What you get
- A bill of materials per product. List the typical materials and quantities for each thing you make, once.
- Jobs created by the order. Confirming a customer order creates the manufacturing job and the delivery for it, with nothing to raise by hand.
- Record what was really used. The job starts from the bill of materials, and the operator changes the quantities to what actually went in.
- Cost per piece from real materials. Each finished piece is valued at the materials recorded on its job, not at an estimate.
- Materials in stock at what they cost. Purchase orders and supplier bills bring materials in, and stock is valued as it moves.
- Deposits on order. Take a deposit when the order is placed. It is held as a customer advance and deducted on the final invoice.
- Quote from the bill of materials. See the materials, their current cost and the margin on a piece before you give the customer a price.
- Kept small. Work orders, routings and by-products are off by default, so the app is one screen for the job and nothing more.
Built for the Maldives
Materials on an island are bought in bulk when the boat comes, and a job can wait weeks between the deposit and the delivery. The app is built around both facts. Materials sit in stock at what they cost until a job uses them, and a deposit sits as a customer advance until the piece is delivered and invoiced, so the books in between are right.
The chart of accounts is the Maldives one and invoices are GST-ready. A business that is not registered for GST runs without it on its documents until registration comes. The rules for registration are MIRA’s, at mira.gov.mv.
What posts to the accounts
Buying materials puts them into stock at the price on the supplier’s bill. Making a piece moves the value of the materials used into the finished piece. The stock value does not change, only its shape. Delivering the piece posts nothing yet. The deposit invoice records the money as a customer advance. The final invoice records the sale in full, clears the advance and charges the cost of that piece to cost of sales in the same entry, so the margin on each job is the real one.
Once each job is invoiced, the stock value in the accounts equals the materials and finished pieces on hand. The only gap is a piece that has been delivered and not yet invoiced, and invoicing closes it.
Works with the rest of Odreca One
- Purchasing: purchase orders and supplier bills bring materials into stock.
- Inventory: materials and finished pieces, valued as they move.
- Sales and invoicing: quotations, deposit invoices and the final invoice.
- Accounting: every step lands in the ledger.
Who it is for
Businesses that make things to order from materials they buy, and want to know what each piece really cost.
Nailed It Co, a carpentry workshop, runs on it: a bill of materials per piece, jobs created from orders, a deposit on order and the balance on delivery.
Pricing
Odreca One is priced per business, not per user: from $59 a month, priced in USD and billed in Rufiyaa, with unlimited tills and locations and no hidden fees. Onboarding is a one-time fee that covers migration, setup and training. See pricing.
Questions people ask
Does a manufacturing job post accounting entries?
No. When a job is done, the value of the materials used moves into the finished piece inside stock, and the total stock value stays the same. The supplier's bill and the customer's invoice are the accounting events.
What does a finished piece cost?
The materials actually recorded on its job. If the operator used less timber than the bill of materials said, the piece costs less. That cost reaches cost of sales when the piece is invoiced.
Can I take a deposit on an order?
Yes. A deposit invoice is raised from the order and the money is held as a customer advance, not as a sale. The final invoice after delivery shows the full price with the deposit deducted.
Is labour included in the cost of a piece?
Not in the default set-up. The cost of a piece is its materials. A paid helper's wages are an expense in the Profit & Loss, not part of the stock value.
Do I have to count stock by hand?
Stock changes with every purchase, job and delivery, so the system's figure is kept current. A physical count now and then adjusts any difference.
Is it only for carpentry?
No. It is for any business that makes things to order from materials it buys. A carpentry workshop was the first to run on it.