QuoteCam works totally on a Cost Basis. All the data entered refers to the cost of doing business such as machine rates, labour rates, materials purchases etc.  Probably the most common mistake being made by so many companies is that they simply do not know exactly what the cost of owning and operating a machine tool is.

QuoteCam's Work Centre Rates calculator takes all aspects of machine tool costs into account such as finance charges, running costs, future value and maintenance charges in fact it even differentiates for machines bought cash or those financed and the results of this analysis can be surprising.

QuoteCam is said to be the first engineering software of its kind to allow small business to easily see how much impact a company’s overheads have on the expected profit from any particular job. It has a sophisticated but very easy to use Overhead Burden rate calculator which correlates the overhead costs down to a simple hourly rate which is automatically included in the cost when quoting.

Estimating machining time is often time consuming and arduous but it’s absolutely essential that it’s done correctly. This is another area that small business owners simply do not have the time to do properly. It’s so common to hear that a process for which only a few minutes was quoted for ended up taking hours and you know that no-one makes money when that happens.

QuoteCam offers a large range of machine process simulators for milling, turning etc which accurately predicts exactly how long the machining will take. It does this with the help of a large library of built in material types complete with feed and speed information. The user simply answers a few basic questions and gets realistic answers in no time.

All types of process are catered for even sub-contract costs and purchases so when you have completed your quote in just a few minutes you can be confident that you have a clear picture of your true costs before you begin calculating your profits.

At this stage once again QuoteCam has a unique approach. It has a sales price analyser in the form of a simple graph. The graph visually displays the cost of each component in a batch and displays the cost per par and per batch it also calculates your selling price based on your expected profit margin or mark-up. But most useful of all it allows you to perform “what if” scenarios for example it will instantly recalculate the entire batch costs if you change the batch size, so if you are asked to quote for 100 pieces but are then offered an order for only 50 pieces QuoteCam will give you a new selling price instantly that will preserve your initial margin requirements.