Salt Bay · Costing Desk

Overview

The Desk

One place for every cost, rate and order — no more digging through WhatsApp and photos of notepads.

When	What	By

Catalog

Products & Costing

Every SKU's cost build-up. Change a raw-salt rate and unit costs recalculate.

Product	Pack	Unit cost	FOB price	Margin	HS code

Raw material

Purchase Rates

A living price history of what you buy — raw salt, packaging, anything. See trends instead of memory.

Raw salt rate — trend

Rate over time, from your logged purchases.

Date	Material	Supplier	Rate	Qty	Total	By

Pipeline

Customers & Orders

Who we sold to, what, how much, and on which Incoterm — quotes through to paid. Open an order for its shipment, costs and payments.

Customer	Items	Incoterm	Value	Profit	Status

Suppliers

Who you buy from — contacts in one place.

Name	Supplies	Contact	Location

Rate comparison

Same material across suppliers — cheapest latest rate is flagged.

Material	Suppliers	Cheapest latest	Most expensive	Spread

Export pricing

Freight & CIF Builder

Build CFR/CNF and CIF up from your FOB price, plan container loads per market, and switch display currency. Inputs are in USD; totals also show in your chosen currency.

Display currency

Origin port

Destination port / market

Sets the default container payload — edit it for the exact allowance.

Container load planner

Payload limits differ by market (UAE ≈26t, UK ≈16t) — both fields are editable.

Unit gross weight (kg)

Container size

Max payload for this market (kg) — editable

e.g. UAE allows 26,000 kg in a 20ft; UK caps ~16,000 kg.

FOB → CFR → CIF

Per-shipment cost build-up (inputs in USD).

FOB price / unit (USD)

Quantity (units)

Inland to port (USD)

Clearing / customs (USD)

Ocean freight / container (USD)

Insurance % of CFR

What-if

Profit Simulator

Drag the raw-salt rate and FX. Every product's margin recalculates live — see which SKUs go underwater before the market moves.

Raw salt cost (USD/kg)

slide to model a new raw-material cost per kg

USD → PKR

model a currency move — assumes your costs are paid in rupees, so a weaker rupee lowers your cost in USD

SKUs below 18%

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at simulated rate

Avg margin

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simulated

Product	Cost now	Cost (sim)	Margin now	Margin (sim)	Swing

Money in

Receivables

Confirmed orders only (quotes are not money owed). Advance → shipped → balance: who owes you what, at a glance.

Customer	Order value	Advance	Received	Outstanding	Stage

Buyers

Every customer with their full order history — click to expand.

Customer	Country	Orders	Lifetime value	Outstanding

Conversion

Sample Tracker

Salt exporters live and die on samples — track who got what, and whether it converted.

Customer	Product	Sent	Courier / tracking	Status

Stock

Inventory

Light stock-on-hand for raw salt and finished goods — so you don't promise what you can't ship.

Item	On hand	Reorder level	Status

Config

Settings

Exchange rates, the company details that print on documents, partner roles and backups. Only an Admin can change rates and company details.

Exchange rates → PKR

How many rupees one unit of each currency is worth. PKR is the home/base currency.

Refresh from the live source once a day (untick to keep the rates you type)

Partners & roles

Partner	Role

Admins can delete records and change company details; Editors can add & edit everything else.

Backup

Download everything — products, orders, payments, photos and settings — as one file. Do it weekly and keep the file somewhere safe.

Accountability

Audit Trail

Every add, edit and delete — who and when. Four partners, one record of truth.

When	Action	Partner

The Desk

Latest activity

Products & Costing

Purchase Rates

Raw salt rate — trend

Customers & Orders

Suppliers

Rate comparison

Freight & CIF Builder

Container load planner

FOB → CFR → CIF

Profit Simulator

Receivables

Buyers

Sample Tracker

Inventory

Settings

Exchange rates → PKR

Partners & roles

Backup

Audit Trail