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Know your business.

MIS isn't the end of finance. It's the beginning of the conversation.
We turn financial information into management information that shows what's happening, why, and what to do about it: performance, cash, working capital, profitability and forecasting.
Accounting tells you what happened. Business finance helps you understand why, and what to do next.
Vasudhaiva finance function and business capability
What's included

See the business, not just the accounts.

Management information

Management MIS, business performance, budget vs actual, financial analysis.

Cash

Cash flow, working capital, cash conversion.

Profitability

By customer, product, branch or outlet.

A forward view

Forecasting, business drivers, trends and risks.

Rhythm

MBRICKS™ monthly review, action tracking, stakeholder connect.

Diagnostic

Custom MIS Assessment™.

MIS built around your industry

Manufacturing

Sales → Gross margin → Capacity → Inventory → Working capital

IT & digital

Billable capacity → Utilisation → Employee cost → Client margin → Cash

E-commerce

Revenue → Marketplace fees → Returns → Contribution → Cash

Restaurants

Outlet revenue → Food cost → Labour → Outlet profitability

Is this you?

You may need Know when:

  • You receive accounts, but not insight
  • MIS arrives late, or not at all
  • You can't tell which customers or products make money
  • Profit looks fine, but cash is tight
  • Nobody explains why margins moved
  • Reports are produced but never discussed
How we approach it

Know → Understand → Discuss → Act

  1. Understand the driversWhat creates revenue, margin, cash and risk. The most important drivers are often never written down or monitored. A seasonal business needs to watch different numbers from a steady one; market size, distribution reach and customer mix may matter more than the P&L. We find the drivers that will actually grow your business.
  2. Design the MISBuilt around your questions.
  3. ReportOn time, every month, by the 12th.
  4. ReviewA monthly conversation with management through MBRICKS™.
  5. ActOwners, timelines and follow-up.
Go deeper

Custom MIS Assessment™

What are your numbers really telling you? ₹10,000.

MBRICKS™

The monthly review and action framework.

Industries

MIS built around different business models.

Questions we hear
What's the difference between accounts and MIS?

Accounts record transactions to accounting standards. MIS organises information around management's questions: which customers, products, locations and costs drive the result, and what needs attention.

Can you build MIS from our existing data?

Usually, yes. The Custom MIS Assessment™ starts exactly there. Where the data itself is unreliable, we find and fix the underlying accounting issues first.

How is the MIS reviewed?

Through MBRICKS™: a monthly management conversation covering results, insights, controls, key actions and stakeholders.

Your numbers already contain the story.

Let's understand what they're telling you.

Let's understand your business before we recommend anything.