What this work includes
Cost accounting is hard when data lives in operations, purchasing, and the GL at the same time. We connect those views and make the numbers usable.
Manufacturers, distributors, and product businesses that suspect margin is wrong, or that cannot explain cost by SKU, job, or location.
Deliverables
- Standard cost setup and maintenance
- Cost-center hierarchies and driver analysis
- Product, brand, channel, or region costing
- Variance and profitability reporting
- Insight into inefficiencies tied to product cost
Standard costs
We help you build methods and cost-center hierarchies so cost drivers are visible and updates are periodic, not heroic.
Developing reports and analysis
Reports concentrate on business drivers—people, infrastructure, and spend—so leadership can act on margin, not just totals.
Use the insight
Cost transparency is only useful if it changes quoting, mix, or process. We stay through the first decisions the reports create.
Questions
Is this only for manufacturers?
- Manufacturing is common, but any business that needs standard cost, job cost, or channel profitability can use the same discipline.
Can you work with Sage Fixed Assets and ERP subledgers?
- Yes. Kim has experience with Sage Fixed Assets, RFMS, SAP, NetSuite, Intacct, and Dynamics GP, which is often where cost lives.
How is this different from bookkeeping?
- Bookkeeping records what happened. Cost accounting explains why margin moved and what a unit, job, or channel actually consumed.