Revenue reports, detailing the money received, are most often requested based on certain periods of time. For example, you might be asked to produce a report that provides a summary of the revenue generated over the past year, with subtotals for each quarter.
Revenue reports are an important part of risk analysis. In the financial community, a risk can be defined as an investment that causes the company to lose money. Revenue reports, at their core, are just a total of money coming into the company broken down by time, location, or customer demographic information.Â
The criteria used in generating the report can highlight crucial areas of weakness, and thus risk. For example, if you generate a report by location, your company may discover that revenue is lower in certain regions than in others. If your company is investing heavily in a certain region but is generating little revenue in return, your report has identified a risk. Management...
