DASHBOARD APPLICATION FOR COST ANALYSIS

Abstract

In a scenario that market competition has a global scale, the search for and implementation of good practices is fundamental. About this, it is essential for companies to have full mastery of their cost accounting so that they perform efficient cost management. Because this can be an important tool for decision making, whether strategic, tactical or operational. Most companies perform periodic control and closing of their movements as part of their cost management. However, these processes are worked with very expressive databases, which make this procedure complex and time consuming when adequate tools are not used. In this regard, the search grows based mainly on the technology of tools and methodologies that make the control and closing of accounting and financial results faster and more efficient. Therefore, a tool was applied to assist in the analysis of costs resulting from a period of twelve months of a company, for this, it was necessary, in an organized and detailed way, to analyze the data obtained through the internal system of the company; design and apply a Dashboard based on the collected data and finally discuss, through control panel analysis. Dashboard is a virtual display that condenses important and critical information in an organized way into a single screen. In the present work, this tool was used in order to make the final report of the period of activities more intuitive, dynamic and of quick understanding.