Costing & Margin Intelligence
We build costing and margin systems that capture material, labour, machine and overhead cost for every order, product and customer.
You see estimated against actual cost while work is still in progress, so pricing, discounts and customer priorities are decided on real margins rather than assumptions.
“We know our revenue every month, but we are never fully sure which orders actually made money.”
Does your business work this way?
Quotes are priced on experience rather than actual cost.
The actual cost of a job is known only after it is closed.
Material price changes are not reflected in product cost.
Some customers look profitable but are not.
Overheads are spread across products by guesswork.
Margin leakage is noticed only at year end.
Know your real margin on every order.
01
Estimate costing
Build quotes from BOMs, process routes, rates and overheads.
02
Actual job costing
Capture actual material, labour and machine cost as work progresses.
03
Estimate versus actual
Compare quoted and actual cost to see exactly where margin is lost.
04
Product & customer profitability
See margin by product, customer, region and order type.
05
Overhead allocation
Allocate overheads using clear rules your finance team agrees on.
06
Margin dashboards
Track margin trends and get alerts when jobs go over budget.
Where the margin went: an example.
An order quoted at ₹5.8 L with an estimated cost of ₹4.2 L closes at an actual cost of ₹4.4 L. The system shows exactly which cost moved, so the next quote is priced correctly.
01
Material
Estimated ₹2.4 L, actual ₹2.6 L. The steel price increase was not reflected in the quote.
02
Labour
Estimated ₹1.1 L, actual ₹1.1 L. On plan.
03
Overheads
Estimated ₹0.7 L, actual ₹0.7 L. On plan.
Illustrative example. Figures are not customer data.
How this engagement runs.
Phase 1
Collect rates
Rates, overheads and allocation rules agreed with finance.
Phase 2
Build sheets
Cost sheets for your main products validated.
Phase 3
Connect actuals
Production consumption and time linked to cost.
Phase 4
Review margins
Monthly margin review by product and customer.
What changes for your team.
- Quotes backed by real cost.
- Loss-making orders spotted early.
- Price changes reflected the same day.
- Margin visible to sales and management.
How We Build Your Costing System.
We start by understanding your business from the ground up, analysing existing workflows, identifying challenges and uncovering opportunities for improvement. We then design the solution architecture, review it with your team, gather feedback and approvals, and only then move into engineering, implementation and continuous improvement.
- 1
Understand your business
Step 01 · Discover
We start from the ground up, learning how your business really works today.
- 2
Analyse workflows
Step 02 · Analyse
We study existing workflows, identify challenges and uncover opportunities for improvement.
- 3
Design the architecture
Step 03 · Design
We design the solution architecture around your requirements and processes.
- 4
Review & approve
Step 04 · Align
We review the design with your team, gather feedback and get approval before we build.
- 5
Engineer & implement
Step 05 · Build
Development, integration, testing, deployment and onboarding.
- 6
Improve continuously
Step 06 · Evolve
We keep refining the solution as your operations and requirements evolve.
We don't build first and understand later. We understand first, design together and build what your business actually needs.
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Whether you're ready to onboard or just exploring - drop us a message. We respond within one business day.
- info@trikaan.com
- Phone
- +91 90362 22022
- Office
- 657/23, 13 Cross, Asha Township, Doddagubbi, Hennur Road
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560077, India - Follow us