Mfg – Incident Analysis

What is a Safety Dashboard for Manufacturing Companies? Safety-focused Dashboards are considered incident analysis tools and are used by Executives and Safety Managers to monitor safety-related metrics and trends. Some of the main functionality in this type of dashboard is that it provides KPIs and graphical trend analysis that can be viewed for different years and plants. The dashboard includes: 1) Monthly incident trend per employee per plant compared to the company (all plants) average, 2) Total number of monthly incidents and near incidents, 3) Incident avoidance quiz score versus company-wide score, 4) Metrics by plant with average number of employees, safety incidents reported, near incidents reported and incidents per employee (FTE), and 5) Metrics by month with headcount, safety incidents reported, near incidents reported, incidents per employee and incident avoidance quiz score. You find an example of this type of dashboard below.

Purpose of Safety Dashboards Manufacturing companies use Safety Dashboards to analyze and improve safety at their plants. This includes benchmarking across plants. When used as part of good business practices in HR and operations departments, an organization can improve and speed up its safety records and workplace reputation, and it can reduce the chances that plant operations are disrupted due to safety-related issues.

Who Uses This Type of Dashboard? The typical users of this type of dashboard are: Executives, analysts, plant managers, production managers, safety officers, HR managers. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Safety Dashboards Progressive HR and operations departments sometimes use several different Safety Dashboards, along with incident reports, safety reports, HR reports, budget models with safety targets, human capital planning models 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 – Incident Analysis in Solver? The Mfg – Incident Analysis 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? This template is primarily used by CFOs, operations managers, and manufacturing finance teams in manufacturing organizations who need accurate, timely data to support planning, reporting, and decision-making. It is particularly valuable for manufacturing finance teams managing budgets, forecasts, and performance reviews.

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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