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Inventory management, manufacturing, and business strategy for small-batch product businesses.

How to Calculate Manufacturing Cost Per Unit (Including the Variables Most Guides Miss)

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How to Calculate Manufacturing Cost Per Unit (Including the Variables Most Guides Miss)

Learn the manufacturing cost per unit formula, including yield loss, batch variance, and overhead allocation: the variables most pricing guides skip entirely.

· 19 min read
How to Track COGS in Shopify

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How to Track COGS in Shopify

Shopify's built-in cost field won't give you accurate COGS if you make your own products. Here's how to actually track cost of goods sold as a small-batch manufacturer using Shopify.

· 19 min read
How to Track Material Inventory Alongside Shopify (A Guide for Product-Based Sellers)

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How to Track Material Inventory Alongside Shopify (A Guide for Product-Based Sellers)

Shopify tracks finished products. It doesn't track raw materials, recipes, or what it cost to make each item. Here's how to build the inventory layer Shopify is missing — specifically for Shopify sellers who manufacture what they sell.

· 19 min read
Batch Manufacturing for Shopify Makers — A Production Planning Guide

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Batch Manufacturing for Shopify Makers — A Production Planning Guide

Shopify tracks what you sell — not what goes into making it. Here's how to set up a real batch manufacturing workflow so your production runs are planned, costed, and synced.

· 19 min read
Why QuickBooks Doesn't Know What Your Products Actually Cost (And What Product Businesses Do Instead)

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Why QuickBooks Doesn't Know What Your Products Actually Cost (And What Product Businesses Do Instead)

QuickBooks tracks your material spend — but it can't calculate cost per product from a recipe or BOM. Here's why that's a problem for product businesses, and how to fix it without switching accounting tools.

· 14 min read
Shopify Bookkeeping — The Complete Guide

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Shopify Bookkeeping — The Complete Guide

You launched your Shopify store. Now your accountant is asking questions you can't answer. This guide covers Shopify bookkeeping: payout reconciliation, COGS tracking, sales tax, and the tools that actually work for product businesses.

· 17 min read
How to Track Cost of Goods Sold in WooCommerce (Plugins vs. Manufacturing Software)

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How to Track Cost of Goods Sold in WooCommerce (Plugins vs. Manufacturing Software)

WooCommerce doesn't track COGS natively. Compare plugin options against dedicated manufacturing software, and see why product businesses producing their own goods need more than a static cost field.

· 19 min read
Complete Guide to Raw Material Inventory Management

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Complete Guide to Raw Material Inventory Management

How to track and manage your raw material inventory to increase profits, become more organized and grow your business.

· 26 min read