Batch cost has four components: ingredients consumed, packaging used, labor entries, and an overhead share. FourFoxes computes it automatically when the pieces are in place: an active bill of materials for the product, ingredient consumption records with quantities, and the batch's size. All costing pages require the admin or owner role.
On the batch. The batch page shows a COGs Breakdown card with the ingredient, packaging, and labor components, the total, and cost per unit, along with when it was calculated.
Across batches. Open Reports, then under Finance:
- COGs Dashboard lists recent batch costs at a glance.
- Per-SKU Report averages cost per batch and per unit for each product, filterable by product, product type, and packaging date range.
- Margin Analysis compares your average unit cost to your selling prices by channel: retail, wholesale, and distributor. Click a product's pricing link to set its channel prices. Margins are color-coded against thresholds per channel.
[facsimile candidate: Margin Analysis with channel toggle]
Costs are captured at the moment of consumption, from the actual lots used, so a price change on later purchases does not rewrite old batches.
Linking ingredient purchases to a batch by QR code records which lots were used, but not how much. A batch with only QR links shows "COGs unavailable" because there are no quantities to cost. Ingredient costing needs quantity records.
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