For brands that use a co-packer. Futureproof builds each run's cost from the packaging and ingredients you supply, freight and duty included, plus the co-packer's charge, so your margin is worked out on what your runs cost.
The co-packer's invoice, the packaging supplier's invoice and the freight on your supplies arrive separately, and the unit cost in your pricing sheet was worked out at launch.
Packaging, ingredients, freight and the co-packer charge sit on different invoices, so nobody can say what a finished unit cost.
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Each run's units carry what their packaging and ingredients cost, freight and duty included, plus the co-packer charge.
The charge per unit is not in the unit cost, so each product's margin looks better than it is.
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The co-packer charge is part of each run's unit cost, so it reaches cost of goods when the units sell.
A pricier bottle or a new tariff changes what the next run costs, but the pricing sheet waits until someone remembers.
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Each run takes its packaging out of stock at its cost in stock, so the pricier bottle shows in that run's cost.
Set out once what goes into each product, and each run your co-packer makes is costed from there through to the sale.
List the packaging and ingredients that go into each product, by variant where they differ.
Bottles, labels and ingredients come into stock at their landed cost, freight and duty included.
See what is short and whether your cash covers the next run before you book it.
Forward the co-packer's production report for the run, and it is saved for you to review.
The packaging and ingredients leave stock, and the finished units arrive at their cost plus the co-packer charge. You see what the run cost.
Your cost of goods and your margin by product and by channel follow from that unit cost.
Prices, promotions and which products to keep stay your call, made on a unit cost built from what went into the run and the co-packer charge.
What you get
For a co-packed brand on QuickBooks or one weighing NetSuite, this is who does each part of the work.
| Futureproof | QuickBooks + a bookkeeper | NetSuite + finance staff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What one unit costs to make | Costed from each run | A spreadsheet from launch | Set up per product by your finance staff |
| The co-packer charge per unit | Part of each unit's cost | Often missing from unit cost | Added to each build by your finance staff |
| Freight and duty on what goes in | Carried into each unit | In a separate spreadsheet | Allocated by your finance staff |
| Packaging used up by the run | Out of stock as the units come in | Adjusted by hand at month end | Recorded by your staff on each build |
| The next run against your cash | Checked before you book it | Your fractional CFO, in a spreadsheet | Your finance staff, in a spreadsheet |
| Margin by product and channel | On what your runs cost | On the spreadsheet cost | In a report your staff build |
A bill of materials is the list of everything that goes into one finished product, such as the bottle, cap, label, carton and ingredients, with the quantity of each. For a brand that uses a co-packer, it is where unit cost starts: Futureproof costs each run from it, plus the co-packer's charge.
Yes. The co-packer charge per unit is added on each run and becomes part of each finished unit's cost, so it reaches cost of goods when the units sell.
Each run takes its packaging and ingredients out of stock at their cost in stock. Once the pricier bottles go into a run, that run carries the higher cost.
Yes. Packaging and ingredients come into stock at their landed cost, freight and duty included, and a run takes them out at the landed cost they carry when it runs, so each finished unit carries them too.
Start by setting out what goes into each product, its packaging and ingredients, during setup. List them by variant where they differ, and each run your co-packer makes is costed from there. Setup takes weeks, not months.
Yes. What the co-packer buys and bills per unit, such as the oil, is part of their charge on each run, so it is in each finished unit's cost.
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