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Here's our data for 4 periods: period 1 had labour cost 100, postage cost 50, other cost 20, and 10 processed returns; period 2 had labour 110, postage 55, other 22, and 11 returns; period 3 had labour 100, postage 50, other 20, and 10 returns; period 4 had labour 110, postage 55, other 22, and 11 returns.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Quarterly returns cost benchmarking","prompt":"I have return processing data for 6 consecutive quarters — labour costs ranging from 80 to 130, postage from 40 to 70, other costs around 15 to 25, and between 8 and 14 processed returns each quarter. Can you work out the adjacent period changes in cost per case across those quarters?"},{"title":"Monitoring seasonal return cost spikes","prompt":"We process a lot of returns after the holidays. Here's our monthly data for 12 months — each row has our labour cost, postage cost, other cost, and number of processed returns. Can you show me how the return processing cost per case shifted between each consecutive month?"},{"title":"Evaluating impact of a new returns workflow","prompt":"We switched to a new returns process in period 3. I have 4 periods of data with labour, postage, other costs, and processed return counts. 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