Every branch's own profit
You have a central warehouse supplying your branches, and the branch sells to the customer. A simple question with a hard answer: how much does the branch earn? And how much does the central warehouse itself earn by supplying the branch? If you only count from the original cost, you miss half the picture. Let's see how Zemam splits profit into two tiers — without touching your accounting.
How internal supply pricing works in Zemam
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1. The central warehouse buys at the real cost
Every calculation starts from the goods' actual cost (weighted-average cost, WAC). That number stays exactly as-is in your accounting books — we never touch it.
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2. You set a 'supply price list' for each branch
An internal price list, completely separate from your selling prices — the price at which the central warehouse 'supplies' the branch. It's confidential, visible only to permitted users.
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3. Transfer stock between branches → Zemam prices & records it
The moment a transfer crosses a branch boundary, you get a notice that it'll be priced at the internal supply price. On confirmation, the price + the actual cost are snapshotted onto each line — change prices later? Old transfers stay untouched.
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4. The branch sells at retail → two margins appear
Now you have two separate margins: the warehouse margin (supply price − actual cost) and the branch margin (retail revenue − actual cost).
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5. The Branch Margin report shows you every number
One report per branch: branch P&L (revenue, actual cost, gross profit, margin %) and the central→branch supply margin (supply value, cost, warehouse margin) — with a drill-down by source warehouse.
Why this matters for you
Two margins instead of one — know whether the branch really earns from its own work, or the profit is all in the supply.
The supply price is a reporting layer only — it posts no accounting entry and doesn't inflate profit. The real cost stays in the books.
The price is snapshotted at confirmation — change supply prices later? Old transfers keep their original price.
Fully confidential — supply prices and the margin report show only to the owner and accountant, via a dedicated permission.
Details you'll want to know
Supply lists separate from selling prices
A new 'branch supply' price-list type with its own tab, never mixed up with your normal selling lists. You also can't accidentally assign a regular selling list to the supply slot.
Assign a supply list per branch
From the branch screen, only the owner picks the branch's supply price list, in a distinct panel separate from the branch's normal selling list.
Transparency at transfer time
The transfer screen shows which branch each warehouse belongs to, a notice when a transfer crosses branches, and an 'expected supply price' column per line before you confirm (for permitted users).
You need more than one branch
The supply-margin tier only makes sense with a central warehouse feeding multiple branches. With a single branch, the branch P&L still works — just without the supply tier.
The idea in one line
The central warehouse buys at cost, supplies the branch at an internal price, and the branch sells at retail — so the warehouse margin and the branch margin each show up on their own. The supply price is confidential, a reporting layer only, snapshotted at transfer time, and posts no entry to your books.
Want to know how much each branch really earns?
Zemam separates warehouse profit from branch profit, with a confidential internal supply price that never touches your accounting — plus a full Branch Margin report from your phone. Try it free and see the real picture.