{"id":73752,"date":"2024-12-29T17:55:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T17:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/?p=73752"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:16:50","slug":"margin-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/en\/manual\/margin-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"Margin Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; module_class=&#8221; et_pb_row_fullwidth&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; width=&#8221;89%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;89%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|27px|0|false|false&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|40px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Margin Forecast<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; min_height=&#8221;109px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||12px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||4px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>You can easily prepare margin forecasts for individual clients in bulk. These forecasts are automatically reflected in reports where you can compare them with real results. For example, you can easily compare a specific client&#8217;s annual margin forecast with their actual performance. This gives you a better view of how you are meeting your targets and allows you to manage profitability more effectively at the individual client level.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; min_height=&#8221;116px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|40px|10px||true|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 14px\">1. Click on the <strong>Financial section<\/strong> in the left navigation menu.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 14px\">2. Click on <strong>Forecasts<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 14px\">3. Click on <strong>&#8220;Compose&#8221;<\/strong> option and choose &#8220;<strong>Annual gross margin forecast&#8221; option.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Margin_Forecast_1.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Margin_Forecast_1&#8243; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;2px|40px|40px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;1px|||||&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|40px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">4.\u00a0Complete all Details.\u00a0<strong>Mandatory fields<\/strong> are <strong>red underlined<\/strong> (can be different by company\u2019s settings)<br \/>5. <strong>Subject<\/strong> &#8211; the subject of your Margin forecast<br \/>6. <strong>The year<\/strong> &#8211; for which the Forecast is valid.<br \/>7. <strong>Currency<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 you can easily create a Forecast in any currency. Just select currency first and then confirm.<br \/>8. <strong>Status &#8211; <\/strong>you specify the status of the Forecast. If you select the <strong>Processing status<\/strong>, the Forecast is not active &#8211; <strong>no Client overhead<\/strong> is created. If you select the<strong> Approved status<\/strong>, the forecast is active and <strong>Client overhead is created.\u00a0<br \/><\/strong>9. The <strong>financial table<\/strong> is the main part of the Forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Margin_Forecast_2.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Margin_Forecast_2&#8243; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|40px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|1px||||&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\">4. Choose\u00a0<\/span><strong>Bill Reimbursement.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/en\/manual\/how-to-allocate-money\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Pair<\/span> <strong>Purchase Invoice<\/strong> to the relevant <strong>Job<\/strong>. If you did right, you will see the value of <strong>Purchase<\/strong> <strong>Invoice<\/strong> in the <strong>Job<\/strong> overview.\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>5. Press <strong>SAVE<\/strong> button.<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;background-color: #ffffff\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|15px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; <strong>Company<\/strong> &#8211; choose the company for which the subsequent item\/<strong>Client overhead will be created.<br \/><\/strong>&#8211; <strong>Subject <\/strong>&#8211; fill in the subject of the first item. This subject will then also appear as the name of the Client overhead.<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Fill in<\/strong> the planned<strong> gross margin for each month<\/strong>. If the amouns are same for every month, you can easily copy the value by holding the bottom corner of the field and dragging into the other fields.<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Summary<\/strong> &#8211; this field is used for <strong>short notes<\/strong>, which are then <strong>visible in the Client overhead.<\/strong><br \/>&#8211; <strong>Category<\/strong> &#8211; choose the proper category for this &#8211; Client overhead<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Hierarchy &#8211; <\/strong>you can add another value to hel you to sort Client overhead budgets in the view.<br \/>&#8211;<strong> Owner<\/strong> &#8211; is the owner of this Client overhead.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|20px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>10. Fill in all the details and click on the SAVE (Save and close) button.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Margin_Forecast_3.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Margin_Forecast_3&#8243; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|40px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|1px||||&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\">4. Choose\u00a0<\/span><strong>Bill Reimbursement.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/en\/manual\/how-to-allocate-money\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Pair<\/span> <strong>Purchase Invoice<\/strong> to the relevant <strong>Job<\/strong>. If you did right, you will see the value of <strong>Purchase<\/strong> <strong>Invoice<\/strong> in the <strong>Job<\/strong> overview.\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>5. Press <strong>SAVE<\/strong> button.<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;background-color: #ffffff\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|18px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">11. Perfect! Your Margin <strong>forecast is ready.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>If the Forecast is approved (approved status) you can now check the Client overhead budgets with all the details.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|11px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>How to check forecasts in Reports?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; Click on the Financial section in the left navigation menu.<br \/>&#8211; Click on <strong>Reports &#8211; Business report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>New to this view is the Margin Forecast column where you can monitor and compare the results of individual clients alongside other data.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Margin_forecast_4.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Margin_forecast_4&#8243; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|40px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|1px||||&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\">4. Choose\u00a0<\/span><strong>Bill Reimbursement.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/en\/manual\/how-to-allocate-money\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Pair<\/span> <strong>Purchase Invoice<\/strong> to the relevant <strong>Job<\/strong>. If you did right, you will see the value of <strong>Purchase<\/strong> <strong>Invoice<\/strong> in the <strong>Job<\/strong> overview.\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>5. Press <strong>SAVE<\/strong> button.<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;background-color: #ffffff\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|11px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>How to activate Annual Gross Margin Forecast option?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Go to the <strong>Configuration<\/strong> and under <strong>System configuration \/ Finance &#8211; bookmark &#8220;Common settings&#8221;<\/strong> (1) is the option to activate Annual gross margin forecast (2).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Margin_Forecast_5.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Margin_Forecast_5&#8243; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|40px|40px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|1px||||&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\">4. Choose\u00a0<\/span><strong>Bill Reimbursement.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamogy.com\/en\/manual\/how-to-allocate-money\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Pair<\/span> <strong>Purchase Invoice<\/strong> to the relevant <strong>Job<\/strong>. If you did right, you will see the value of <strong>Purchase<\/strong> <strong>Invoice<\/strong> in the <strong>Job<\/strong> overview.\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>5. Press <strong>SAVE<\/strong> button.<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;background-color: #ffffff\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.5&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-14px|40px||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;12px|0px||||&#8221; text_font_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;14686&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f26522\"><b>Get in Touch<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">If you have problem or need further assistance, do not hesitate contact Teamogy Support. 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