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How Trackost works, step by step.
Instructions for every part of Trackost, from your first material to your profit reports. Search, or start with a category.
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- TUTORIAL: Get started with Trackost⏱ 30 min
- TUTORIAL: Introduction to materials⏱ 20 min
- TUTORIAL: Introduction to purchases⏱ 15 min
- TUTORIAL: Introduction to products⏱ 25 min
- TUTORIAL: Introduction to recipes⏱ 20 min
- TUTORIAL: Introduction to production runs⏱ 15 min
- TUTORIAL: Introduction to orders⏱ 20 min
Getting started
New to Trackost? Create your account, walk the Get started wizard, and see how materials, recipes, batches and orders fit together.
8 articles
Materials
Track the raw inputs you buy and consume in recipes — units, stock levels, reorder thresholds, and the live weighted-average unit cost.
5 articles
Suppliers & purchases
The vendors you buy from and every purchase you record — quick stock-ins, purchase orders with landed cost, receiving, and vendor credits.
6 articles
Products & variations
The finished goods you sell and their variations — SKUs, prices, status, attributes, and how made and bought-in products differ.
5 articles
Recipes
Build each product's bill of materials — components, yield, labor minutes, overhead and wastage — and read its live per-unit cost.
5 articles
Production
Record batches: make one now or schedule it, start and complete it, and see the true per-unit cost Trackost snapshots on every run.
6 articles
Inventory
On-hand stock and value for every material and product at weighted-average cost, plus stocktake, spoilage and opening-stock adjustments.
3 articles
Orders & returns
Record manual sales, fulfill them to snapshot COGS and see true profit, print invoices and packing slips, and record customer returns.
6 articles
Pricing
Check whether every price covers its full cost, set up Wholesale and Retail markup tiers, and get a fee-aware suggested price.
3 articles
Reports & exports
The 17 reports — money, taxes, what to make and what to reorder — plus CSV exports and Save as PDF, and how each report is calculated.
3 articles
Account & settings
Workspace settings, team and money access, language, labor rate, invoice branding, units, and the free data migration.
2 articles
Billing & plans
The 14-day trial, the Studio plan, subscribing, cancelling, receipts, and what happens when your plan lapses.
2 articles
Troubleshooting & FAQ
Why a cost looks wrong, why COGS is zero, why stock went negative, how the costing method works, and where to get help.
6 articles
Can't find it? Email support@trackost.com.