Raw material in, finished goods out — costed properly
A manufacturing book has to answer one hard question honestly: what did this actually cost to make? That means consumption and production as real stock events, and a valuation method you chose rather than inherited.
- Stock Journals
- FIFO + weighted-average
- Perpetual COGS
- Job work
- Multi-warehouse
- Audit trail
What makes this trade different
Production is not a purchase
Finished goods appearing out of nowhere, or raw material written off as an expense, both quietly corrupt the cost of what you sell.
Valuation method decided for you
Most packages pick FIFO or weighted-average globally and permanently. Different items genuinely need different answers.
Work sent outside the factory
Sub-contracted processes leave your stock in someone else’s unit, still on your books and still your statutory exposure.
Cost known only at year end
If COGS is a closing exercise, every margin number you look at during the year is a guess.
Features that exist, doing the actual work
Everything below is in the build you can download today.
Stock Journals with two-legged posting
Consumption and production are modelled as what they are: stock leaving one state and arriving in another, inside one voucher, without a fictional customer or supplier.
FIFO and weighted-average, per item
Set a company default and override it per item. Valuation layers are written on every inward movement even in weighted-average mode, so switching method later never needs a backfill.
Perpetual inventory and COGS
Cost of goods sold is posted as you go rather than reconstructed at year end, so margin is a number you can look at in month three.
Job work for sub-contracted processes
Track goods sent out for processing, the rate agreed per job worker, and the §143 return exposure — as reports, not reminders.
Multi-warehouse and internal movement
Move stock between stores, shop floor and finished-goods godowns as first-class movements with a full audit trail.
Immutable, auditable postings
Posted vouchers never mutate. Corrections happen through reversals, and every privileged action lands in a tamper-evident audit log.
Moving from older accounting software?
Where Acronix is genuinely different — and where the tool you have already does the job. No invented weaknesses.
- Data at restAES-256 encrypted file — unreadable if the disk is copiedUsually a plain local data folder
- Switching machinesSign in on the new device and your books sync downSurrender the licence, copy a backup, restore by hand
- Working offlineFully offline-first — no internet needed to runOffline too, but cloud backup is bolt-on
- Keyboard-first entryEvery action has a shortcut; hands never leave the keysKeyboard-driven — the one thing they got right
- The interfaceA modern, high-density UI built this decadeFunctional, but a 1990s screen
- GST suiteGSTR-1, 3B, e-invoice, e-way bill from the same vouchersPresent, often as paid add-ons
Questions
Manufacturing — questions, answered
How do I record raw material consumed and finished goods produced?
Through a stock journal — a single two-legged voucher where the material you consumed leaves stock and the finished goods you made arrive in stock, without inventing a customer or a supplier to explain the movement. You enter what actually went in and what actually came out, so production is modelled as the real stock event it is.
Can different items use different valuation methods?
Yes. You set a company default of FIFO or weighted-average and override it per item, because a fast consumable and a costly component genuinely need different answers. Valuation layers are written on every inward movement even in weighted-average mode, so switching an item's method later never needs a backfill.
Do I know my cost of goods sold during the year, or only at year end?
Cost of goods sold is posted as you go, not reconstructed at closing. Perpetual inventory and COGS mean margin is a number you can look at in month three rather than a surprise at the audit.
Can I track goods sent out for a sub-contracted process?
Yes. Job work tracking follows goods sent out for processing, the rate agreed per job worker, and the §143 statutory return exposure — all as reports you open rather than reminders you keep in a notebook.
Is GST — GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, e-invoice, e-way bill — included?
Yes, in the single plan. All of them read the same vouchers you already posted, including HSN-wise summaries, so there is no separate re-entry of your production and sales into a return tool.
Are posted vouchers safe from being quietly edited later?
Posted vouchers never mutate — corrections happen through reversal vouchers, not by overwriting history. Every privileged action lands in a tamper-evident, hash-chained audit log, so an out-of-app edit to the file is detectable.
Try it on your own books
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