Work order costs - Bold Factory

Use Maintenance costs to analyze how much a maintenance intervention costs. Bold separates material and labor costs and shows the work order’s total cost.

Data you can review

Section	What it includes
Total cost	Sum of materials and labor.
Material cost	Spare parts and consumption recorded in the work order.
Labor cost	Hours recorded per employee.
Material details	Item, lot, quantity, cost per unit and total cost.
Labor details	Employee, time, hourly cost and total cost.

Before analyzing a work order

The work order must have recorded materials or time.
Material consumption must be associated with a lot to use its actual cost.
Employees must have an hourly cost if you want to value their time.
Actions and causes must be specified if you want to compare costs by intervention type.

Analyze the cost of an intervention

Open the list

Go to Costs and open Work orders.

Filter the work order

Search by code or date range. Sort by total cost to locate expensive interventions.

Open the details

Use Actions to open the work order and go to the Costs tab.

Review materials

Check the item, lot, quantity, cost per unit and total cost. If the cost does not match expectations, open the lot.

Review labor

Check the employee, time, hourly cost and total cost. If cost is missing, review the employee’s hourly cost.

How it is calculated

Cost	Calculation
Material per line	Consumed quantity x lot cost per unit.
Labor per line	Recorded hours x employee hourly cost.
Work order total cost	Material cost + labor cost.

Work order cost relies on data recorded during the intervention. If consumption, lots, time records or hourly costs are missing, the analysis may be incomplete.

Example

A work order for a conveyor belt consumes 2 bearings from lot ROD-2026-04 at €18.00/unit and records 1.5 h of a technician’s time at €24.00/h.

Materials: 2 x 18.00 = €36.00
Labor: 1.5 x 24.00 = €36.00
Total cost: €72.00

You can then compare this cost with other work orders for the same asset, cause or action to identify recurrence.

Common problems

Problem	What to review
Material cost is zero	The spare part has no valued lot or consumption is not recorded.
Labor cost is zero	The employee has no hourly cost or the time record is missing.
A work order seems more expensive than expected	Review consumed quantity, lot cost and actual intervention duration.
You cannot see maintenance costs	Review maintenance cost permissions.

​Data you can review

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​Analyze the cost of an intervention

​How it is calculated

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Data you can review

Before analyzing a work order

Analyze the cost of an intervention

How it is calculated

Example

Common problems

Related