Report Summary

Analyzer Reporting Package for FAST
Applicable to: informXL Analyzer v4.0 (for FAST) and higher

Analyzer

Analyzer Description

Commonly Used By

AP Details

Provides detailed breakdown of all FAST AP and Journal Entry transactions. This analyzer is designed for use by Accounting, as the primary parameter set is Company specific. Common uses include:

  • Open AP Report

  • Supplier invoice inquiry & audit

  • Journal Entry inquiry & audit

  • Job Cost to GL auditing

  • Company/Division AP summary

AP, Accountants, Controller, VP Finance

Change Requests
and Change
Orders

Provides summary view of all change requests and change orders. Data can be viewed for an entire community or a single customer, showing which change requests have been accepted or rejected and which change orders have been processed. Common uses include:

  • Track the efficiency of processing requests

  • Review of custom change order revenue across projects

Sales, Purchasing

Estimate Detail

Provides an as-built estimate detail list (similar to the FAST Estimate Detail w/VPOs by Group report). This Analyzer incorporates all regular activity detail, cost variances and the majority of the information printed on the purchase orders, including the tax amount and the total extended cost of individual activities. Common uses include:

  • Review activity-level data for individual jobs to ensure that all contracts and materials are included on the job

  • Compare pricing and material quantities across multiple jobs

  • Analyze variance items issued on a job

Purchasing Agents, Purchasing Managers

GL Balance

Provides summary OR detailed level breakdown of GL account balances. Balances can be summarized by Company, Division, Account and Subaccount. When run in detailed mode, displays GL transaction details for each account. Common uses include:

  • Month-end account inquiry

  • Trial Balance review & audit

  • Cross-period and cross fiscal year financial reporting

  • Ad-hoc company consolidation review & audit

Accountants, Controller, VP Finance




Job Cost Details

Provides summary OR detailed level breakdown of GL account balances. Balances can be summarized by Company, Division, Account and Subaccount. When run in detailed mode, displays GL transaction details for each account. Common uses include:

  • General Job Cost inquiry (by project, lot, group, activity)

  • Supplier invoice inquiry

  • Job Cost to GL auditing

  • Job Cost variance analysis

Purchasing, Construction VP, Accountants, Controller, VP Finance

Land Budget

Detailed breakdown of all FAST Land Development budgets, including job cost transactions. This analyzer is designed for use by Purchasing and Construction personnel. Common uses include:

  • General Land Development cost inquiry

  • Supplier invoice inquiry

  • Land Development cost to GL auditing

  • Land Development cost variance analysis

Purchasing, Construction VP, Accountants, Controller, VP Finance

Lot Details

FAST Lot record details provided in a single analyzer. Includes all fields found in the FAST “Lots” screen including active User-Defined fields, date fields, scheduling fields, and more. Includes over 100 lot specific fields.

  • View all lots and associated lot data in a singlefile.

  • Review lots and associated lot status and date fields en-masse by Company, Division, Community and Project.

  • View, summarize, and group lots by start projections, projected closing, target completion, etc.

  • Global view of lot premiums, lot prices, etc.

  • Over 100 fields to report on.

Accountants, Controller, VP Finance, Purchasing


Lot Schedules

Summary or detailed breakdown of lot construction schedules. Summary mode is intended for management level reporting. When run in detail, includes start and completion information for each activity. Common uses include:

  • Management level lot schedule summary

  • Backlog lot schedule review

  • Detailed job schedule review and audit

  • Construction cycle duration

Purchasing, Construction, Controller, VP Finance

PO Details

Provides detailed view of PO line items. Includes payment and check details, and resource, use and activity details. Common uses include:

  • Vendor PO audit and review

  • PO summary by job

  • VPO summary and analysis

  • Open PO balance summary

  • General PO audit and review

Purchasing, Construction, Controller


Price Cost Analysis

Summary or detailed analysis of options and takeoff data. Using Price/Cost Analysis and Price Book, includes selling price, cost, and margin (by project, plan and option). Intended for Sales and Purchasing management and staff. Common uses include:

  • Complete option margin analysis

  • Takeoff bid, resources and draw validation

  • Comprehensive option pricing matrix by project and plan
    Vendor price analysis by option

Purchasing, Sales VP, Estimating

Sales Gross Margin

Allows for a review of lot level sales revenue and cost data from FAST. Includes lot and buyer details, gross sale and incentive summary, costs by base plan, custom option and standard option, and closing date projections. Dive into the detail of a specific lot, review lot-specific option revenue and costs, and create scenarios to visualize the impact on gross profitability. Common uses include:

  • General project, lot, buyer, revenue and cost analysis

  • Lot-specific option review

  • Create baseline cost and profit targets (save lotscenarios)

Purchasing, Controller, VP Finance

Sales Summary

Summary of all lot level sales records in FAST. Includes lot and buyer details, gross sale and incentive summary, closing date projections, sales agent and realtor details, and contingency information. Common uses include:

  • General project, lot, buyer, sales analysis

  • Backlog review (under contract, pending offer, spec, model)

  • Neighborhood MLS comparison (via Google Maps)

  • Home closing projections (including revenue projections)

  • Sales agent and realtor sales analysis

  • Contingent sale management

Sales VP, Sales Coordinator, Purchasing, Controller, VP Finance

Warranty Details

Detailed analysis of FAST warranty service order items. Intended to be used primarily by Warranty and Construction personnel to review current and past homeowner warranty items. Common uses include:

  • General Warranty open item analysis

  • Homeowner warranty lookup

  • Supplier or Assignee item summary

  • Warranty performance & average days

Warranty, Construction