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CostCtrl: cost and profitability software built on TDABC.
CostCtrl is cost and profitability software built on TDABC: a multi-dimensional engine that traces every euro from the general ledger to the customer, product and channel that consumed it. An AI layer reads the model so your controllers do not have to.
Three steps to your first profitability model.
Connect your general ledger, ERP extract, or spreadsheet. CostCtrl accepts any tabular data format.
Map cost pools, define time equations, and assign activities. The guided workflow handles the TDABC logic.
See your Whale Curve, run scenarios, and export board-ready reports. Insights from day one.
Four views that turn data into decisions.
Multi-dimensional treemap
Profit and revenue nested, sized and coloured by margin. Drill from business unit to customer to SKU in a single click. The shape of the map is the shape of your business.
Whale-curve reporting
Cumulative profitability ranked line by line. See exactly which customers generate the peak and which drag it down. The curve never lies.
Scenario simulation
Change a price, cost driver or volume assumption and watch the whale curve, treemap and P&L reshape in real time. Test before you commit.
Model workflow
A guided build process: data ingestion, cost drivers, activities, allocations. Each step validated before the next. No spreadsheet spaghetti.
It reads the model so your controllers don't have to.
The AI layer narrates the model. It reads every cost pool, every allocation, every margin line and surfaces the insights that matter: which customers turned negative this quarter, which cost driver moved, and what to do about it.
No more 200-page Excel reports that nobody reads. The AI delivers a three-line brief every Monday morning, written in the language of the business, not the language of accounting.
Channel Export turned negative in Q2. Margin erosion: -3.4pp vs Q1, driven by freight surcharge absorption.
Top loss contributor: SKU-0808 (Valve Assembly 16mm). Unit cost exceeds price by 11%. 340 units shipped last quarter.
Suggested move: Reprice or discontinue the bottom 3 lines in the Export channel. Estimated annual impact: +EUR 185K.
See CostCtrl with your own data.
Request a guided demo and we will build a sample model using your numbers. No commitment, no credit card. Just thirty minutes and a clear picture of what TDABC reveals.
The model behind the platform, in one real result.
For a distribution group, the TDABC model built in CostCtrl ranked 1,951 customers and found 830 destroying value. It made €1.3M of hidden cost-to-serve visible, and 535 of those accounts were turned profitable through pricing and service changes, without losing the revenue.
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What is CostCtrl?+
CostCtrl is an AI-enabled profitability analytics platform that automates the TDABC workflow: importing ERP and accounting data, defining cost pools and time equations, computing unit costs, and generating profitability dashboards including Whale Curve analysis.
Is CostCtrl an alternative to SAP PCM?+
Yes. CostCtrl is a modern, cloud-based alternative for organisations migrating away from legacy cost-and-profitability tools such as SAP PCM, offering AI-assisted model setup and a far faster time to value.
How is CostCtrl different from other costing software?+
Unlike generic ABC tools, CostCtrl is purpose-built for Time-Driven ABC and pairs the software with deep consulting expertise and AI automation, so models are both fast to build and methodologically correct.
Do we build the model, or does your team?+
We build the first model with you and then hand you the keys. You own the live model on your own data; we stay available for reviews and deeper analysis when you want them.
Why not just build the model in a spreadsheet?+
Spreadsheet TDABC models work for a first pilot and then stop scaling. They struggle with the transaction volumes a real model needs, millions of records; version control breaks down as soon as more than one person edits; auditability is limited, because tracing how a particular cost allocation was calculated is hard; and maintenance is heavy, because one change to a time equation has to be repeated by hand across several worksheets. CostCtrl was built to remove those four limits.
How do we get started?+
Start with the free Profit Check, a 12 to 15 minute diagnostic, or book a call. Most engagements begin with a fixed-price ProfitAudit 360 that produces the first model in weeks.
Your profitability model is waiting to be built.
Start with the Profit Check, a 12 to 15 minute diagnostic. Or talk to us directly about your costing challenge.