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ADVANCED CAPABILITIES · 07 — ACTUAL & FORECAST COST
Not calculating cost — seeing where it changed.
The cost you calculate when quoting and the cost that materialises when the job closes are rarely the same. WinPremium compares each order's forecast and actual cost line by line, and shows — before the job ends — how a seemingly profitable order really closes once overheads are included.
Live cost on the shop-floor board
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Cost Comparison by Job
— forecast vs actual (practical)
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Click a job — the line-by-line cost comparison and true profit analysis opens.
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IKONE 20×20×5 Order— cost comparison
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Margin Summary
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Excluding overheads, the job looks 131% profitable but at actual cost it closes at at 57.2% profit . WinPremium shows that gap before the job ends.
* Illustrated with data from a real customer engagement.
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
What is knowing actual and forecast cost good for?
Most manufacturers quote on instinct or a rough calculation. When the job closes, the real cost is usually different — overtime, high waste, unexpected freight or unallocated overheads. A company that cannot see that gap loses money on jobs it believes are profitable, and finds out at month end rather than end of shift.
Cost & variance analysis — WinPremium
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A CONCRETE EXAMPLE
How much did the job you thought was "profitable" really leave?
On the IKONE order, the quotation looked 131% profitable against material and labour. Once overheads, the general machine and labour share and freight were added, the real margin fell to 57.2%. That gap is not small: the decision to price the same job correctly next time — or to decline it — rests on that number.
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EXCLUDING OVERHEADS
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ACTUAL (PRACTICAL)
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That gap of 73.8 points comes from unallocated overheads. WinPremium distributes that share across every order and shows true profit before the job ends.