This template will help you to get detailed insights on the business expenses and costs for your logistics company. Based on the input data, it provides a well-conceptualized report with a breakdown of updates related to individual categories, namely Management Level, Site Comparison, and Cost Centers, written in plain language and supported by visualizations. It delves deeper into the expenses contributing to overspends and provides explicit recommendations for the next best steps.

The outcome is designed to help finance teams to deep dive into the root cause of an increase in actual expenses vs budgeted, and derive actionable recommendations to accelerate informed decision making. 

It answers questions such as:

• How has the actual expense changed over a particular period?
• What is the actual vs. budgeted expense trend for a particular period?
• Which business units have the most contribution towards overspends?
• Which are the lowest-performing business units in terms of overspends?
• Which parameters led to the rise/decline of overspends?
• Which regions/sites have the most or least contribution towards overspends?
• Which elements dominated the overhead in the budget?
• Which elements offset the overhead in the budget?

To use this template, simply download it, connect/upload your data to the dashboard, and run the report, all in just a few clicks.