Cost Management & Product Costing
Know where your margin is actually made — by product, by line, by customer.
Companies grow and margins quietly narrow. Overheads get allocated by habit, prices get set against a competitor rather than against a cost, and by the time the P&L shows it, nobody can say which product caused it.
We build costing systems that reflect how the business really runs: what each product or service costs to deliver, where overhead genuinely lands, and what contribution each line makes. Then we put it to work — on pricing, on product mix, and in the negotiations where a costed position is worth considerably more than a strong opinion.
What we build and review
Product and service costing models
Built line by line with your operations team.
Standard costing
And a variance analysis framework.
Cost allocation
Direct and indirect allocation assessment.
Overhead analysis
Manufacturing overhead and absorption review.
Contribution and break-even analysis
Pricing support
Pricing strategy and profitability assessment.
SKU-level profitability
And product mix analysis.
Cost centre review
Departmental cost structure analysis.
Budget versus actual
Cost performance analysis and reporting.
Cost optimisation
Operational recommendations with quantified impact.
Inventory and production cost flow review
Procurement and supply chain cost analysis
Cost leakage identification
Expansion modelling
Financial modelling for new products and expansion decisions.
Dashboards
Management reporting for ongoing cost monitoring and control.
Built for these situations
- Manufacturers and processors running multiple SKUs or lines
- Businesses under margin pressure from input or energy costs
- Companies pricing against imports or against a dominant competitor
- Groups preparing for an investment or lending review
Why clients keep this with us
Costing models built with the operations team, not just the finance team. If the floor doesn’t recognise the model, the numbers are wrong.
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