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Cost Rates Advisor
The industry's leading AI-powered budgeted hourly rates, cost analysis, and benchmarking software that helps you price with confidence, win more work, and increase profitability.
Print Business Advisor
AI-powered financial and operational analysis and benchmarking software that evaluates your business, highlights improvement opportunities, and benchmarks you against industry peers.
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Expert help that spans the entire organization including sales, estimating, pricing, customer service, order entry, inventory, costing, invoicing, accounting, software, and technology.
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Know Your True Costs And Boost Profits With Cost Rates Advisor.
Running a successful printing and packaging business is a complex puzzle that must be solved daily. Costs are constantly fluctuating due to changes in expenses, staffing, workloads, equipment, materials costs, product demands, and other contributing factors. Cost Rates Advisor software allows businesses to quickly analyze costs, create budgeted hourly rates, and benchmark their results to industry.
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How inaccurate cost rates almost put Quality Printing out of business.
Inaccurate budgeted hourly rates (BHRs) can put a printing company out of business as one company found out the hard way. Quality Printing* is a sheetfed, digital, and large format printing company with 75 employees located in the Midwest United States.
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Proven Pricing Strategies Used By Printing Industry Leaders.
Devising an effective pricing strategy is one of the most critical elements for sustaining a successful printing business. After all, you cannot make a sale without first setting a price.
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The Estimator with Rose Colored Glasses.
Devising an effective pricing strategy is one of the most critical elements for sustaining a successful printing business. After all, you cannot make a sale without first setting a price.
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How Often Should You Update Budgeted Hourly Rates.
Considering the industry’s competitive environment, rates that are off just a few dollars can have a substantial impact on whether or not you win orders or make a profit. As a matter of policy, an organization should continually update their rates to maintain a competitive edge and sustain profits
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10 Good Indicators It's Time To Update Your Budgeted Hourly Rates.
If you haven't updated your Budgeted Hourly Rates in the last 12 months, you need to read this!
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Implementing An Effective Cost-Plus Pricing Strategy.
Cost-Plus pricing is indisputably the most common pricing technique used by printing organizations. A cost-plus pricing strategy is pretty much what the name implies. You set a price by estimating your costs and add a markup to get the sell price.
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Direct Manufacturing Hourly Cost Rates for Printing Equipment.
Direct Manufacturing Costs are expenses that are necessary to specifically produce or manufacture a product. These expenses can consist of supplies needed to operate equipment, equipment maintenance and repairs, asset depreciation, leases, and other costs.
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Printing Company Profit Margins.
Profit margins in the printing industry are very marginal compared to other manufacturing industries. Companies that offer less available or niche products and services typically have greater margins.
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Chart of Accounts for Printing and Packaging Companies.
A well-designed Chart of Accounts that accurately categorizes financial activity within the general ledger is essential for printing and packaging companies.
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