What it cost to make, not what you think it cost to make.

Components leave stock, hours land on the run, and the finished item is booked in at what it actually cost.

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Bills of materials Work orders Production runs Real cost

Who it is for

Built for how manufacturing & job shops actually work.

What a unit actually cost to make

Material issued from stock plus hours on the run, not an estimate.

$412

Material

$180

Labour

$592

Unit cost

Who

Anyone who buys material, makes something from it, and sells the result: metalwork, joinery, signage, light assembly.

The problem today

The cost of what was made is a guess, because the material went out of stock and the hours went on a timesheet and the two never met.

The screens only this trade gets

The tools of your trade, not a generic form.

On top of the accounting, sales, stock and people every business gets, this is what Orbit adds for your work.

Bills of materials

Define what goes into each product once, and Orbit knows what to reserve, what to buy and what it costs every time you make it.

Work orders

Raise a work order, issue the components against it, and the stock moves as the job runs, not weeks later.

Production runs with real cost

Hours and materials land on the run, and the finished goods are booked in at what they actually cost, with the ledger entry behind them.

Planning, scrap and delivery

See demand against supply, record scrap where it happens, and raise the delivery note from the same order.

Bills of materials Work orders Production runs Panel tracking Dies Planning (demand vs supply) Scrap Delivery notes

And the whole company underneath

This is one part of a system that runs the whole business.

The trade screens above sit on the same core every Orbit company gets, so the work and the books are never two systems.

The moneyDouble-entry accounting, invoicing, payments, VAT and the reports an accountant asks for.

The workQuotes, orders, purchasing, multi-warehouse stock and projects, all tied to the ledger.

The peopleEmployees, attendance, leave and payroll, with roles down to the record.

The platformApprovals, your own fields and words, an audit trail, and your brand on every print.

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Answers

Questions people in your trade ask.

How do I calculate the cost of a manufactured item?

Add the material that went into it to the hours spent making it. Orbit issues the components from stock against the work order and lands the labour on the production run, then books the finished item in at that combined cost, so the number is real rather than estimated.

Is there bill of materials software for a small workshop?

Yes. Orbit lets you define a bill of materials for each product once, then reserves and issues those components every time you make it, and buys only what is short. It is built for a workshop, not a factory floor.

How does work in progress accounting work for a manufacturer?

As components and hours go onto a work order they sit as work in progress, and when the job finishes that value moves into finished goods stock. Orbit keeps the ledger in step with the shop floor automatically.

See Orbit on your own numbers.

Complete a work order and show the components leaving stock and the finished goods arriving, with the ledger entry behind both.

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