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Create multiple sets of rates for what-if scenarios, cost budget models, companies, divisions, accounting periods, expansions, locations, potential equipment, or for any reason. Each sets of rates can have different equipment, expenses, employees, assets, and rates. Starts with up to 5 sets and add more as needed.

Multi-User. Create individual user login accounts and access roles for improved collaboration with your coworkers.

Calculates cost rates for for any equipment including sheetfed presses, web presses, digital, large format, flexographic,ink-jet, screen, rewinders, folder gluers, die cutters, foil stamping, hand assembly, mailing, kitting, and more...

Employee time and costs including wages, benefits, insurance, and other expenses can be allocated or split between multiple equipment.

Contains industry studies of costs and budgeted hourly rates for prepress, sheetfed and web offset, digital, inkjet, large format, flexographic, screen, packaging, apparel & embroidery, finishing, binding, mailing, and other equipment and services.

Calculates the minimum hourly cost rate you must charge for production equipment and services to break-even or recover your out-of-pocket costs. Calculates detail budgeted hourly cost rates for each piece of equipment including the manufacturing rate, labor rate, SG&A overhead rate, and AIC rates.

Engineered by industry experts based on industry best practices and formulas. Expenses can be allocated numerous ways including to SG&A overhead, factory overhead, departments, cost centers, and other methods.

Speak with a real live industry expert consultant from Profectus for help on setting up your cost rates, a free review of your rates, or whatever you need to successfully implement your rates.

Over 30 detail and summary reports and graphs help you reconcile and manage your cost rates. Click on screen or report data to drill-down directly to the detailed source data for quick access or changes.

A comprehensive online help guide with easy to understand instructions, industry best practices, examples, and tips for setting up, updating, and implementing your rates. A searchable knowledge base of information to help you to find answers about using Cost Rates Advisor and industry best practices.

Your information is protected using strict security practices including cryptographic protocols, data encryption, and complex password strength requirements.

No contracts. If you are not satisfied for any reason, you may cancel anytime. Easily upgrade anytime as your business grows without losing your information.

PC, MAC, iPad, tablet compatible Cloud, Anywhere, Anytime Access. There's no software to install and you automatically receive the latest enhancements.

Compare your labor, factory, and overhead costs rates to thousands of costs rates from other companies with similar equipment. Find out if your costs are higher or lower than the competition and industry.

Create income statements, profit projections, financial and operational ratios, and graphs from your budget.

The Markup Strategy Tool will help find the best markup strategy for maximizing your profit margins and revenue.

Save hours of manual entry by importing spreadsheets, statements, employees, expenses, assets, budgets, and other information using our Data Import Wizard.

You can record a history of your budgeted hourly cost rates changes and updates, and track how your rates have changed over time and why.

You can create multiple sets of rates for what-if scenarios for new equipment, expansions, acquisitions, accounting periods.

Create individual password protected user login accounts with access roles for improved collaboration with your coworkers.

Password protect individual sets of rates or companies so other people in your organization cannot access or change them.

An Application Programming Interface (API) allows your estimating and costing software to access your rates, so you do not have to enter them. *If available through your software vendor.

Profectus printing industry business consultants will prepare and fine-tune your budgeted costs and rates.

A senior consultant and cost specialist will remotely work with your organization to prepare your budgeted hourly rates.

The consultant will enter all of your data into Cost Rates Advisor including your departments, cost centers, expenses, assets, and employees, and allocate your information to the appropriate classifications based on industry best practices.

The Profectus consultant analyzes your costs, rates, and financials.

The Profectus consultant will provide recommendations for implementing your updated BHRs.

The Profectus consultant will analyze your costs, rates, and financials and provide recommendations for improving tracking costs, managing your rates, and financial reporting.

Profectus will provide recommendations for mark-ups and pricing strategies for your products and services.