Markups, Minimums, and Per-Sheet Costs

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Applies to: Core, Advanced, Enterprise

Quote & Cut includes pricing strategy settings that let you add margin, protect small orders, and recover per-sheet costs.

You can find these settings from:

Quote & Cut → Settings → Pricing Strategy & Markups

The Percentage Markup setting adds a percentage uplift to the calculated component cost.

Example:

If the calculated cost is £10 and the percentage markup is 50%, the price becomes £15 before any later minimum-price adjustment.

Use this to add margin across all quoted parts.

The Fixed Markup Per Part setting adds a fixed amount to every single part calculated.

Example:

If the fixed markup is £2 and the customer orders 10 parts, the quote includes £2 per part.

Use this to recover small handling, admin, or processing costs per part.

The Minimum Price Per Part setting raises the final calculated part price if it is below your minimum.

Example:

If a part calculates at £1.20 and the minimum price per part is £5.00, the part price is raised to £5.00.

Use this to avoid selling very small parts at prices that are not worth processing.

The Flat Cost Per Sheet setting adds a fixed cost for each sheet used by the nesting job.

It is applied as:

Sheets Used × Flat Cost Per Sheet

Use this if you want to add a simple per-sheet charge.

This could be used for:

The Loading Cost Per Sheet setting adds a loading charge for each sheet used by the nesting job.

It is applied as:

Sheets Used × Loading Cost Per Sheet

Use this if you want to recover loading or material movement costs separately from the general handling cost.

The Handling Cost setting is found in the general settings area.

It is a cost per full sheet and is treated separately from the flat cost and loading cost.

Use it to account for sheet handling work such as:

Quote & Cut first calculates the base cost using material, machine time, gas, and other cost settings.

Then it can apply:

Per-sheet costs are based on sheet usage and are included as part of the job cost.

A sensible starting approach is:

Use Percentage Markup for your general margin.
Use Minimum Price Per Part to protect small parts.
Use Flat Cost Per Sheet or Loading Cost Per Sheet only if you need those costs separated.
Avoid adding too many overlapping costs until you have tested the results.