Cost broken into its parts
Material, direct labour, indirect labour, and markup separated rather than rolled into one rate.
Understand your costs, not just your standards.
ERP shows standard cost. Winning quotes requires understanding the actual cost drivers, and being able to explain them at approval.
What Finance & purchasing owns
Where the real cost is hiding.
Nothing here is decided by the model. Each output arrives with the evidence behind it, ready for your review.
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Time-adjusted data
Inflation and commodity movement carried into the number instead of assumed away.
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Variance you can see
Pricing compared across customers, volumes, and contract terms.
What lands on your desk
What sits behind the approval.
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Cost breakdown
Every element of the number, in its own line.
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Time-adjusted basis
What the same job would cost today versus when it was last quoted.
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Variance analysis
Where this quote sits against comparable work.
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Approval basis
A consistent, explainable record behind each approved quote.