Why the accounting is different here
If you don't know your true cost per unit — raw materials, labour, power, wastage, overhead — you can't price with confidence and you can't tell which product line is subsidising another. In Zimbabwe, unstable power and imported inputs make this even harder.
- No standard costing — every quote is a guess
- Raw material stock priced in USD, sold in ZWG
- Downtime and generator diesel eating margin
- Work-in-progress not properly valued at month-end
- Duty, freight and clearing costs not landed onto stock
- ZIMRA — VAT, QPDs, customs duty, rebates
- EMA — environmental compliance for effluent and emissions
- NSSA — workplace injury and pensions
- Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) certifications
How we help
Product costing models with material, labour and overhead per unit
Landed cost calculations for imports (duty, freight, clearing)
Monthly WIP and finished-goods valuations
Break-even analysis and pricing scenarios
Cash-flow forecasts tied to production plans
KPIs we track
Playbook modules that matter most
A real example
A packaging manufacturer was quoting off gut feel. Two of their four product lines turned out to be loss-making once electricity and rejects were properly loaded in.
We built a costing sheet per SKU, re-priced the loss-makers and dropped one product that couldn't be saved. Net profit moved from -3% to +9% in the next quarter without a single new customer.