Terminology

The following terminology is used throughout Empower Quoting

• Additional Costs

Additional Costs are costs that are neither labor nor Material costs.

Examples may include the cost of a security fence around the job site, or a subcontractor cost.

Within Empower Quoting, there is no limit on the number or type of Additional Costs.
See
Set Up Additional Costs

• Budgeted Time

Each Product has a Budgeted Time that is the time you expect it to be completed in.

For example you may expect that the time to assemble a table is 80 minutes.
See
Set Up Products

• Dimensions

Dimensions are a way of customizing your Quotes based on a dimension - for example you may have dimensions of width and length.
See
Introducing Dimensions

• Easy Quote

An Easy Quote is a Quote that can be quickly created with a Description of the items being quoted. For more complex Quotes with individual cost lines see New Quote.
See
Easy Quote

• Materials

Materials are used to make Products - examples are steel, wood, screws etc
See
Setup Materials

• Material Groups

Material Groups are groups of Materials or types of Materials, eg you may have a Material Group called Steel Plate that includes Materials called Steel Plate 3mm, Steel Plate 5mm etc
See
Setup Material Groups
Setup Materials

• Process

A Process is a manufacturing operation – examples of Processes are cut, assemble, paint, etc. You can have an unlimited number of Processes and name them whatever you wish.
See
Setup Processes

• Process Group

A Process Group is a grouping of Processes. For example you may have a Process Group called Machine Shop. There may be various Processes in that Process Group, e.g. Cut, Edge, Press, etc.
See
Setup Process Groups
Setup Processes

• Product

Products are items you manufacture. They can be complete Products or parts of complete Products.
See
Setup Products

• Product Group

A Product Group is a grouping of Products or types of Products. For example you may have a Product Group called Tables. And you may have a various Products in that Product Group, e.g. board table, kitchen table, etc.
See
Setup Product Groups

• Quote Template

A Quote Template is a predefined format for a Quote. Use of a Quote Templates allow items such as Products, Materials, Additional Costs, markups and the order that these items are to be displayed in a Quote to be quickly retrieved to allow consistent formatting of Quotes.
See
Quote Templates

• Suppliers

Suppliers are organizations you purchase Materials from.
See
Setup Suppliers