Clicking on Volume in the top menu will open a modal with five choices. If you select Forecasts, you will be redirected to a list of all available forecasts for this workspace. If you already have reports, you can view them by clicking ‘View’ next to the relevant report.
When opening a report, you will land on a dashboard that summarises the insights of the report. This dashboard is automatically displayed for you when viewing a forecast. It includes:
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Total environmental impact of the manufacturing output
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Manufacturing output overview: This includes the total number of product SKUs, the total number of units (for all SKUs combined), and the cycle length of the assessment (month, quarter, or year).
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Top 3 impact categories and processes
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Top 3 tips to improve your manufacturing output score
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Baseline comparison: Compares the forecasted impact with the baseline to highlight the differences.
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Impact difference with baseline: A graph showing actual historical data alongside the forecast, and the target achievement date if any target has been set.
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Worst offenders: Identifies products with the highest environmental impact.
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Product contribution to the total environmental impact
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Highest and lowest impact products
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Breakdown by impact category
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Impact analysis results summary:
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By Impact category
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By Life cycle stage
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By Process
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Major contributors summary
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Contextual examples translating the physical outputs into easy-to-understand examples (e.g., car journeys, showers, basketball court sizes).
From this dashboard, you can also view the full forecast report. The full report follows a similar structure to other reports but with slight differences in the sections. To access it, click on ‘See Full Report’ at the top.
Full Report Sections:
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Summary: A quick overview of the assessment, including the number of products, units, and total impact.
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Volumes: Summarises the expected production volumes used in the forecast.
- Baseline comparison: Shows how the forecasted production volumes align with impact reduction targets, comparing the forecasted impact with your baseline to assess if the target will be met.
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LCIA (Life Cycle Impact Assessment): A section similar to the product report, with a new ‘impact by product’ lens. Results are split by:
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Impact by product
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Impact by category
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Impact by life cycle stage
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Impact by process
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As with all reports, the data in tables can be exported as CSV by clicking on ‘Export as CSV’.
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Interpretation: Provides additional context to the results, including contextual examples to help translate impact data into relatable terms.
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Appendix: Four appendices provide deeper insights:
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Detailed breakdown by product
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Detailed breakdown by impact category
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Normalisation and weighting factors
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Assumptions behind the contextual examples
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