Module 35 · Advanced · 8 min read

The Reports hub and job profitability

You will be able to: Find a report through its family or by searching; Read the lines of Job profitability (Job Analysis); Judge whether a job earned a healthy margin.

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Reports in Zeyto Garage Pro are grouped in the Reports hub by what you want to know, not by accounting terms. The hub is organised in families such as Cars, Jobs and Money. Each report has a short description and search words, so typing job profit, gate pass or receivables into the search box takes you to the right one. Money reports show prices, so they follow the price right described in the lesson on permissions.

Job profitability (Job Analysis)

Job profitability is one of the most used reports in the Jobs family. It shows the profit of each job: the revenue, the parts and other costs, the labour cost, and the margin that is left. It answers the question every owner asks: which jobs actually make money?

  • Revenue is what the job billed the customer or the insurer.
  • Parts and other costs are what the parts and outside work cost the garage, not what they were sold for.
  • Labour cost is what the technicians' time cost the garage.
  • Margin is revenue minus all of those costs. The margin percentage compares it with the revenue.

Because cost comes from the posted documents, the report is only as good as the stock and purchase entries behind it. A part issued at a wrong cost, or a supplier bill that is still missing, changes the margin of the job.

Reading one jobA brake and service job billed 1,200.00. The parts cost 420.00, outside machining cost 60.00, and the technicians' labour cost 240.00. Margin = 1,200.00 - 420.00 - 60.00 - 240.00 = 480.00, which is 40% of the revenue. A second job billed 800.00 with the same parts and labour costs of 700.00 leaves only 100.00, a margin of 12.5%. The owner reviews the second job: was the price too low, or the work too slow?
TipCompare jobs of the same kind. A tyre change and an engine overhaul will never have the same margin, so group by job type or by technician before drawing conclusions.
Watch outA job still open is not finished business. Its cost may grow before the invoice, so read profit mainly from invoiced jobs.

Try it in the demo

  1. Open the Garage demo at https://garage.zeyto.app and open Reports from the menu.
  2. Type job profit in the search box and open Job profitability (Job Analysis).
  3. Pick this month, find the job with the lowest margin and open its job card to see why.
Open the live demo

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Key takeaways
  • The Reports hub is organised in families; search words find reports quickly.
  • Job profitability shows revenue, parts and other costs, labour cost and margin per job.
  • Margin = revenue minus all costs; read it as a percentage too.
  • Accurate costs in stock and purchasing make the report trustworthy.

Check yourself

5 questions on this lesson. Not timed, not the exam, and you can try again. Score 60% or more, and read the lesson, to complete it.

1. How is the Reports hub organised?

2. Which items appear in Job profitability (Job Analysis)?

Select all that apply.

3. A job billed 1,200.00. Parts cost 420.00, outside work 60.00 and labour cost 240.00. What is the margin?

4. A job billed 800.00 with total costs of 700.00. What is the margin percentage?

5. Why can a job's margin change after a supplier bill is entered later?

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