Knowing a job's profit before the price goes out
Seeing which job truly pays — up front.
A price is set by glancing at past quotes and the instinct of the day. “There should be margin in this one.” The real cost surfaces after the job closes, and then only as a lump sum.
As material, labour and time go in, profit is computed on the quote screen. When the job closes, the actual cost returns to the same record. Where the margin melts is ranked by product and by customer.
An illustrative first build: in a production workshop, quoting is brought onto a single screen. As material, labour and machine time are entered, the profit line updates immediately. When the order closes, the actual cost is written back into the same record. The gap between quoted and actual is listed by product and by customer.
Product or service list with unit cost items
Past quotes and order records
Pricing rules and discount limits
Due dates and delivery dates
profit is known at quote time
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