Cash & bank position
Daily balances across accounts, expected inflows and committed outflows.
Finance dashboards& MIS reporting.
Management information systems that bring accounting, ERP and operational data into one view, and that reconcile to the books so management is not reading one number on the dashboard and another in the ledger.
What gets reported
The numbers management actually uses.
Receivables & payables
Ageing, overdue follow-ups, customer and vendor concentration.
Budget vs actual
Revenue, cost and margin tracked against budget by unit, project or product line.
GST & compliance
Output liability, input credit position, filing status and upcoming due dates.
Operations & performance
Daily sales, productivity and team performance data alongside the financials.
Project & cost tracking
Cost to date, committed cost and margin for each project or contract.
Design principles
Numbers that reconcile.
A dashboard is only useful if it is trusted. Each MIS is designed on four principles:
One source of truth. Every figure traces back to a defined system and table.
Reconciled to the books. Dashboard totals are checked against the trial balance.
Visible freshness. Each view shows when its data was last refreshed, and stale data is flagged so it is not mistaken for current figures.
Drill-down. Summary figures open to the underlying transactions.
Data sources & tools
SAPTallyDynamics 365DataverseExcel / SharePointPower BIPower AppsPower AutomatePythonGoogle Cloud
Engagement
How an engagement runs.
Reporting needs
Deciding which decisions the MIS supports and which figures each decision needs.
Data mapping
Identifying the source of each figure and how often it must refresh.
Build
Data pipelines, measures and dashboards built and tested against the books.
Rollout
Scheduled refreshes and email or mobile reports, plus training on how to read each view.
FAQ
Common questions.
Which tools are used to build the dashboards?
Mostly Power BI and Power Apps. Where the data lives outside Microsoft systems, custom web dashboards are also used. The choice depends on existing licences and who will use the reports.
Can the MIS pull data from Tally or SAP?
Yes. Data is pulled from Tally and SAP through connectors, database access or scheduled exports, depending on the setup.
How often is the data refreshed?
Anything from near real-time to daily, depending on the source system and the decision being supported. Each view shows its last refresh time.
Can management receive reports by email?
Yes. Scheduled summaries can be emailed or sent to phones, with links through to the full dashboard.
Related
Other systems work.
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