RandyB

Many D-Tools users like to show installed price for each line item on proposals. For this reason, we currently give you lots of tools for viewing the estimated installed price when looking at a product.

Our question is this: does the installed price for each line item have any use once the proposal is approved and the contract signed? Or, are labor and equipment handled separately at this point, so there is no longer a need to talk about installed price for individual items.

All comments are greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

The D-Tools Product Team

fryeguy

Installed Price is useful for change orders. Example: the client is in contract and asks "How much will it cost to add/remove additional distributed audio zones. Speaking in terms of list price does not tell the truth of the cost. Installed price is necessary.

In fact, I would love to see a report that shows Line Item Price by Zone by Location with Labor by Location. In effect, this would be a typical Line Item by Zone by Location with a labor line item in the location subtotal instead of at the bottom of the report. At the bottom you could have the project subtotal plus sales tax followed by the grand total.

If you are thinking about simplifying how data aggregates in the Data Matrix view to increase performance I would suggest this feature be a toggle.

CrystalHacker

We never use installed price. We do not line item price. We do summary price by Group (Location, Zone, Category, etc) and include the labor breakout in the summary.