Skip to main content
Manufacturing Reports summarize work-order activity for supervisors and cost reviewers. Use them to find aging open work, investigate estimate-to-actual differences, compare completed output, and review component use and scrap. The reports are read-only. Use an available work-order or product link, then continue from that owning record to its BOM, inventory movements, or accounting history when a result needs investigation or correction.

​
Open The Reports

You need manufacturing.view to open the page and its linked manufacturing records. Report access does not grant permission to change those records. Go to Manufacturing > Reports. The page has four tabs. There is no export control on the current report page. There is also no product filter. Cost Variance, Build History, and Component Usage provide From and To date filters; WIP Aging does not.

​
Review WIP Aging

WIP Aging shows the current Released and In Progress population.
Age is measured from the work order’s creation date, not its start date. A recently started job can appear old when it spent a long time in Draft or Released before floor work began.
The summary shows total open work orders and displayed WIP value. Each row includes work-order number, product, completed versus planned quantity, status, location, age, due date, and cumulative actual cost labeled WIP Cost. The displayed WIP value is useful for operational triage, but it is not a residual work-in-process ledger balance after partial completions. Cumulative actual cost can include cost already relieved by completed output.
WIP Aging report with zero open work orders, four age buckets, zero WIP value, and No WIP state

A privacy-safe zero state shows all four WIP Aging buckets. The page's days-in-progress helper text does not change the age-from-creation calculation.

​
Investigate Aging Work

  1. Start with overdue rows and the 30+ bucket.
  2. Open the linked work order.
  3. Compare creation, release, start, and due dates.
  4. Review materials, active or stopped labor timers, completed quantity, serial requirements, and floor notes.
  5. Continue, complete, close, or cancel the work through the correct lifecycle action.
  6. Use the work order’s cost, completion, inventory, and GL history for residual WIP review.
The No WIP state means there is no Released or In Progress work to age. Draft, Completed, Closed, and Cancelled records do not appear.

​
Review Cost Variance

Cost Variance ranks Completed and Closed work by the absolute difference between estimate and actual cost.
Manufacturing Reports Cost Variance tab with sanitized sample rows, From and To filters, Completed WOs, Favorable, Unfavorable, and Total variance summaries

Sanitized sample data shows the date filters, favorable and unfavorable summaries, and estimated-versus-actual work-order rows. Variance is estimated cost minus actual cost.

  1. Select Cost Variance.
  2. Enter From and To dates when you need a completion-date range.
  3. Use Clear to remove both date filters.
  4. Start with the largest favorable or unfavorable amount.
  5. Open the linked work order and compare its recipe estimate with actual material, labor, overhead, quantity, and scrap.
Arcus calculates variance as estimated cost minus actual cost. The summary shows Completed WOs, Favorable, Unfavorable, and Total variance with estimated and actual totals. Rows show quantity, estimated cost, actual cost, variance amount, variance percentage, and completion date.
Variance is a review signal, not an automatic adjustment. Determine whether the cause is a stale estimate, changed FIFO input cost, substitution, scrap, labor, overhead, quantity, or a one-time event before revising a BOM.

​
Review Build History

Build History summarizes completed output and cost per unit.
  1. Select Build History.
  2. Set From and To for the completion-date range, or use Clear.
  3. Review build count, units produced, total cost, and average cost per unit.
  4. Compare product trends for repeated builds.
  5. Open the work orders on both sides of a meaningful unit-cost change.
The trend section shows up to 20 products. Each row includes build count, units, average unit cost, recent cost points, latest cost, and percentage change. The sparkline shows the most recent 20 points, while the displayed percentage compares the first and last build in the full selected range. Those baselines can differ when the range contains more than 20 builds. The history table links each work order and shows product, completed quantity, total cost, cost per unit, and completion date. Use this report for margin review, recipe revision follow-up, cost drift, or comparison before and after a material or labor change. The current page does not provide a product selector, so locate the product in the displayed trend or history rows.

​
Review Component Usage

Component Usage summarizes recorded material lines from completed work. Only Consume and Add input lines are included. Return-to-stock recovery, recipe Scrap, and Retain lines do not appear as separate Component Usage rows.
  1. Select Component Usage.
  2. Set From and To for the completion-date range, or use Clear.
  3. Start with High-scrap components or an unexpected actual-cost total.
  4. Compare Planned, Issued, Returned, and Scrapped quantities.
  5. Open the product, then review the BOM and owning work orders before changing the recipe.
The summary counts distinct components, total consumed value, and high-scrap components. A component is high scrap when its reported scrap rate is at least 5 percent. The Returned field applies only to the included Consume and Add rows. Use the work-order Materials activity and Inventory Movements for the full recovery sequence, including Return-to-stock output and other recipe dispositions.
If an expected same-day completion is missing at the To boundary, extend To to the following day and verify the linked work order. The current filter can exclude activity later on the selected end date.

​
Match Status To Report Coverage

If a record is missing, check status first. Then check the completion-date filters, completed quantity, component activity, and current company context.

​
Common Scenario: Period Review

For a weekly or month-end manufacturing review:
  1. Open WIP Aging and investigate overdue and older work first.
  2. Use work-order GL and completion history for residual WIP evidence instead of treating the WIP tile as the ledger balance.
  3. Set the completed-period dates on Cost Variance and investigate the largest absolute differences.
  4. Use Build History to compare output and unit cost with earlier builds.
  5. Use Component Usage to review scrap and material patterns.
  6. Correct the owning operational record under the normal permissions. Do not try to rewrite history by changing the report or a future BOM revision.

​
Troubleshooting And Refusals

  • WIP age looks too high: compare the work-order creation date with its release and start timeline. The report ages from creation.
  • WIP value does not match residual open cost: open the work order’s completion and GL history. The report displays cumulative actual cost.
  • A completed work order is missing: confirm its status is Completed or Closed, its completed quantity is positive where Build History requires output, and its completion date is in range.
  • Variance direction looks reversed: remember that the report calculates estimate minus actual. Negative is unfavorable.
  • Build trend and percentage seem to use different first points: the sparkline keeps only the most recent 20 points, while the percentage uses the full selected range.
  • Returned quantity is unexpected: remember that this tab includes only Consume and Add rows, then trace the work-order Materials activity and Inventory Movements.
  • A component is not listed: confirm it is a Consume or Add line on Completed or Closed work in the selected date range. Use Materials and Inventory Movements for Return-to-stock, recipe Scrap, and Retain lines.
  • A same-day completion is missing at the To boundary: extend To to the following day and verify the linked work order.
  • No export button appears: the current page does not provide report export. Open linked records for detailed review.
  • No product filter appears: the current page has no product selector. Use the visible product rows and linked records.

​
FAQ

​
Do report filters use the work-order creation date?

Only WIP Aging uses creation date for age. The other three report date filters use the completed-work date.

​
Can I correct a cost from the report?

No. Reports are read-only. Investigate and correct the owning work order, inventory, BOM, labor, or accounting record through an authorized workflow.

​
Does changing a BOM revise completed report history?

No. A future recipe change does not rewrite the recipe snapshot or actual activity on completed work orders.

​
Is WIP Aging an accounting trial balance?

No. It is an operational aging view with cumulative actual cost. Use work-order GL history and the accounting records for ledger reconciliation.

​
Can I export or filter to one product?

Not from the current Manufacturing Reports page. It has no export control or product filter.

Work Orders

Open a report row and inspect its status, cost, completion, inventory, and GL history.

Bills of Materials

Review estimates, recipe revisions, labor plans, overhead, and component instructions.

Materials And Substitutions

Trace issues, returns, scrap, and substitutes behind component results.

Labor Tracking

Investigate timer, manual, and standard labor behind actual cost.

Partial Completions And Undo

Understand cost relief and history created by staged completions.

MRP Planning

Plan future work and purchases before they become WIP or completed history.

Inventory Transactions

Trace the stock movements and cost layers behind manufacturing activity.

Financial Reports

Continue from operational review into company financial reporting.