Pothera ERP · Costing
Manufacturing Costing Software: Job and Product Cost in Pothera ERP
Pothera ERP costs manufacturing from the same records the plant already keeps: material issued by lot at landed cost, production by machine and operator, job-work charges, scrap and rejections, and overheads through cost-centre accounting. Owners see cost and margin per job, order or product — not just company profit at month-end.
Who it is for: Pothera ERP costing is built for Indian manufacturers with roughly ₹10–500 crore annual turnover that need cost and margin per job, order or product — not only at month-end.
Built by Bsquare Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Noida · part of The Nambiar Group · 25 years in business · 1,000+ manufacturing and trading clients.
Manufacturing costing in Pothera — at a glance
| Material | Issued by lot at landed cost |
|---|---|
| Conversion | Production by machine, shift and operator |
| Outsourced | Job-work charges and consumption |
| Losses | Scrap, rejections and wastage |
| Overheads | Cost-centre accounting |
| Views | Job, order and product costing; project-wise job costing |
Bsquare’s take
“Most manufacturers know their annual profit to the rupee and the margin on their biggest customer to within ten percent. Costing per order is how you find the customer you are subsidising.”
What goes into the cost of a job
| Cost element | Where it comes from in Pothera ERP |
|---|---|
| Material | Issues to the order at landed cost |
| Scrap and rejections | Rejection analysis and scrap records against the order |
| Labour and machine | Production recorded by machine, shift and operator |
| Job work | Job-work charges and material consumed |
| Overheads | Cost-centre accounting |
| Freight and duties on inputs | Landed cost calculation |
Free tool: job cost and margin calculator
Work out the cost and margin of one job. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Questions to ask any vendor
- Per order: Can we see cost and margin for one order?
- Elements: Which costs are captured automatically — material, labour, machine, job work, scrap, overheads?
- Overheads: How are overheads allocated?
- Landed cost: Is material costed at landed cost?
- Variance: Can we compare actual with standard or quoted cost?
Costing customers already run on Pothera
- Durlum India (metal ceilings, German group): multi-currency procurement and project-wise job costing.
- Steel and fabrication editions: job costing with yield, wastage and scrap visibility.
Frequently asked questions
What is manufacturing costing software?
Manufacturing costing software calculates what it really costs to make a product or complete a job — material, labour, machine time, overheads, outsourced work and losses — from production and purchase records.
What is the difference between job costing and product costing?
Job costing gives the cost of a specific order or batch; product costing gives the standard or average cost of an item. Make-to-order plants rely on job costing; make-to-stock plants on product costing.
How do you calculate job cost in manufacturing?
Job cost = material issued (less scrap credit) + direct labour + machine cost + job-work charges + allocated overheads. Divide by good units to get cost per unit and compare with the selling price for margin.
Does Pothera ERP do job costing?
Yes. Pothera ERP provides job and project-wise costing, with cost-centre accounting for overheads.
Can I see margin per customer?
Yes, by combining order-wise cost with the sales value of each order.
Does scrap reduce the cost of a job?
Scrap sold reduces the net material cost, but usable offcuts returned to stock are worth more. See our heat number and offcut costing guide for fabrication.
Related
BOM & routing
Multi-level BOMs that drive planning, purchase and cost. Free cost roll-up.
Shop floor & work orders
Production orders and analysis by machine, shift and operator. Free shift calculator.
Job work & subcontracting
Outsource and insource job work with full material reconciliation. Free variance check.
Quality management
Inspection at inward, WIP, SFG, FG and pre-dispatch. Free cost-of-quality calculator.
ERP for manufacturing
One system from enquiry to dispatch, built around production.
Heat number & offcut costing (2026)
Trace every plate to its heat; cost every job with offcuts and scrap. Free calculator.
See it on your own data
Send us one sales order, its BOM and last month’s production report. We will run them through Pothera ERP in the demo.