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title: "Which job ate the margin?"
description: You cannot see which job ate the margin. Controlling in Mach ERP holds cost centres and profit centres on the same books as finance.
url: "https://www.macherp.in/modules/controlling"
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[Modules](https://www.macherp.in/#s6) Controlling

Controlling

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A job, a machine or a department can carry a cost centre. Profit is split by profit centre, on the same ledger as finance.

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One job, read off the books

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The P&L says the plant made money. Nobody can say which job, machine or department ate the margin. In Mach ERP the answer sits on the job.

* PRO-0007  
₹13,000  
Job cost so far, posted by the CNC shop, grinding and QC cost centres.
* Profit centre · Shafts

24.1%  
Margin on the job: revenue less cost, read from the finance ledger.
* Cost centres  
3  
CNC shop, grinding and QC each carry the cost they add to the job.

Dummy data. Harbour Tools.

How it runs

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### Put cost on a centre

A job, a machine or a department carries a cost centre. The cost sits on that record as it is booked.

### Split profit by profit centre

Profit centres split plant profit, next to the finance ledger, not in a year-end spreadsheet.

### Read the same books

Controlling reads the same ledger as finance. The margin view and the accounts cannot disagree.

Questions

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### What can carry a cost centre?

A job, a machine or a department. The cost sits on that record.

### Is controlling a second set of books?

No. Controlling reads the same ledger as finance. There is not a second set of numbers.

### Where do we see profit by profit centre?

In Mach ERP, next to the finance ledger. Plant profit is split by profit centre there, not in a year-end spreadsheet.

Covers

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* Cost centres
* Profit centres

Works with

[FinanceMonth-end is when you find the leak.](https://www.macherp.in/modules/finance)[ProductionThe job shipped. You still do not know what it cost.](https://www.macherp.in/modules/production)

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Controlling

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Bring a Tally export or an item list. We will show you what it looks like in Mach ERP.

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