Reports & Dashboards

We worked with multiple Insurance companies to collect survey results on our client’s behalf and aggregated the results for industry marketing materials. The scope of report focused primarily on the submission and placement process in a specific US Insurance market. The goal was to obtain an accurate picture of the size of the marketplace, pricing and trends.
The survey takers required that their responses be anonymous. We provided the ability for the specific survey responses to be hidden from our client by only providing aggregated survey data. The end result was a set of data points that could be shared with the whole industry while not exposing the specific details the survey takers provided.

Created a customized report for a software company that identifies what portions of the software are being utilized by their customers. The PDF-generated report, is created within Excel, and is meticulously formatted in order to meet the client’s strict branding requirements. The reports are quickly and easily updated for each specific customer. This has allowed the client to save many hours and has helped create a consistent professional face to their customers.

Worked with an author who wanted to include data support in their book. We audited the client’s workbook to ensure the approach was correct and complete. In the end we suggested some modifications and found a few data discrepancies. The resulting charts & data tables will be published when their book has been completed.

Worked with an Internet Marketing firm to create a custom assessment tool for one of their clients. The survey we created for the Industrial Supply company is being used to assess workplace safety. By keeping the design and functionality trimmed down the tool is easy to use and the results are clear.

This is a comprehensive workbook which completes multiple tasks. It has the quarterly budgets for expenses broken out by company, the internal department estimated expenditures and T&E budgets. These three functions were previously maintained in multiple workbooks with links but we were able to integrate the workbooks into one. Visual Basic was built-in to import manager estimated expenses (from a template file), enable automated email reports to be sent to managers, to import actuals and to show/hide the actuals for comparison against the estimates.

This is a file which contains information about intercompany package file descriptions and the contacts which must receive copies. Due to the tediousness of the manual process of attaching these files to multiple contacts several times throughout the year, we were able to automate the process. at the push of a button, the emails are created with the appropriate files attached to the corresponding contacts.

This is a tool that accepts an ADP download and converts the data into an importable format for an online tool the company uses to create compensation letters for employees. This conversion was completed manually prior to the tool development, taking a lot of time and prone to human error. The tool completes the task in less than 1 minute.

Rewrote an existing employee performance analysis scorecard for a background screening company. The revamped and enhance Scorecard allows the client to view metrics on their employees individually as well as at a team level. Progress on quotas, MTD, YTD and sales trends are easily viewed with a series of charts and graphs along with tables of summary and detailed numbers.

Created dynamic employee report for a Wireless Real-estate company. The solution we created automatically updates to the latest data by refreshing the data stores from an external workbook on open. This allows the client to see the most up to date information every time they open the workbook. The report card shows progress towards quotas along with multiple other Metrics on an individual and team level. The workbook has also been enhanced to have visual aids to help the user understand the data. A login feature keeps employees from accessing the data and managers from viewing other departments metrics. The development of this automated report saves the client days of work and eliminates the potential for human error when calculating the values.

This company had an existing real estate model that they had built on their own, but wanted to clean-up. We were able to help them and also added some reporting and input features that made the workbook very easy to use.

This is a comprehensive tool with 4 major functions: Headcount reporting for all employees, Merit Increase reporting, Bonus (2 types of bonuses awarded) reporting and Equity reporting. The Headcount reports create bi-weekly manager reports with imported ReportSmith EV4 (ADP) data files. The reports are in customized format for each manager showing sensitive employee data to only their specified managers. The Merit Increase, Bonus and Equity processes create reports for each manager to review their employees suggested compensation and allows them to adjust the compensation due to performance or other factors. The manager reports are then returned and import to a Master workbook for each process where the top-level executive can review the recommendations for each employee, make their own adjustments, approve the final numbers, create summary reports and ADP import files.

Automated the reporting process for a Lighting Control company. We developed a custom reporting solution that reads in multiple lengthy text files and outputs a slimmed down report with only the information that is relevant to the company and the job. This automated process saves the company multiple hours per job in report generation while also improving and standardizing their output.

Worked with a Contract Component Manufacturer to help them analyze and communicate the results of their Employee Survey in an informative succinct way. The end result was an interactive series of charts and graphs tailored for each question type and department. This allowed the client to deliver the workbook to each department head in a way that was helpful and specific to their data.

This Market Research firm collected data from survey results. They needed to create metrics reports correlating the data in different ways. PivotTables were developed to create customized reports and macros were written to import new raw data and automatically update the reports.

Excel-based revenue tracker which allows for sales to be entered either manually or automated via distributor data export files. Supports sales exports from Shopify and Goldbely and can be customized for any CSV data file. The system differentiates between retail and wholesale orders and between different business channels, tracks customer data, and summarizes all revenue by product, by month, by payment type, by source, and by status, and compares current year performance to last year to date. VBA is used to ensure system speed, efficiency, and data validity, saving the end user hours per week in manual entry and countless headaches due to human error.

Enhanced an existing Scheduling tool for a Restaurant. We modified the existing Spreadsheet to enforce California Break Rules. The updated version of the scheduling tool will alert the scheduler if the Employee does not have the minimum break schedule as required by CA law. This allows the client to immediately know if an adjustment needs to be made before the final schedule is release to the Employees. Additionally we generated a break report which lists each Employee scheduled for that day and a space for the Employee to sign indicating that they did in fact take the required breaks. This not only allows our Client to be sure they are remaining in compliance it also gives them a mechanism for recording that they have done so.

Developed a custom Client Services Custom Spreadsheet for a Property Management company. The workbook automatically and instantly populates tabs that list every Client that requests a particular service. Additionally, if a client no longer requires that particular services their information is automatically and instantly removed from the tab. This process allows the client to maintain and distribute up to date work orders to employees with absolutely no work.

Generated individual Employee Timecards and created an Aggregate Payroll Report for a roofing company. The custom tool we wrote reads the output of the client’s time clock software to create a workbook containing time cards for each employee that properly handles lunches, per diem, over time and double time. Additionally a report showing the hours worked on each day for each job is created for their accounting department.

Developed a Revenue Forecasting tool for a Charity based on previous contributions, history of donors and trends. This tool allows the foundation to repeat this process for future years with minimal effort.

Developed a Lease Tracker for a Student Housing leasing company. The custom solution tracks leases signed as well as other daily activities that may or may not lead to a signed lease such as showings and calls. The workbook generates PDF reports to share with the company owners as well as daily stats that are beneficial to both the management and the staff.

This is a tool with 2 major functions: Earnings reporting for selected employees and creating tax letters for US/Ex-pat employees reporting annual earnings in Microsoft Word. Both of these functions were completed manually prior to the tool development, taking a lot of time and prone to human error. Each of the tools now complete the tasks in less than 2 minutes.

This school system needed to save time generating their financial statements. They were stuck having to manually type out their income statement, which was causing their finance department to waste numerous hours. We stepped in and provided them with a slick income statement that automates this process for them. We even built the tool in a way that they will be able to maintain themselves for years to come.

The customer is a reinsurance broker. The tool enables cycling thru an existing directory structure, opening existing template, extracting applicable data and populating the data on a new claim or premium template. There are thousands of files so this saves a lot of time and prevents human errors.

This pharmaceutical company wanted to track attendee statistics for speaker programs based on speaker type (MD/non-MD). This custom made tool imports program data, correlates results and exports dashboard to PowerPoint slides by region.

The customer is a corporate event planner. This comprehensive tool collates responses from hotels and venues regarding availability and pricing of guest rooms, meeting rooms, food and beverage rooms and concession lists. It creates reports for comparison at the Executive level, Meeting Room info, Food and Beverage info and Concessions. It also can separate the hotel responses based on dates or locations.

Added in additional functionality to an existing Corrosion calculating and reporting workbook for a Water System Engineering company. We replicated the existing functionality in order to add in an additional corrosion factor. The integration of the new factor is seamless allowing the client to keep their calculation and reporting consistent while also enhancing their capabilities and precision.

The customer is a corporate event planner. This tool allows them to track upcoming meetings and calculate projected commission based on numerous factors and commission %s. Can automatically create reports for individual salespeople with only specific data showing.

This construction and HVAC company was interested in improving their process for tracking and following up on unpaid invoices. They use SAGE accounting software to track their invoices but they had over $1.5M in invoices that were over 30 days old and their current method for following up on these outstanding invoice was either reprinting and mailing the invoices or calling the vendors one-by-one. This process was not happening because it was so tedious. We completely redesigned their process by allowing them to export to full list of outstanding invoices and automated emails (via Microsoft Outlook) to the vendors either based on outstanding duration or full list of outstanding invoices per vendor. The tool also applies credits that were input in the SAGE software against invoice balances so proper remaining balances are calculated. Reports on credits which cannot be matched to invoices in the system are created. Using this tool to create collections emails can now be done by someone without any Excel knowledge and the process is simple enough that it will be simply completed on a monthly basis.

Enhanced an existing Case List workbook for a boutique matrimonial law firm. With formatting, data validation and a bunch of slick real-time reports, we created the ability for the client to get a feel for what parts of their business to focus on and what aspects they should shift away from.

This construction and HVAC company was interested in improving their process for tracking the subcontractor estimates requested on each job. Their current method was was using paper and pencil and estimates were forgotten and bid due dates were being missed due to the inefficiencies in their process. We completely redesigned their process by allowing them to setup subcontracted parts and each subcontractor for each part for each project. The tool informs the user via pop-ups of bid due dates that are past and almost due in order for the user to check the part/subcontractor statuses. Summary reports for each project and outstanding reports for estimates that were not received per job or per subcontractor can be created. Emails (via Microsoft Outlook) can be automatically created from the tool when a bid due date has changed, a general contractor sends additional drawings/specifications, estimates have not been received or the estimates (job) has been cancelled. After jobs estimates have been given the to the general contractor, if the job is won, the details are moved to the Job Tracking workbook to be tracked separately. Updating and running any aspect of the tool can now be done by someone without any Excel knowledge and all of the inefficiencies and lost data of the previous process is eradicated.

Enhanced a Google Sheet for a Newspaper Sales company by creating a series of reports and graphs. We were able to allow our client to continue to work with their google sheet while we made the modifications in the shared sheet on off hours.

Excel-based tool which allows the end user to answer a series of form-based questions to arrive at the fair market value for a particular service provider and service.  The administrative side of the tool allows for easy updates to the source data and policies, and the output of the tool provides line item detail on the recommended rates.

An Excel-based system which asks the end user a series of form questions to dynamically create a custom budget proposal template, and then calculates all applicable metrics based on additional user input on the specifics of the property.

Created a Custom client status communication report for a tech company. This report is used to communicate the Client’s onboarding status on a weekly basis. The template allows for easy entry of data, creating bullet points and charts to verbally and visual communicate progress. The report can then be produced as a professional looking PDF to email to the client.

Created a Custom Sales Inventory & Tracking workbook for a New Development Real Estate Company. This workbook allows the client to combine their Sales, Inventory & Reporting all in one place. The sales manager receives sales activity reports from each sales agent which he is then able to load directly into our tool. He is then able to track the sales progress as well as report commissions, inventory and metrics as needed.

Create a custom refinance calculator for a lending company. The tool we developed allows the loan officers to quickly show the client up to 5 different refinance loan options. The loan officer can then generate a PDF from the loan calculator to give the client. This PDF only contains certain sections, excluding internal only information. This tool allows the loan officers to quickly show their clients pertinent loan information and also provides them with a document that they can give the client with details about what was discussed as well as the loan officer’s contact information.

Custom created file to import RAW data files from various selected reports and automatically load the data in the developed structure, compare to the prior month, and generate dashboards and reporting on current and overdue receivables. Built in flexibility to allow for various report formats and structures, and to allow for those reports to change overtime without the need for further development.

Added significant flexibility, accuracy, and reporting ability to the client’s original sales database. Automated the input of certain distributor monthly sales data, added validation to all manual entries, created dynamic roll-ups for accurate reporting, and built in controls to allow for easy updates each year and as new product categories and clients are added. Created a reporting dashboard to present relevant summary data to executives via dynamic charts.

Specialty drug speaker program dashboard which shows speaker and attendee analytics. Exports dashboard charts and data to PowerPoint.

Specialty drug speaker program analysis dashboards of speaker, attendee, spending and ROI statistics. Exports charts and data to PowerPoint.

Excel-based revenue tracker which allows for sales to be entered either manually or automated via distributor data export files. Supports sales exports from Shopify and Goldbely and can be customized for any CSV data file. The system differentiates between retail and wholesale orders and between different business channels, tracks customer data, and summarizes all revenue by product, by month, by payment type, by source, and by status, and compares current year performance to last year to date. VBA is used to ensure system speed, efficiency, and data validity, saving the end user hours per week in manual entry and countless headaches due to human error.

Create a custom workbook for a Joint Replacement company for maintaining sales in their pipeline. The workbook is set up to allow for quick entry/update of data while on the phone with their sales team as well as allowing them to look at metrics across all clients.

We developed a custom tool to produce reports for the company based on a weekly extract of their sales & costs. The company preferred that we run the reports for them every week. Each week they would email the data files and we would run the tool we built and send back the resulting reports.

Audit and modify an existing Excel workbook to allow for material tracking and reporting

Create a budget tracking and analysis tool for food costs

Create a net income graph with PDF of change over 3 years.

Analyze COGS and overhead costs, and generate product unit pricing and profit margins

Provide interesting metrics from a set of metadata along with supporting reports which included a training session to go over the methodology used

Starting with an existing workbook, enhance formatting, provide reports and rework some of the columns and data. We then conducted a Webinar to go over the solution and to give suggestions for various printing layouts.

The company had an existing series of linked workbooks for Invoicing and an Invoicing Summary. It was very large, slow and unstable. We replaced the same functionality with one workbook that was faster, smaller and stable. Because of the new structure the client was able to enhance their reporting and pass the task of managing the workbook to another Employee.

Enhanced an existing workbook’s capabilities and automated much of its functionality including the ability to import files, export csv function and macros replacing manual processes.

Tool created for a hedge fund that imports a series of client files. The tool gives the user the ability to indicate which client should have a corresponding document created. The output generates 5 word documents per each selected client.

Created a custom Add-In for a Private Equity Firm. This Add-In allows the employees to reformat reports that are generated out of their legacy system. We developed a custom menu item in their Excel toolbar. When the menu is clicked, a ribbon section opens up where they can choose which report they have open and the Add-In will reformat the report and save it with a custom name.

We created a tool that allows the client to cut and paste in survey results received via email. By structuring the tool to allow for a simple copy/paste, the client no longer needs to reenter data or import each individual file. The workbook then automatically aggregates the data and performs metrics and displays the results in a easy to read report with graphs.

Created a solution for Foreman to supply Weekly Tracking sheet that are uploaded to a master workbook where they are stored in a database. The master workbook has a Dashboard including various canned reports, ability to select timeframes for each report and also generates P&L.

Replace an existing Inventory tracking set of workbooks with a custom solution in one workbook with reports. We then added functionality to auto run the existing reports and then save in a stand-alone reformatted workbook with no link, buttons or formulas.

Created an Excel workbook for collecting inspection data. The tool keeps track of required fields, performs data auditing and allows for photo upload.

Created a custom Payroll Entry and Reporting Tool for an Oil & Gas and Refining & Construction Services business

Replace an old process built in lotus with an updated enhanced version in Excel.

Developed estimating and tracking tool that consolidates and reports on data from a third party

Combine two reports to create a Budgeted vs Actual Report to show to Management which highlights projects are running over budget and ones that are operating at a gain.

Reformat an existing spreadsheet by adding a summary and reworking the entry sheets.

Add a new reformatting routine to an the existing Reformatting Add-In for a Private Equity Firm

Automate an existing workbook by replacing many existing formulas and lookups with Macros. Additionally ensured that all charts & graphs are refreshed with the latest data when updated.

Spruce up an existing Inventory Audit spreadsheet for auto totals and comparisons of inventory vs order + shipments

This energy company was interested in improving their process for tracking their oil and gas deals. Their current method was cumbersome and depended upon Excel power-users within the company to update it accordingly. We completely redesigned their data and built a customized interface using dynamic forms to help them input their data (including images, maps and curves). We also developed an “import” function that allows them to quickly process information from an outside source. The tool is easy to update, can import deal info from other sources, and aggregates summary info. Updating and running any aspect of the tool can now be done by someone without any Excel knowledge.

This industrial company was interested in creating a new and improved way for their sales staff to input their data into a spreadsheet that made it easier to maintain and analyze. The main problem was that they were using several different workbooks that each had to be individually maintained. We were able to develop a customized routine that took out their manual processes and connected the workbooks together.

This venture capital company needed some financial modeling help with one of their client workbooks. With a Monday deadline approaching, they sought out our help on Friday afternoon. We were able to deliver their project back in time for their deadline.

Rush Financial Modeling Work for an acquisition holding company of middle market business completed in a weekend

Enhanced the Country Club’s existing Financial Model to help the Club make educated decisions as to whether or not to deploy potential future projects to the club. They user now just needs to enter a few figures to see the impact of improvements to the Country Club and how those projects will impact their financials

Data from multiple workbooks detailing financial results of small business participants on an annual and quarterly basis were consolidated into a database with a slick dashboard. User can pull up summary details on the desired small business participant and can view the corresponding metrics with ease via the Dashboard.

Created a Mass Tort Litigation Tool which classified incident types per claimant over time to depict various scenarios for settlement values based upon insurance coverages available

Created a Summary Dashboard of graduates to an Entrepreneurial Program providing resources to business owners in violence affected countries. We audited and enhanced formulas in the underlying data, added structure, and formatted workbook to improve clients tracking of key metrics.

This law firm was spending several hours each month assembling an Accounts Receivable report by exporting data from their accounting system and manually manipulating it to fit their desired format. We built a workbook that connected directly into their database to automatically pull the information and programmed a macro to format the report, all with a click of a button.

Updated VBA-automated Excel tool which creates PowerPoint slide dashboard (Charts/Graphs) for a specialty pharmaceutical drug customer

We replaced a semi-manual process for creating Deductible Billing invoices with a standalone automated Deductible Billing PDF generating tool for a specialty Insurance Company. Now our client only needs to upload an input Excel file to generate a formatted Deductible Billing Invoice PDF file that is customer ready. The invoice produces a summary page along with billing details and includes the calculated amount due while still allowing for manual entry of the Previous Paid amount.

We created a Loss Run Generation Tool for a specialty Insurance Company that automated the process of generating a formatted Loss Report by Insured by Policy Number in a PDF file that is customer ready. Now our client only needs to upload a Loss Run (Excel file) to the Loss Run Generation Tool, select their desired style of PDF reports (Self Insured Retention, standalone Deductible, …), and where they want to save it and then can generate the report. Additionally, the client no longer needs to go through the manual process for creating For Reference Only claim reports as this has been included as an additional output of the Tool. The PDF Reports from the Tool include automated text replacement, conditional record inclusion along with both detail and summary sections.

This hotel client had financial software that allowed them to export large amounts of data, but they needed help structuring it into views that gave them insight into their business. Over the course of 3 phases, we helped by creating a customized routine that manipulated and formatted the data into an easy-to-use file that helped them analyze their financial metrics (rooms sold, average price, weekly change, etc.) by showing different views of the data.

Created a template for inputting Reinsurance Treaty Details on a per contract basis. The template includes varying functionality for Quote Share, Excess of Loss and Aggregate Stop Loss Treaties along with a robust database of Reinsurer Names and their corresponding Groups, Domiciles, Syndicate #s, and FEIN #s. User does not need to have any Excel knowledge to enter information in this template. Other key features of this template include: ability for the client to update dropdowns and change any parent names post acquisition, pushing out updates to all users via a google spreadsheet, printer-ready summaries for Letter, A3 & A4 paper at the push of a button and automatically converting original currencies to US $ based on the conversion rate at the effective date of the treaty. This is done via web scraping the rates from oanda.com.

This tool allows insurers and reinsurers to upload all completed Reinsurance Treaty Templates. The tool then produces 2 large data sets and corresponding PivotTables for the user to aggregate and slice the information themselves along with a sophisticated dashboard including canned reports that can be easily altered by Broker, Reinsurer, Treaty Type, Line of Business, and so forth.