Production costing that doesn't live in a spreadsheet.
Raw material costing, factory-floor payroll, and supplier WHT usually sit in three different tools. Centy runs them off one ledger.
Make production costing your competitive edge.
Most African manufacturers — food processors, packaging plants, textile mills — cost a production run in a spreadsheet, pay Casuals through a separate payroll tool, and reconcile withholding tax on local suppliers by hand at month-end. None of those three systems talk to each other, so the true cost of a batch is usually a guess until finance closes the books weeks later.
Every batch consumes raw materials, casual labour, and overhead in real time — but if costing only happens at month-end, you're pricing blind until the numbers catch up.
Landed cost, shift payroll, and supplier withholding tax all belong in the same ledger, so cost of goods sold reflects what actually happened on the line.
Built for how manufacturing actually runs.
Centy keeps material costing, factory payroll, and supplier tax records in the same ledger, so cost of goods sold reflects what actually happened on the floor, not a month-end estimate.
Imported inputs are priced and received in their own currency, converted at the actual rate on the transaction date.
Casuals and contract line staff are paid by shift or piece rate, feeding straight into PAYE, NSSF, SHIF, and the URA/TRA equivalents.
Withholding tax on subcontractor and casual labour payments is recorded against each payment and matched to filings automatically.
How it works
One operational record from the first step to close — not three tools reconciled at month-end.
Purchase & receive
Raw materials are ordered and received in their transaction currency; landed cost calculates automatically as customs and freight land.
Issue to production
Materials are issued against a work order, so the cost of a run reflects exactly what it consumed.
Pay the floor
Casuals and shift-based line staff are paid by shift or piece rate, with attendance feeding straight into statutory payroll.
Cost & close
Finished goods post at true cost — material, labour, and overhead — ready for close, not reconstructed a month later.
Where Centy fits in manufacturing.
Batch costing and shelf-life-sensitive stock, tracked from raw ingredient to packed unit.
Multi-currency raw material sourcing reconciled against local-currency sales.
Piece-rate production payroll tied directly to units actually produced.
Job costing per client order, with subcontractor withholding tax tracked automatically.
See how Centy fits your manufacturing operations and entities.