CM-Cabinets Library User Guide
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    Pricing Materials using Linear Rate
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    Materials such as Edging and Moulding are usually priced by length.

    Materials such as Benchtop are usually priced with a linear rate based on its depth - See Pricing Linear using Price Tables.

     

    Tutorial: Material Linear Pricing

    The following will price edging material using the material and price set up in the Materials Manager.

    This tutorial is based on a single Shelf Standard, with a width of 1000mm and a depth of 500mm. The shelf is edged all around using the edging material 1.0mm Edging.

    Image: Shelf Standard used in this tutorial

    Shelf Width is 1000mm and default Materials are used -  Click to view

    Shelf Width is 1000mm and default Materials are used -  Click to view

     

    Materials Manager

    First access Manager from either the Pricing > Material/Hardware page or Materials-Advanced > Manager page.

    Pricing > Material/Hardware page -  Click to Expand

    Pricing > Material/Hardware page -  Click to Expand

    Click on the Manage button and select the relevant material and price accordingly. In this example:-

    Details page, select Material to be priced  -  Click to Expand

    Details page, select Material to be priced  -  Click to Expand

    Remember to Save changes and click OK  -  Click to Expand

    Remember to Save changes and click OK  -  Click to Expand

     

    Pricing/Markups page

    Ensure you have the Carcass ticked on the Pricing/Markups page.

    • Edging uses the Carcass material - See Materials-Advanced category of the Drawing Properties.

    To designate the Sell price you need to set the Level Markup percentages.

    Pricing > Pricing/Markups page - enable applicable Category 

    Pricing > Pricing/Markups page - enable applicable Category 

     

    Reporting

    To test the effect of this process, run a Quantities report.

    Result: The Cost price edging material is calculated as 1m x $0.45 = $0.45+ $0.09 (20% Markup) = $0.54

     

    The above report shows only pricing details pertaining to this tutorial.

    Rounding during the calculation process can cause amounts to increase by a few cents.

    To calculate Sell price set Markup Percentages per category on the Pricing > Pricing/Markups page.

    For explanation of how Shelf Carcass is priced above, see Pricing Materials using Area Rates

     

    If you want your drawing to always use the current pricing for the materials then use the Look Up Current Pricing checked on the Pricing > Settings page as shown...

    Pricing > Settings page  -  Click to Expand

    Pricing > Settings page  -  Click to Expand

     

    See Also