If you have chosen an entered cost for your press the screen looks like this:
You can use this screen if you are getting someone else to print this job.
If the job has already been calculated using one of the presses you've defined, this window
should contain data from that calculation. In practice this means that you can set up your
supplier's press in your own presses table and compute the job - then switch to 'entered cost' and
the figure will be there for you.
External cost: How much you are being charged for the job. If you have just switched from a
calculated press screen, this will be the Total cost less the markup, so if you set up a supplier's
press you should include your standard 'services' markup in the cost. That way the true external
cost should appear. If the calculated cost from which you are switching is one of your own
presses (to be fair, there's no real reason for switching to entered cost in these circumstances)
then you should remember to set the external cost to zero, or the added value will be
understated.
External cost +1000: How much your external supplier would charge you for an extra 1000
copies. Again if you switch from calculated to entered cost, this will default to the calculated run-on figure less the default 'services' markup.
+ Markup %: The percentage to be added to the external cost to allow for a this task's share of
the indirect costs of your organization. Usually this will be around 30%, but the exact figure
depends on the ratio of your indirect costs to the direct costs of your business. You can think of
this as a contribution to your fixed overhead. This figure defaults to the default 'services' markup
percentage, which you can set in System Configuration.
Total cost: This is the total (pre profit) figure for the Press part of this component, including an
allowance for this task's contribution to overhead (the 'services' markup).
Total cost +1000: The true cost, including the 'services' markup, of supplying an extra 1000
copies.
