What is financial reporting & BI software?
Financial reporting software turns books data into statements and decisions: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, ratios and management dashboards. The distinguishing feature of good reporting is drill-down — clicking a number to see the transactions behind it — and freshness: reports generated from live books rather than last week's export.
Reports every product business should watch
- Weekly: cash position, receivables ageing (30+ bucket), fast/slow movers
- Monthly: P&L vs budget by branch, gross margin by product line, stock ageing
- Quarterly: customer concentration, dead stock write-off candidates, ratio trends
- Always-on: exception alerts — negative margins, credit limit breaches, reorder points