Do You Know Your True Profit on Every Cabinet Job?
Most cabinet shops think they're making money. Then the job closes, the invoice is paid, and a cloud of uncertainty settles in: Did the sheet good yield hold? Were the finishing labour hours what we estimated? Did we account for all the hardware substitutions? Without real-time job costing, you're pricing on hope. Seradex gives you cost clarity on every job - from the first BOM line to the final delivery - so you always know where your margins stand and why.
Why Job Costing & Margin Analysis Is Critical?
Revenue without margin insight is dangerous - especially in custom work where a handful of bad jobs can erase a quarter. If actual material, labour, and overhead only surface after close, you cannot fix pricing, scope, or execution in time. Seradex rolls cost forward with production so you always see estimated vs. actual, where variances opened, and which customers and product lines truly pay.
Real Cost Visibility Across Every Job
Real-Time Cost Tracking
As materials are consumed, labour is clocked at each work centre, and operations are completed, Seradex updates the job cost record in real time. No waiting for month-end to discover you lost margin on a kitchen that shipped two weeks ago.
Margin Analysis by Job, Product Line & Customer
Know your true profitability - not just revenue - broken down by individual job, product category (frameless, face-frame, custom millwork), or customer segment (builder programs, retail, commercial). Identify which work is worth chasing and which is eroding your margins
Integration with Production & Inventory
Labour hours flow in from work centre clocking. Material costs pull from actual inventory consumption, not standard costs. Overhead is allocated against actual machine time. Your job cost reflects what the job actually consumed - not what you guessed it would.
Variance Analysis: Estimated vs. Actual
Every Seradex job tracks estimated cost against actual cost, line by line. When finishing takes 40% more hours than estimated, or a hardwood species runs higher yield loss than expected, the variance report tells you exactly where the gap opened and by how much.
Cost Forecasting & Budget Planning
Use historical job cost data across similar project types to sharpen future estimates. Seradex identifies patterns - kitchen programs at a given price point consistently running 8% over on finishing labour - so your estimator's price with evidence, not intuition.
The Jobs That Look Profitable: And Aren't
Here's a pattern most cabinet shops recognize: a large builder program looks great on paper. Volume is strong. Revenue is healthy. But margin analysis tells a different story. Finishing rework on non-standard profiles is running hot. Hardwood species substitutions are costing more than the quote absorbed. The program is growing revenue and shrinking profit simultaneously.
With Seradex job costing, you see this before you re-sign the contract - not after.
Seradex shows you:
- Material cost per cabinet unit vs. quoted
- Labour hours by work centre vs. estimated
- Overhead allocation by job type
- Net margin by customer and product line - ranked
So when your biggest builder account asks for another 60-unit program at last year's pricing, you have the data to negotiate with confidence or walk away with clarity.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions to help you better understand our solutions and processes.
Can we analyze costs for specific door styles or product configurations?
Yes. Seradex supports cost analysis by any combination of job attributes - door style, species, finish type, customer, or order size - so you can identify exactly which configurations are most profitable.
How does labour costing work if we pay our team by work centre rather than job?
Seradex captures labour time at the work centre level and allocates it to jobs based on actual clocking, allowing accurate per-job labour costs even with shared work centre crews.
Can we compare estimated vs. actual margins before a job closes?
Yes. Seradex provides in-progress job cost visibility throughout production, so you can identify overruns and take corrective action before the job ships.
Does this integrate with our accounting software?
Yes. Seradex connects to your accounting system, ensuring that job costs flow into your financial records accurately without duplicate entry.
What Knowing Your True Costs Changes
What tighter job costing and margin visibility typically improves:
- Cost overruns reduced - 25% fewer jobs finishing over budget
- Job profitability improved - 15% higher average margin within 6 months
- Estimating accuracy - tighter quotes, fewer surprises
- Strategic pricing decisions - based on real data, not gut feel
ARE YOU READY?
Stop Guessing. Start Knowing.
Seradex gives you cost transparency on every job so you can price with confidence, protect your margins, and grow profitability - not just revenue.