COGS Analysis Dashboard for Financial Performance Tracking
The solution includes a detailed Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) Analysis Dashboard that provides financial visibility into the company’s construction projects. The dashboard measures actual performance against targets and estimates, breaking down costs by divisions and categories. It enables management to monitor trends in Net Sales, COGS, and Gross Margin % over time, ensuring strategic and operational transparency across multiple communities.
Client Overview
The client is the same Canada-based homebuilding company, managing residential community projects from construction to sales. They required a structured digital reporting dashboard to measure marketing effectiveness, customer interaction, and online reputation in real time, ensuring visibility across different business units and management levels.
Technical Stack
Industry
Residential Construction & Real Estate Development
Region
Canada
Project-size
Non-Disclosable
Company size
Large Scale Company
Implementation Highlights
Created a division-wise breakdown of actual COGS for both Month-to-Date (MTD) and Year-to-Date (YTD) analysis
Added interactive drill-through to show category-level costs (e.g., Plumbing, HVAC, Concrete)
Built Monthly Trend visuals comparing Net Sales, COGS, and Gross Margin %
Included Top 10 categories chart to highlight areas contributing most to overall COGS
Added Year-over-Year (YoY) trend analysis to track performance improvement and seasonal variations
Challenges & Solutions
Fragmented COGS data across multiple systems and cost categories.
Solution: Integrated data from different financial sources into a unified Power BI model for centralized reporting.
Limited visibility into division-level cost variations and their impact on profit margins.
Solution: Designed interactive visuals allowing management to drill down from total COGS to individual division and cost codes.
Lack of comparative insights (YoY or variance).
Solution: Added automated YoY and % of Net Sales calculations with visual trend lines for intuitive comparison.
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Results & Impact
- Provided complete visibility into sales and cost structures at both summary and detailed levels.
- Enabled management to identify cost overruns and low-margin divisions faster.
- Improved budgeting accuracy and financial forecasting using real-time variance tracking.
- Reduced manual reporting effort by more than 60%.
Key Learnings & Next Steps
- Combining financial and operational metrics in one dashboard greatly enhances decision-making.
- YoY and variance visuals help leadership quickly spot cost inefficiencies and trends.
- Integrate budget vs. actual comparisons with forecasting and profitability modeling for each project.
