Manufacturing

Cost accounting and working capital discipline for privately owned manufacturers.

Most manufacturers know their revenue by the day and their true margins by the quarter, if then. Standard costs drift from actual, overhead gets absorbed unevenly across a changing mix, and inventory carries variances nobody has reconciled. Leadership ends up managing off gross margin percentages that move for reasons the P&L can’t explain.

Buxbaum works with contract, job-shop, and product manufacturers to connect the shop floor to the financials. We build costing that reflects how product is actually made, reporting that shows margin by product, customer, and plant, and the working capital discipline lenders and buyers look for.

What We Offer Manufacturers

• Standard cost build and maintenance with clean BOMs and routings, and monthly variance analysis across purchase price, material usage, labor efficiency, and overhead absorption
• Product, customer, and plant-level margin reporting that separates mix, volume, and rate effects
• Inventory valuation and control, including WIP, capitalized variances, scrap and rework, cycle count programs, and E&O reserves
• Working capital and cash forecasting tied to inventory turns, customer terms, supplier payments, and capex commitments
• Capacity and absorption analysis to support pricing, quoting, make-versus-buy, and equipment investment decisions
• ERP and BI implementation for job cost, inventory, and production reporting on NetSuite, Epicor, or similar platforms
• Quality of Earnings and diligence support covering inventory valuation, cost of sales normalization, customer concentration, and capex requirements