Industries / Manufacturing
Product, plant and customer cost
Manufacturing
Standard costs stop at the factory gate. ProfitKeel carries overhead, engineering and after-sales cost through to the products and customers that drive them.
Questions you can answer
- Which SKUs look profitable at standard cost but lose money fully loaded?
- What do small batches and frequent setups really cost?
- Which customers demand the most engineering and service effort?
How the model is shaped
- LedgerPlant overhead, engineering, quality and selling cost centers.
- Activity poolsSetup, quality, engineering and selling activities.
- Rates and volumesActivity rates times volumes consumed, with any remainder shown in a named residual pool.
- Products and customersFully loaded product cost and customer contribution.
Typical cost objects
Product or SKUProduct familyPlantCustomerOrder
Typical drivers
Machine hoursSetupsBatchesEngineering changesService tickets