Estimating & Quotation
Significantly reducing material and labor costs while improving your gross margin
Experience a new level of precision in your processes. Our ERP system minimizes errors and redundancies, ensuring that your print jobs are executed with unparalleled accuracy, meeting the highest quality standards.
Using the Estimating module, you can analyze critical information before bidding or producing a job, significantly reducing material and labor costs while improving your gross margin. You can tie an estimate to a quotation, create new estimates by copying another, perform markup calculations based on user-defined formulas, utilize powerful search capabilities, perform cost analysis for various quantities, freeze an assessment to prevent accidental changes, and more.
The demand for accurate estimates, precise pricing, and access to information on all levels such as supply chain and production, has never been higher.
Getting everything right from the very beginning will save you a lot of trouble in the end. That is what the estimating module is designed to do.
DynamicsPrint® provides all that, – plus a lot more.
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Finding the best production route and material usage through advanced impositions is essential to estimating the correct cost and specify the accurate quotation to the customer.
Whether you operate within commercial print, packaging, label, or digital print, you will find an easy, yet sophisticated tool to specify all the operations from pre-planning to finishing and delivery.
DynamicsPrint® provides a powerful tool for creating various options based on the original calculations.
You can create enhanced price lists based on the original quotation with a few keystrokes. We call it the Extended Price List.
Using your own best practice methodology for driving your business, the system ensures that you get the calculations as accurate as possible.
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Submodules include:
- Packaging
- Roll Label
- Gravure
- Flexography
- Offset
- Digital
- Large Format
- Screen-print
- Mail and Assembly
- Web-to-Print
- Finishing
- Book Binding
Estimating features:
- Estimators have access to other estimates, yet markup percentage and prices can be secured on an individual basis.
- Users can set and adjust precision fields to fine-tune the accuracy of estimates over time. This includes all cost, price, components, labor, and machine hours.
- Search for an estimate by number, estimate, name, and item number.
- Attach notes to each estimate header, operation, material, quote header, or revision.
- Price an unlimited number of quantity breaks.
- Find the breaking point between offset and digital manufacturing.
Challenges
Minimizing cost by working smarter is the keyword for all companies in the printing industry, regardless of operations in commercial print, offset or digital, flexo labels, packaging print, large format print, etc.
This is where DynamicsPrint® fits in.
Ideal Solution
With the current pressure on the printing industry the revenues, rationalization and consolidation are leading to system optimization and workflow solutions.
This is where DynamicsPrint® fits in.
Desired Outcomes
It is obvious that tools for making safe decisions are becoming more critical and the reason for investing in a sophisticated ERP solution is substantial.
This is where DynamicsPrint® fits in.
Configuration
The entire estimating system is built according to your own business rules. You define all operations and the related rules attached to each of them. If required, you have access to a user-friendly tool from which you can calculate results that may not be represented in the standard systems.
FAQ
What is the Estimating & Quotation module in DynamicsPrint®?
The Estimating & Quotation module is a core component of the DynamicsPrint® ERP solution, specifically designed for the printing and packaging industry. It enables fast, accurate, and data-driven cost estimation and quotation generation, helping you reduce material and labor costs while improving your gross margin.
How does it improve estimation accuracy and speed?
With an advanced job configurator, customizable pricing formulas, powerful search functions, and support for unlimited quantity breaks, this module streamlines complex estimations. It leverages your business rules and historical data to deliver precise quotes quickly, even for multi-version jobs.
Can it handle different print formats and production types?
Absolutely. The module supports all printing types — from offset and digital to packaging, label, and large-format. Whether you operate in commercial print, flexo labels, or specialty packaging, DynamicsPrint® adapts to your production requirements.
Does the module support integration with the sales process?
Yes. Estimates can be directly linked to sales quotations and converted into production orders. Seamless Outlook integration and version control ensure that sales and estimation teams remain aligned, reducing errors and improving responsiveness.
How does this module support profitability?
By identifying optimal production routes and materials through imposition analysis, and enabling detailed cost breakdowns, the module helps ensure quotes are both competitive and profitable. It also provides margin visibility for each quote.
Can I secure sensitive pricing or markup information?
Yes. While estimators can access shared estimates, markup percentages and prices can be restricted to authorized users only. This safeguards sensitive financial data while enabling team collaboration.
What makes this module different from other ERP solutions?
Unlike generic ERP systems, DynamicsPrint® is built for the printing and packaging industry. With three decades of industry experience behind it, this module reflects deep domain expertise, configurability for specialized workflows, and is fully embedded in Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O.
Does it support advanced configuration for our unique processes?
Yes. Every operation and rule is user-defined, allowing the estimation engine to mirror your real-world workflows. You can also attach notes, freeze estimates, and create extended price lists with just a few clicks.
How does it fit into our broader ERP system?
Estimating & Quotation is seamlessly integrated with other DynamicsPrint® modules such as Order Handling, Scheduling, and Shop Floor Control — delivering a fully connected, end-to-end workflow from quote to delivery.