Diagnostics
Financial Clarity Diagnostic
What does this product actually cost me to make and sell?
The question this answers
What does this product actually cost me to make and sell?
A first accurate read on true unit cost and where margin is disappearing, using data you already have. You are growing, but you cannot always say with confidence what each product actually costs you to make and sell, or where the real margin is disappearing. Before you build a system to track it permanently, you need a first accurate read on the number itself. We calculate it for you, using what you already have, no new infrastructure required.
What you are probably seeing
- Pricing decisions are made against a cost number nobody has checked in a while.
- Gross margin on paper and cash in the bank tell two different stories.
- Overheads, packaging changes and freight have moved but the costing sheet has not.
How Durvaa works through it
- Rebuild true landed cost per unit including the components usually left out of the sheet.
- Trace the difference between expected margin and realised margin to specific causes.
- Establish which products are carrying the business and which are quietly diluting it.
What you walk away with
- A current, defensible unit cost number per product line.
- A written explanation of where margin is disappearing between quote and bank balance.
- The pricing and cost decisions that should be reviewed first.
The paired engagement
Financial Clarity System
The diagnostic names the constraint. This is the system that gets installed once it is named.
Read about the Financial Clarity SystemCommon questions
Questions founders ask about this.
Anything not answered here is worth raising on the consultation call, where it can be answered against your actual situation.
- Do we need an accounting system in place?
- No new infrastructure is required. The diagnostic calculates the number from the records you already keep, whatever form they are in.
- Does this replace our accountant?
- No. An accountant reports what happened. This diagnostic establishes the commercial cost number you make forward pricing and spending decisions against.
Start
Start with a free 30-minute consultation.
Share the context and Durvaa will confirm whether this is the right question to start with, or whether something else should come first.