# Reporting · Use cases · Dscvry

> Reporting: month-end figures pulled from every system, reconciled and assembled into the report automatically, with every number traced to its...

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# Why does month-end reporting take a week?

The figures for each report gathered from every system automatically, reconciled before anyone sees them, with every number traced to where it came from.

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## The numbers exist. Assembling them takes the week.

Month-end reporting is mostly copying: exports from each system, pasted into spreadsheets, checked by hand and pasted again into the pack.

### Exports and pastes.

Each figure passes through several spreadsheets before it reaches the report.

### Checks done by hand.

Totals are tied out line by line, late at night, by the people who should be explaining them.

### No trail behind a number.

When a director asks where a figure came from, someone has to rebuild it.

## What the AI reads.

Every figure in the report read from the system that owns it, and tied out against the others before it is used.

### In

- General ledger
- Sales and billing systems
- Payroll and HR
- Operational systems
- Last month’s pack and its definitions

### At work

1. [Understand](https://dscvryai.com/technology/understand/) Maps each line of the report to the systems and definitions behind it.
2. [Check](https://dscvryai.com/technology/check/) Reconciles each figure against the ledger and last month, and flags anything that doesn’t tie.
3. [Operate](https://dscvryai.com/technology/operate/) Assembles the pack and drafts the commentary for the finance team to edit.

### Out

A finished pack. Every number links back to its source.

## Every figure tied out. Every number traced.

The finance team starts from a pack that is already assembled and reconciled, and spends its time on what changed and why.

Monthly management pack · The reasoning ·

Monthly management pack · September · Draft Illustrative

5 lines · 4 tie out · 1 to explain

| Line | Figure | Check | Detail | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P&L 1 | Revenue | Ties out | Billing system agrees with the ledger | £12.84m |
| P&L 4 | Payroll costs | Ties out | Payroll run agrees with the ledger | £3.12m |
| P&L 6 | Freight costs | Doesn’t tie | Ledger £410k; carrier bills £452k; accrual missing | £410k |
| KPI 2 | Orders shipped on time | Ties out | Warehouse system · 9,412 of 10,060 orders | 93.6% |
| KPI 5 | Headcount | Ties out | HR system at 30 September | 412 |

Illustrative example. Company, figures and systems are fictional.

## Built for finance teams.

The AI assembles and checks. Your team signs off the numbers.

### Nothing posted automatically.

Adjustments and commentary are proposed for the finance team to approve.

How Operate works
https://dscvryai.com/technology/operate/

### Every number traced.

Each figure links to the system, the report and the filters it came from.

How Check works
https://dscvryai.com/technology/check/

### Your definitions, every month.

Reports use the definitions your team has agreed, so the numbers stay comparable.

How Understand works
https://dscvryai.com/technology/understand/

## Same records. Other questions.

The documents and data behind this work answer other questions too.

How did the North region do last quarter?

### Ask your data

Plain-language answers from your own databases, within each person’s access.

See how →
https://dscvryai.com/use-cases/ask-your-data/

Can we trust these numbers?

### Data quality

Find duplicates, gaps and records that disagree across systems.

See how →
https://dscvryai.com/use-cases/data-quality/

What should we have charged?

### Revenue leakage

Find money that should have been charged.

See how →
https://dscvryai.com/use-cases/revenue-leakage/

What are our emissions, by site?

### Sustainability reporting

From raw figures to board-ready reports, every number auditable.

See how →
https://dscvryai.com/use-cases/sustainability-reporting/

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## Bring us last month’s pack and the exports behind it.

We’ll show you how much of it can be assembled and reconciled automatically, line by line.

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