Mfg – Personnel Cost and Productivity

What is a Labor Productivity Dashboard? Labor productivity dashboards are considered efficiency analysis tools and are used by Plant- and Production Managers to analyze headcount and related costs and productivity. Some of the main functionality in this type of dashboard is that it gives the user four angles of analysis, including: 1) Plant headcount and total headcount - monthly trend, 2) Average direct labor cost per employee (for the selected plant) for all plants - monthly trend, 3) Monthly metrics for headcount, total direct costs, average cost per FTE, productivity, separations, turnover rates, and 4) Direct labor productivity versus company average - monthly trend. The user can select year and plant from the top of the dashboard. You find an example of this type of dashboard below.

Purpose of Labor Productivity Dashboards Manufacturing companies use Labor Productivity Dashboards to monitor trends in headcount, labor costs and productivity. When used as part of good business practices in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), HR and operations departments, an organization can improve its revenues and margins, and it can reduce the chances that managers miss important efficiency trends or outliers.

Who Uses This Type of Dashboard? The typical users of this type of dashboard are: Executives, analysts, plant managers, production managers, HR managers. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Labor Productivity Dashboards Progressive Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), HR and operations departments sometimes use several different Labor Productivity Dashboards, along with efficiency reports, profitability dashboards, human capital planning, HR reports 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 xFP&A solutions.

Built for manufacturing finance teams and aligned with Solver's xFP&A platform, this Solver report template connects directly to your ERP data via the Solver Data Warehouse, enabling near real-time analysis with minimal setup. Designed for QuickStart deployment, it can be activated rapidly so your team can focus on analysis and decisions — not data preparation.

What is the Mfg – Personnel Cost and Productivity in Solver? The Mfg – Personnel Cost and Productivity is a pre-built xFP&A report template in Solver designed for manufacturing organizations. It delivers key financial and operational metrics in a single, easy-to-use interface — purpose-built for manufacturing finance workflows.

Who uses this Solver report template? Finance leaders at manufacturing organizations — including CFOs, operations managers, and manufacturing finance teams — use this template to get fast, reliable answers without waiting on IT or building custom reports. It supports both day-to-day monitoring and strategic decision-making.

Where does the data come from? Data is sourced automatically from your ERP system through the Solver Data Warehouse, which integrates with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Finance, Acumatica, Sage Intacct, and other leading ERP solutions. Once connected, the template updates in near real-time with no manual data entry required.

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