What is
a
Departmental Allocation Report
? Allocation reports are considered financial tools and are often used by accountants to estimate profitability for revenue-generating departments after the distribution of overhead expenses to their financials. Key functionality in this type of allocation tool automatically calculates overhead amounts to be allocated from administrative to revenue generating departments. Any number of allocation methods can be used. In the example below, the allocations were performed based on headcount and square feet. You will find an example of this type of allocation tool below.
Purpose of
Departmental Allocation Reports Companies and organizations use Departmental Allocation Reports to get full visibility into the true profitability of their revenue-generating departments. When used as part of good business practices in a Finance and Accounting department, a company can improve its profit center analysis, as well as, reduce the chances that managers overstate profitability of departments that consume a lot of overhead services from other business units.
Departmental Allocation Report
Example Here is an example of a fully automated Allocation Report that calculates and stores allocated expenses by department. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1737"]
Departmental Allocation Report Example[/caption] You can find hundreds of additional examples
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Who Uses This Type of
Allocation Tool
? The typical users of this type of allocation tool are: CFOs and Department Managers.
Other
Allocation Tool
s Often Used in Conjunction with
Departmental Allocation Reports Progressive Finance and Accounting Departments sometimes use several different Departmental Allocation Reports, along with profit & loss reports, dashboards and other management and control tools.
Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional corporate performance management (CPM/EPM) solutions.
What Tools are Typically used for Reporting, Planning and Dashboards? Examples of business software used with the data and ERPs mentioned above are:
Departmental Allocation Report Example[/caption] You can find hundreds of additional examples
here.
Who Uses This Type of
Allocation Tool
? The typical users of this type of allocation tool are: CFOs and Department Managers.
Other
Allocation Tool
s Often Used in Conjunction with
Departmental Allocation Reports Progressive Finance and Accounting Departments sometimes use several different Departmental Allocation Reports, along with profit & loss reports, dashboards and other management and control tools.
Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional corporate performance management (CPM/EPM) solutions.
What Tools are Typically used for Reporting, Planning and Dashboards? Examples of business software used with the data and ERPs mentioned above are:
- Native ERP report writers and query tools
- Spreadsheets (for example Microsoft Excel)
- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) tools (for example Solver)
- Dashboards (for example Microsoft Power BI and Tableau)
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