Cost Control, Inc. is concerned with helping you become a more profitable printer.
. . . if you know you should be using a computer for your estimating, but have been waiting, look around this site. It won't bankrupt you. It has a short learning curve.
EFP is kept on your site--not on a remote internet location. EFP uses the principle of Budgeted Hourly Rates and Production Standards to calculate your printing estimates.
. . . a job costing method using a barcode reader. Jobtimer is a method of keeping track of your costs of production. We all know that cost and price have little to do with each other. However, it is important that you know the cost of producing a job. To help you determine your actual costs you should explore this.
. . . we all run our business differently, do different types of work, have varied plant configurations, different markets, and different priorities. No magic formula or program, that will give us all the correct costs. Therefore, you must know, not guess, your own costs. Look around here for ideas. Sample BHR can be downloaded to your computer. Ask your questions rshaw@printingestimates.com and I will incorporate them as we go.
Have me send you a spreadsheet to show how Budgeted Hourly Rates are calculated.Over the past 25 years Budgeted Hourly Rates have been calculated for well over 100 plants. If you want a copy of the Excel(r) spreadsheet, click here, follow the instructions and download the spreadsheet. Remember, this requires that you have Excel on your computer.
. . . errors, redos rework, rerun, spoilage, do over, and ^*~$+*& !, are terms that we all use to describe the job that has somehow gone gone awry. Whenever this happens we usually redo the job and we have to eat the cost. "Dumb mistakes cause more re-runs than anything else!" Have you ever heard this before? Have you ever heard those words come from your own mouth? Look around here for some ideas to solve the problem. Have me send you a sample job flow chart.
. . . and your garage--lots of similarity. Browse this article and see if you don't agree. If you are thinking about moving or making a significant change in your plant, contact me. I can review your plans with the eye of a unbiased outsider or make the drawings (and revisions-as many revisions as needed) for you to discuss with your staff.
. . . What is involved in calculating labor costs? A look at some of the numbers behind what is paid compared to what things cost.