days for the trailing four fiscal quarters

User Focus: VPs, Director of A/P, Managers, Analysts



Top 10 Suppliers with lowest average payment days


Purpose: Displays the top 10 suppliers by total

payment amount and the number of times paid before and after the due date




Top 10 Payments by Suppliers


Purpose: Display the top 10 suppliers by the number

of times paid before the due date User Focus:


Dashboard Payables Page Payment Performance


Top 10 Suppliers by Paid Before Due Count


Purpose: Displays the days payable outstanding and

AP balance for a specific supplier or group of suppliers by month for the trailing 12 fiscal months


Location: Dashboard Payables Page Supplier Report


DPO Monthly Trend by Supplier


Purpose: Displays the AP Aging for the past several

fiscal quarters for a particular supplier or group of suppliers




AP Aging Report by Supplier


Purpose: Displays the AP Aging by quarter for the

trailing four fiscal quarters for a particular supplier or group of suppliers




AP Payments Due Aging by Supplier


Purpose: Displays the AP overdue aging by quarter for

the trailing four fiscal quarters for a particular supplier or group of suppliers. Overdue amounts are Supplier balances that are past payment due date. If the overdue balance as a % to AP balance is high, this could indicate problems with the supplier. There could be a dispute with the supplier. If it is not resolved, then the vendor might stop supply, which could disrupt production.




AP Payments Overdue Aging Report by Supplier


Purpose: Displays the average supplier payment days

and weighted days in payments for a particular supplier or group of suppliers




Payment Performance by Supplier


Purpose: Displays the outstanding invoice amount and

percent of total by fiscal month User Focus:


Dashboard Payables Page Supplier Report


AP Payments Due in Payment Month (By Supplier)



User Focus: Director of A/P, Managers, Analysts

Open Invoice Details Location:

Dashboard Payables Page Invoice Details




User Focus: Director of A/P, Managers, Analysts

AP Transaction Details Location:

Dashboard Payables Page All AP Transactions

Source: Financials AP Transactions Subject Area


AP Payments Due in Payment Quarter (By Supplier)

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