Estimates material or labor costs with a fixed unit price where production (time) standards do not apply. A unit may be pieces, minutes, hours, etc.
Operation Setup Requirements:
Operation Setup Requirements:
- Description
- Rate: Cost per unit
- Sell $ use: Markup % (recommended), alternate sell rate or sell grid
- Calc: 1
- Sub Key: Labor or Material
- Set units to: Option to default units to pre-assigned number, pages, sheets, form quantity, etc.
- Rate Per M: Makes $ Rate per thousand
- Rate Override: Allows user to change unit rate on Estimate screen
- JC Cost By Quantity: Job Control Cost uses Quantity x Rate (vs. Hours x Rate). Only available if subkey is labor.
Estimate Specification Input Prompts:
- Units (not editable if set to pages, sheets or form quantity)
- Rate (can be changed only if rate override checked in definition)
- J% or Markup %
- Remarks
- Memo
Calculation:
Units x Rate = Cost $
Cost $ x Markup % = Markup $
Cost $ + Markup $ = Sell $