23. Order costing

The ACalc order costing is a tool for the calculation of personnel-concerned order costs, profit contribution (PC), fixed costs (FC) and revenues.

Press F3 or go to the menu Orders –> Order costing or right-click on an order in the order overview. You can then select Order costing from the context menu.

Select the required order in the order selection. You can either choose an order directly (right-click on order in Order overview –> Order costing) or search for it in the order selection. You can search by order number or order description.

If you leave the search boxes for order number and order description blank, then all entered orders will be displayed in the box for search results. The individual results can be viewed successively by clicking on the up- and down-arrows.

If you wish, you can enter the respective figures in the boxes for income and costs (Edit income –> Right-click –> Enter income; Edit costs –> Right-click –> New cost). If you enter any data here, please click on Refresh afterwards to save it.

The current personnel costs are totalled in Personnel costs and displayed as GAW (Gross Average Wage) sum. If you change entries of orders in the timetable, you have to click on Refresh so that the results can be recalculated.

The Results display the profit contribution (PC), fixed costs (FC) and revenues. To receive meaningful results, you have to enter every income and cost.