# Project Goods Usage Report

### **Report Module Guide: Project Budget vs. Realization Graph**

#### **Module Location**

#### Project > Reports > Project Goods Usage Report

#### **Module Objective**

#### This report module is used to present a visual comparison in the form of a bar chart between the total **Project Budget (Projection)** and the total **Actual Cost (Realization)**. This report provides a high-level overview of the project budget absorption performance, month by month, within a single year.

### **1. Report Parameters (Conceptual)**

#### To generate this graph, you usually only need to select the **Year** from the dropdown available in the top-left corner of the report.

### **2. Steps to Generate the Report**

1. #### Open the report module.
2. #### Select the year you wish to analyze.
3. #### The system will automatically display the comparison graph for that year.

### **3. Reading the Report (Graph)**

#### The generated report is a bar chart that compares the budget and realization on a monthly basis.

- #### **Blue Bar (Projection)**: Represents the total planned budget for all projects in that month.
- #### **Red Bar (Realization)**: Represents the total actual costs that have been incurred and charged to all projects in that month.

#### **How to Analyze**: By comparing the height of the two bars each month, management can quickly see:

- #### Which months had the highest project activity (largest budget).
- #### Whether budget absorption is proceeding as planned (is the red bar close to the blue bar).
- #### The potential for **under-spending** (red bar is much lower) or **over-spending** (red bar is higher).

### **Tips & Important Notes**

- #### This is a **high-level visual report** that is very effective for presentations to **Executive Management**.
- #### This graph is a summary of all data recorded in the **Project Budget (RAB)** module (for the Projection data) and the **Project Activity Completion** module (for the Realization data).
- #### Use this report for evaluating the performance of project budget absorption on a monthly, company-wide scale.