Industry
Route, Load, Lane: Reporting for a Logistics Business
A transport business can run full trucks on busy lanes and still lose money — and the standard P&L won't say where. Route profitability, empty miles, cost per kilometre, and the cash floating in driver advances.
25 Aug 2026·7 min read
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MRR, Retention, Burn: Reporting for a SaaS Business
A SaaS P&L reports recognised revenue — a smoothed, lagging shadow of the recurring-revenue engine underneath it. The numbers that actually run a subscription business live in the billing system and the CRM, and most never reach the monthly pack.
30 Jun 2026·6 min read
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Category Margin, Dead Stock, Supplier Power: Reporting for a Trading Business
A trading or retail business lives and dies on thin margins and fast-moving stock — and a standard P&L shows you almost none of what runs it. Category mix, dead stock, supplier dependence, and the cash trapped in inventory.
13 Jun 2026·5 min read
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Utilisation, Realisation, Lockup: Reporting for a Services Business
In a services firm, the P&L is a lagging shadow of four numbers that actually decide profitability — and most of them never reach the monthly pack. Here's what reporting for a people business should show.
9 Jun 2026·4 min read
Industry
What a Manufacturing CFO Actually Needs to See Each Month
A generic P&L tells a manufacturer almost nothing useful. Contribution by product line, yield and scrap, inventory aging, price variance — the numbers that actually run a plant, and why they rarely make it into the monthly pack.
2 Jun 2026·4 min read