Other Materials & Consumables
Account for commonly overlooked per-unit expenses (glue, hardware, sandpaper, finish, tape) in a simple, repeatable way — so Pricing → Other ($) auto-fills from the product without inventory tracking or micromanagement.
Stop losing margin to “small stuff” costs.
Glue, sandpaper, finish, tape, screws, hanging hardware, specialty packaging — these costs are easy to forget, and they quietly erode profit. PPS tracks them as a simple per-unit total without overcomplicating your workflow.
What this is NOT
PPS is not inventory tracking. We are not counting glue ounces, tracking waste, or micromanaging shop consumption.
What this IS
This is cost accounting for commonly overlooked per-unit expenses — so your pricing reflects reality consistently.
Why it’s better than “Other ($)”
Instead of guessing a single “Other” number every time, you can store the items on the product once and auto-fill pricing.
From manual “Other” to product-level consistency
In older workflows, consumables were often typed manually into Pricing → Other ($). That worked — but it was easy to forget and hard to standardize.
Before
- Manual “Other ($)” entry per pricing session
- Easy to forget hardware or finish
- Hard to repeat consistently
- No itemized view of what “Other” included
Now
- Save consumables on the product (per unit)
- Itemized lines (glue, screws, finish, etc.)
- Auto-fills Pricing → Other ($) when you load/reload a product
- Still allows manual override when needed
Result
Better cost awareness, faster pricing, and fewer forgotten expenses — without turning PPS into a complicated inventory system.
Add per-unit consumables to a product
Think “cost per finished unit” — not bulk purchasing or inventory counts.
Step-by-step
- Go to Products and open the product you want to update.
- Click Other Materials / Consumables.
- Add one line per consumable item and enter its per-unit cost (example: $0.40 screws + $0.25 finish + $0.15 sandpaper).
- Click Save.
- On the Product Pricing page, click Reload From Product Inventory to pull the updated total into Pricing → Other ($).
Tip: Keep it simple. If you can’t justify measuring it, estimate a fair per-unit cost and move on. The goal is consistency, not perfection.
Make pricing more honest — without more complexity
Add the “small stuff” once at the product level. PPS will carry it forward automatically so your margins are protected.