Costing That Happens While You Plan
A production cost you work out after the run is a number you can only regret. Biznify prices the plan as you build it, from the materials you put on it.
How it works
How a production plan prices itself
Cost per unit as you build
Add materials and quantities and the per-production cost updates with them, so the margin is visible while there is still time to change the plan.
Stock shown beside every material
Each line carries its live in-stock quantity, so you find out you are short before the run is scheduled rather than on the floor.
Labour and overhead on the plan
Costs that are not materials go on the same plan, so the figure that reaches finished goods is the cost of making the thing rather than the cost of its parts.
Templates keep two runs comparable
A plan saved as a template is started from next time, which is what stops the same product being costed two different ways by two different people.
The cost follows the goods
Completing the run values the finished goods at what it cost to make them, so the margin on the invoice is a real margin.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I see the cost before I commit to a run?
Yes — that is the point of it. The per-production cost is calculated as the plan is built, from the materials and costs you have put on it.
Does it warn me if a material is short?
Each material line shows its current stock quantity beside it, so a shortage is visible on the plan rather than discovered later.
Can two people cost the same product differently?
They can, which is why plans can be saved as templates. Starting from a template is what keeps repeat runs of the same product costed the same way.
Are there printed costing reports?
Not as a manufacturing report group — Biznify has 40 reports in five groups and manufacturing is not one of them. The costing lives on the plan and in inventory valuation.