Calculation of a Viennese Käsekrainer

About the episode

In this episode of Should Costing Unplugged, we decided to show you something a little out of the ordinary: how Tset Studio can calculate the cost of food, in this case, a homemade Viennese Käsekrainer sausage.

Follow two live cost breakdowns inside Tset Studio: first a from-scratch calculation with real ingredients bought at the local butcher, then the same product calculated as an industrial process with professional cutting and mixing equipment.

You'll see how the BoM (Bill of Material) and manufacturing steps come together in both cases, and how switching from a manual process to industrial equipment reshapes the cost structure, even though the recipe stays the same. It's proof that the same costing logic that applies to sheet metal or injection molded parts applies here too: material costs, process costs, and overheads, all fully transparent, no matter what you're calculating.

What you will learn

• How to build a cost calculation from scratch when no existing cost model is available

• How to structure a complete BoM (Bill of Material) step by step

• How to set up manufacturing steps and machine hourly rates in Tset Studio

• How industrial equipment changes the cost structure of a manual process

• How material and manufacturing costs are distributed across a product

• Why any process, regardless of the product, can be broken down and calculated

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