How to Track Labor Costs

To include labor costs in your product pricing, you'll need to add your workers as resources in Controlata.

Adding Staff as Resources

Go to the “Resources” section and click “Add” to create a new resource.
We recommend adding workers by their job roles rather than individual names (e.g., “Workshop Operator” or “Assembler”). This approach accounts for interchangeable workers — if one employee is absent, another can perform the same tasks.
Leave the “Depreciate this resource” toggle unchecked.

Enter the worker's rate in the “Price” field:

Hourly wages: Enter the hourly rate and select “Hours” as the unit of measure.
Piece-rate payment: Enter the rate per unit of work and select the appropriate unit. For example, if you pay a painter $50 per square meter, enter “50” as the price and “Square meters” as the unit.
Monthly salary: Divide the monthly salary by the average working hours per month to get an hourly rate. For a 40-hour work week, the average is approximately 164 hours per month.

Add a category for the resource—we recommend creating a separate category for staff resources.

After adding workers to the “Resources” section, include them in your product cost calculations:

Edit the product and open the “Resources” tab.
Add the appropriate resource (worker).
Enter the quantity:
- For hourly workers, enter the time needed to make the product.
- For piece-rate workers, enter the appropriate quantity in the specified units. For example, for the painter mentioned above, enter the number of square meters that need to be painted for this product.

Save the changes. Now when you manufacture this product, Controlata will include labor costs in your product cost calculations.