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advanced·Finance & FP&A·40 min

Gross Margin Bridge & Price-Volume-Mix Analysis

A period-over-period margin bridge decomposed into price, volume, mix, cost, and FX effects.

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Recommended modelClaude Opus 4.8

Multi-schedule financial logic and consistency across linked calculations.

What you need to fill in

[revenue & COGS by product, two periods][currencies]

Tools used

ChatGPTClaude

The prompt

Act as an FP&A margin analyst. Build a gross-margin bridge. Paste data: [revenue & COGS by product/region, two periods] FX exposure: [currencies if relevant] Please: 1. Decompose the margin change into price, volume, mix, cost, and FX using a stated method 2. Show the calculation for each effect so it can be rebuilt in Excel 3. Rank the 3 largest effects with one-sentence business explanations 4. Build the waterfall-chart table (labels + values) 5. Flag data gaps that would change the story
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