Forecast vs actual
The cost at quotation and the real cost at job close are placed side by side, order by order.
ADVANCED CAPABILITIES · 07 — ACTUAL & FORECAST COST
Not calculating cost — seeing where it changed.
The cost you calculate when quoting and the cost that materializes 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
Line-by-line transparency
Material, labor, dies, varnish, freight and overheads show separately; where the gap formed is plain.
True profitability
Once overheads are included, the margin the job really closes at emerges before it ends.
LAST WEEK · JOBS CLOSED
6
forecast vs actual
LOOKED PROFITABLE, CLOSED AT A LOSS
3
real cost gap
LARGEST VARIANCE
25%
over forecast
CLOSED UNDER BUDGET
3
a pricing opportunity appears
Cost Comparison by Job
— forecast vs actual (practical)
ORDERJOBCUSTOMERFORECASTACTUALVARIANCERESULT
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Envelope · 355,200 units
Berka Ambalaj
€30,310
€26,671
12.0% under
profitable
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Envelope · 140,000 units
Berka Ambalaj
€12,900
€12,200
5.4% under
profitable
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Board Bag · 15,000 units
Vega Ofset
€10,400
€12,000
15.4% over
loss
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Board Bag · 15,000 units
Vega Ofset
€13,200
€16,500
25.0% over
loss
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Box · 6,000 units
Marsan Baskı
€4,500
€5,400
20.0% over
loss
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IKONE 20×20×5 · 5,575 units
Teknik Ambalaj
€1,737.33
€1,105.00
36.4% under
profitable
Click a job — the line-by-line cost comparison and true profit analysis opens.
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
Correct pricing
A company that knows its real cost prices the next quotation on data, not instinct.
Finding the leak
Invisible items such as waste, overtime, rework and freight are traced down to the order.
Spotting a losing job early
Jobs that look profitable but will lose money are flagged at the quotation stage.
Allocating overheads fairly
Overheads are allocated to each order in proportion; no job hides another's cost.
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 labor. Once overheads, the general machine and labor 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.
- Material and labor are right; the gap comes entirely from unallocated overheads.
- The system shows the gap the moment the job closes, not at month end.
- The next quotation to the same customer is issued on a real cost base.
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EXCLUDING OVERHEADS
131%
ACTUAL (PRACTICAL)
57.2%
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.