Retail – Volume & Price per Product

What is a a Product Sales Volume and Price Variance Dashboard? Product Sales Variance Dashboards for retail companies are considered sales analysis tools and are used by managers to analyze the main reasons product sales are above or below budget. Some of the key functionality in this type of dashboard is that it shows how much of a budget variance comes from price factors versus quantities sold. The dashboard provides four perspectives: 1) A matrix with actual, budget revenue and it shows how much of the variance comes from volume versus price, 2) Trend chart with volume and price variance per month, 3) KPIs for price variance, volume variance and total variance, and 4) Total variance trend with price and volume in monthly stacked column bars. Using the parameter slider in the top left corner, the user can quickly expand or narrow the from-to date range used in the analysis. You find an example of this type of dashboard below.

Purpose of Product Sales Variance Dashboards Retail organizations use Product Sales Variance Dashboards to give managers deep insight into budget variances. When used as part of good business practices in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and product/sales departments, an organization can improve and speed up its product strategies and increase revenues, and it can reduce the chances that low performing items are not getting timely attention.

Who Uses This Type of Dashboard? The typical users of this type of dashboard are: CFOs, analysts, regional managers, ecommerce managers, price managers, product managers. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Product Sales Variance Dashboards Progressive Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) departments sometimes use several different Product Sales Dashboards, along with financial dashboards, profit & loss reports, sales reports, sales forecast, annual budgets, 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 retail 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 Retail – Volume & Price per Product in Solver? The Retail – Volume & Price per Product is a pre-built xFP&A report template in Solver designed for retail organizations. It delivers key financial and operational metrics in a single, easy-to-use interface — purpose-built for retail finance workflows.

Who uses this Solver report template? Cfos, fp&a managers, and retail finance teams in retail organizations rely on this Solver report template to replace manual spreadsheet-based processes with automated, near real-time analysis. It is especially useful during month-end close, budget cycles, and board reporting.

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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