Estimation & Costing

1. Estimate as a response to specific customer job with its own specifications.
2. Use product templates that is closest fit to customer's job.
3. Estimate cost for pre-press, press and post-press cost for a job.
4. Compute cost for every item (as a components) making the whole job.
5. Sum up all component cost sheets to be see full job cost sheet with cost elements.
6. Cost of job as cost per copy or piece.
7. Facility to visualise combination options for job like paper differences, finish, color, etc.
8. Any number of combinations can be created.
9. Facility to define quantity options for job like 5000, 10000 or 15000 (any numbers)

Offer a great competitive edge to service customer requests for variations & combinations options on a job. High level flexibility to do if and but analysis on every cost items.

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Using standard templates of product definition a print job can be defined with all the details and cost estimated for the same for pre-press, press and post-press costs. It gives a final per piece or per copy cost with total job value. You can see the estimate cost sheet item + component wise or cost element wise. You can choose multiple options for a job component like paper types finish, color vs black/white and so on.

The cost elements can be played with for if and but analysis to fit a job in an expected cost range or margin of profit. Cost sheets can be reworked on the fly for specification changes and options desired. This gives tremendous competitive advantage in responding to customer requests quickly and accurately. Error of judgment in cost working is major reasons for non-profitable or loss causing jobs in print industry.

ESTIMATE FORM ENTRY

COLOR AS OPTION




PAPER AS OPTION

Facility to visualise combination options for job like paper differences, finish, color, etc.

Any number of combinations can be created.

Facility to define quantity options for job like 5000, 10000 or 15000 (any numbers)

And do "if_n_but" analysis ...
the great competitive advantage

ESTIMATE COST SHEET OVERVIEW-n-COMPARISIONS

You can see the job cost sheet at each combinations & options the customer requested for

Zoom into one of them to view detailed cost sheet of it

And do "if_n_but" analysis ...
the great competitive advantage

ESTIMATE OVERVIEW OF COST SHEETS

You can see the job cost sheet at summary level.

Zoom to a cost element. View its working. Modify it.

... and do "if_n_but" analysis
the great competitive advantage