Chart | Shows | Useful for |
Design Activity Timeline | Design activity over the selected period | Spotting busy and quiet periods |
Design Status Distribution | Designs broken down by status | Seeing what is stuck in the pipeline |
Highest Material Cost Designs | The most expensive designs by material | Identifying jobs to reprice |
Material Cost Trends | Material spend over time | Noticing cost drift before it compounds |
Material Usage by Type | Consumption grouped by material type, with total cost | Understanding what the shop actually consumes |
Top Materials by Cost | The materials accounting for most spend | Deciding what to negotiate or substitute |
Waste Analysis | Waste volume and total waste cost | Finding where material is being lost |
Material charts and data quality
Every material chart depends on transactions being recorded. Usage logged days late still appears, but lands on the date it was recorded rather than the date it happened, which distorts trends.
Recording usage as it happens, using the quick transaction button, keeps these charts accurate.
Waste analysis
Waste is derived from recorded transactions rather than calculated from layouts. A shop that does not record offcuts and spoilage sees no waste, which is a data gap rather than a result.