Feature
Actual Job Costing
Job cost accumulates from bookings and movements while the job runs, and is compared against the quoted estimate.
Operational Problem
A line with no cost rate reports as unvalued, not as zero. A job that is missing a rate says so rather than reporting a margin it did not achieve.
A simplified drawing, not a screenshot. Cost accumulates from bookings and movements while the job runs, against the estimate behind its quotation. Same job and same figures as the cost summary on the home page.
Somebody works out actual cost at month end, in a spreadsheet, for the jobs they had time to look at.
A blanket labour rate covers the gaps, because the bookings are incomplete.
A missing rate values the line at zero, and the job reports a better margin than it achieved.
Capabilities
- 1.
Real margin per job — Built from booked labour, issued material, overhead and the subcontract price you actually paid.
- 2.
Compared to what you sold — Every job is set against the estimate behind its quotation.
- 3.
Highlight Missing Cost Rates — A missing rate reports as unvalued rather than as free.
- 4.
Use Actual Costs for the Next Quotation — Use what the last batch really cost instead of what you charged last time.
How It Works
See Actual Job Margin
Margin is built from booked labour, the price actually paid for material, applied overhead and the prices recorded on subcontract consignments. Where a rate is missing, the line is shown as unvalued rather than as zero, so a job with a gap in its costing shows the gap instead of reporting a margin it has not earned.
Measured Against What You Sold
The comparison is to the estimate behind the quotation, which is still attached to the order, rather than to a standard cost.
Real Material Cost, Not A Standard
Material is costed at what you actually paid for it, not a standard set years ago.
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