Casting cost calculation and quotations
True cost per piece and per kg, consistent quotations and margins by part and customer.
Price per kilo is still the commercial benchmark for many foundries, yet two castings of the same weight can have very different costs: yield, number of cores, scrap, fettling time and outsourced operations completely change the margin.
Fond/Wise calculates direct and indirect costs by operation from the technical data and actual production records, so you can compare quoted and actual cost and know which parts and customers really make money.
Key features
Cost per piece and per kg
Metal, cores, moulding, melting, finishing, heat treatment and outsourced operations costed by step.
Quotations
Quotes based on weights, yields and routings from the technical sheet, with batch-size and alloy scenarios.
Standard and actual costs
Comparison of standard and actual cost, highlighting variances by part.
Contribution margins
Margins by customer and by part, compared year on year and month by month.
Frequently asked questions
Does costing reflect raw-material price changes?
Yes. Fond/Wise keeps the price history of alloy components and, with split price lists (alloy, cores, processing, packaging), lets you update only the metal component.
Can I see how scrap affects the cost of a casting?
Yes. Scrap cost recorded by the quality module is allocated to parts to show the true margin.
Related modules
Technical data, patterns & dies
One technical master for castings, patterns, cores, dies and tooling, linked to production, quality and costing.
Learn more →Quality, scrap & certificates
Inspections, non-conformities, scrap cause analysis and automatically generated certificates.
Learn more →Orders, price lists, warehouse & logistics
Orders and deliveries, split price lists, purchasing, warehouse, subcontracting, shipping and invoicing.
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