Job Costing articles
Everything we've written on job costing for NZ manufacturing workshops.
Job Costing with MYOB AccountRight: A Guide for Australian Manufacturers
MYOB handles your BAS and payroll, but it can't tell you whether Job #4872 made money. Here's what proper MYOB-integrated job costing looks like for an Australian workshop — and why the integration depth matters more than the brand of accounting software.
How to Track Labour Costs in an Australian Manufacturing Workshop
Labour is 40–60% of the cost of every job that leaves an Australian manufacturing workshop. If you're not tracking it accurately against jobs, you're quoting on guesses — and your margin is a guess too. Here's how to do it properly, from paper timesheets to biometric clock-in.
Best Job Costing Software for Manufacturing (2026)
The 7 best job costing systems for manufacturing workshops, compared: real published pricing, floor-level labour capture, Xero and MYOB integration, and which one fits a NZ or Australian shop.
QuickBooks Job Management & Job Costing for NZ Manufacturers
QuickBooks handles your accounting, but it can't tell you whether a job made money. Here's how job management software fills the gap and works alongside QuickBooks for NZ workshops.
7 Signs Your Workshop Is Quietly Losing Margin
Most margin doesn't vanish in one big hit — it leaks, job by job, in ways that never show up until year-end. Here are seven warning signs your workshop is losing money it shouldn't, and how to plug each leak.
How to Calculate Job Costs in Manufacturing: A Step-by-Step Guide
A practical, step-by-step method for calculating true job costs in a manufacturing workshop — labour, materials, and overheads — with a worked example.
How to Track Labour Costs in a Manufacturing Workshop
A practical guide to tracking labour costs in a workshop — what to measure, how to capture the data, and how to use it to improve margins.
Job Costing Software That Integrates with Xero: What NZ Manufacturers Need to Know
Xero handles your accounting, but it can't tell you whether Job #4872 made money or lost it. Here's what real Xero-integrated job costing looks like — and why the integration depth matters more than most people think.