Know exactly which part of your business is making money.
Cost centre accounting, budget vs actual, and product-level profitability — without a single Excel export.
Sound familiar?
The problems we hear most often.
No product-level profitability
You know total company profit but not which product line, cost centre, or division is contributing. Decisions made on gut feel.
Budget vs actual in Excel
Finance provides actuals. Budget owners maintain their own spreadsheets. By the time the comparison is ready, the month is over.
Cost overruns discovered too late
Production ran ₹8 lakh over budget on a job. The variance was discovered at quarter close — not when it happened.
The workflow
How Controlling works.
Cost Centres Defined
Cost centres and profit centres mapped to your business structure — by department, product line, plant, or project.
Budget Set
Annual budget defined per cost centre with monthly phasing. Approved and locked against further edits.
Transactions Tagged
Every purchase, payroll entry, and overhead allocation tagged to the relevant cost centre automatically from Finance.
Actuals Posted
Real-time actuals visible as transactions flow from Finance, Materials, Production, and HR.
Variance Reported
Budget vs actual by cost centre, product, or project — available at any time without an export.
Cost Centres Defined
Cost centres and profit centres mapped to your business structure — by department, product line, plant, or project.
Budget Set
Annual budget defined per cost centre with monthly phasing. Approved and locked against further edits.
Transactions Tagged
Every purchase, payroll entry, and overhead allocation tagged to the relevant cost centre automatically from Finance.
Actuals Posted
Real-time actuals visible as transactions flow from Finance, Materials, Production, and HR.
Variance Reported
Budget vs actual by cost centre, product, or project — available at any time without an export.
Know which cost centre is profitable — and which is not.
Every transaction in Finance, Production, and HR is tagged to a cost centre automatically. Contribution margin by department, product line, or plant — visible in real time without any manual allocation or export.
Catch overruns the moment they happen — not at quarter close.
Budgets defined per cost centre with monthly phasing. As actuals post, variance is computed in real time. When a cost centre exceeds its approved limit, an alert fires and the responsible manager is notified immediately.
Capabilities
What's inside Controlling.
Every feature built for Indian manufacturing. Nothing generic, nothing bolted on.
Cost Centre Accounting
Full P&L per cost centre. Every transaction tagged on posting. No manual reallocation or Excel pivot required at period close.
Profit Centre Accounting
Revenue and cost tracked per product line or division. Contribution margin visible in real time, not just at year end.
Budget Planning
Variance Analysis
Budget vs actual at cost centre, product, and period level. Drill into any line to see the source transactions behind a variance.
Cost Allocation
Overhead costs allocated across cost centres by defined distribution keys — machine hours, headcount, floor area.
3+
Allocation key types
Product Costing
Standard cost per product derived from BOM and routing. Actual vs standard comparison after each production run.
Profitability Analysis
Contribution margin by product, customer, and region. Identify exactly which combinations of product and customer make money.
Management Reporting
Formatted management reports — cost centre summary, divisional P&L, variance analysis — without exporting to Excel.
Settlement to GL
Internal Orders
Track costs for discrete activities — a trade show, R&D project, or machine procurement — with budget control per order.
Activity-Based Costing
Costs allocated based on actual activity consumption — machine hours, labour hours, or units produced. More accurate than simple apportionment.
Full scope
Everything included. No add-ons.
Every capability available from day one. No per-feature pricing.
Indian compliance
Built for Indian compliance.
Every compliance touch point specific to Controlling is handled inside Mach ERP — not outsourced to a separate tool.
Cost centre audit trail for statutory and internal audit
Budget approval workflow with digital sign-off record
Variance analysis documentation for management accounts
CA-reviewed architecture. Designed to withstand statutory audits.
Integrations
Works with every other module.
Data flows between modules automatically. No manual exports, no re-entry.
When you need this
You need this when…
Finding which product line is subsidising another
The situation
A manufacturer with three product categories assumed all three were profitable. A gut-feel investment in the second category continued for two years before anyone ran the numbers.
With Mach ERP
Profitability analysis breaks down contribution margin per product line — factoring in material cost, production overhead, and SGA allocation. The subsidised category was visible within the first month.
Catching a budget overrun in real time
The situation
A maintenance activity ran ₹3.2 lakh over the approved budget. In the old system, this was discovered during quarterly review — three months after the spending occurred.
With Mach ERP
Budget control triggers an alert the moment a cost centre exceeds its approved limit. The cost centre manager can investigate and take corrective action while the project is still running.
FAQ
Common questions.
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