Cost Controlling
Monitor actual versus planned product costs in real time. Executive dashboards, pipeline analytics, capacity forward view, and variance analysis — from portfolio-level KPIs down to individual process steps. Powered by Power BI and the Management module of ORAGO Cost Controlling.
Why Cost Controlling with ORAGO
Actual vs. Planned
Compare actual production costs against planned values at every level — from total portfolio down to individual manufacturing process steps. Identify variances immediately with live data, not month-end reports.
Drill-Down Capability
Start at the portfolio dashboard and drill down through customer, product line, individual part, and manufacturing process to find exactly where costs deviate from plan.
AI-Powered Alerts
ORAGO AI monitors cost trends and flags significant deviations before they become problems. Material price shifts via commodity index sync, overhead rate changes, and efficiency drops are detected automatically.
Portfolio-Level Visibility
for Management
The Management module gives executives a single view of the entire quoting portfolio: weighted pipeline value, win-rate trends, average margin, and capacity utilisation. Top projects by value are listed with customer, annual value, margin, status, and capacity impact per plant.
- Pipeline value (weighted by probability), win rate (YTD vs. prior year), average margin, and capacity utilisation
- Pipeline trend chart (6-month rolling) and margin distribution histogram
- Top projects table with customer, annual value, margin, status, and plant capacity impact
Know Where You Win.
Know Why You Lose.
Pipeline analytics break down your quoting portfolio by stage, customer, and outcome. The pipeline funnel shows weighted value at each stage (Open, In Progress, Ready to Submit, Submitted, Won). Win-rate analysis by customer reveals which relationships are strongest. Win/loss reason tracking identifies whether you lose on price, technical capability, delivery timeline, or existing relationships.
- Pipeline funnel with weighted value and count per stage
- Win rate by customer — identify strongest and weakest relationships
- Win/loss reason analysis (12-month rolling) with primary driver tags
From Pipeline Volumes
to Plant Capacity
The Capacity Forward View projects resource requirements from pipeline volumes (weighted by win probability) against available capacity per plant per month. Machine hours and labour hours are shown for each production site. Bottleneck alerts fire when projected utilisation exceeds capacity — before you commit to a quote you cannot deliver.
- Machine hours and labour hours utilisation per plant, per month (6-month forward view)
- Colour-coded utilisation: green (safe), amber (high), red (over capacity)
- Bottleneck alerts with specific plant, resource type, and month identified
From Dashboard to Root Cause
ORAGO connects Power BI and PowerQuery directly to your costing database, delivering live dashboards that update as calculations change. The Controlling dashboard shows recent calculations with status, customer, and margin at a glance. Active alerts from ORAGO AI surface material price drift, approval queue items, and cost version reviews requiring attention.
- Portfolio-level KPI dashboards in Power BI / PowerQuery
- Variance analysis by customer, product, and process
- Material price impact tracking via commodity index sync (LME, ICIS)
- Active alerts panel: material drift, approval queue, supervision escalations
Take Control of Your Product Costs
See how ORAGO delivers real-time cost controlling with executive dashboards, pipeline analytics, and capacity planning. Book a personalised demo.