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Order Costing & Profitability
What each order was quoted at, what it actually cost, where the difference went, and which orders are going to lose money before they are finished.
In Manufacturing → Cost · 4 screens
ViewOrder ProfitabilityQuoted against actual, for every customer order: what it was sold for, what it was estimated to cost, what it actually cost element by element, and the margin that came of it.OpenViewProduction Order CostWhat a production order actually consumed, from what was posted rather than from an estimate: material issued, time confirmed, outside processing received and rework done.OpenViewOrder Cost ProjectionWhat an order has cost so far and where it is heading — so an order that is going to lose money is found before it is finished rather than after.OpenViewOperation Time VarianceWhat the routing said each operation would take and what it took, so an estimate that is consistently wrong can be corrected rather than argued about.Open
Columns, fields and actions
| Screen | Kind | What it is | Columns | Fields | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order Profitability | Read-only list | Quoted against actual, for every customer order: what it was sold for, what it was estimated to cost, what it actually cost element by element, and the margin that came of it. | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Production Order Cost | Read-only list | What a production order actually consumed, from what was posted rather than from an estimate: material issued, time confirmed, outside processing received and rework done. | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Order Cost Projection | Read-only list | What an order has cost so far and where it is heading — so an order that is going to lose money is found before it is finished rather than after. | 18 | 0 | 7 |
| Operation Time Variance | Read-only list | What the routing said each operation would take and what it took, so an estimate that is consistently wrong can be corrected rather than argued about. | 15 | 0 | 0 |