The approach Zigaflow takes is that if you sell your products or services with a labor element, you have given a fixed price, instead of an estimate where the final price is based on the actual hours worked. This means that if you over-run or under-run the forecast hours, you will not pass that saving or cost to the customer. There is a work-around to this.
Explaining the Calculations
Forecast Costs
These are calculated by multiplying the hours by the labor cost rate, with the result shown in the 'Labour Total' column.
Actual Costs
These are calculated by multiplying the actual hours by the labor cost rate (to the left), with the result shown in the 'Actual Costs' - 'Labor Total' column.
Pricing
This is calculated by multiplying the Forecast Labor Hours by the 'Labor Charge Rate', deriving the 'Labor Total' that is used in the price.
Based on Hours Worked
If your jobs/orders are based on the hours done, put these actual hours into the forecast hours. You can change the naming of this column in Settings -> Rename Line Item Fields.