Values:

The Values tab brings all the costs in the Estimate together and looks like this:

It has two Menu's (on the left of the screen) a Data Area (center)and a Graphical Analysis Area (on the right)

Menu Options:

·	Reprice Products

Here the user can Reprice the Estimate, Reload the standard database discounts/classes and fix numbers

Database Fit Times can also be reloaded and the choice of which Fit Time to use is shown.

·	Supplier Discounts

This feature allows the user to see what the net total of materials will be from various suppliers

The calculations for Best Price are made using the highest available discount per product and/or the lowest Supplier Agreed Net:

Select the Supplier Type (Electrical or Mechanical by default)

Check Best Buy field

Click Calculate

To place these prices into the Estimate, highlight the required line and click on Select.

A Bill Of Materials print out is available from the Reports menu, with options on what to print

·	Target Total

This feature allows the user to enter the value/amount he wants to Tender at

The Software will proportionately adjust the selected Material and Labour Classes up or down, increasing or decreasing the Profit % so the Estimate Total matches the required figure.

Classes marked as Don't Target (see System Defaults) will not be affected unless deliberately clicked on here (overrides Don't Target settings)

To make the Don't Target stand out, they are not highlighted here, but will go pale yellow (Material) or green (Labour) if they are attracting a change

·	Change Hours

This feature allows the Total Hours in the Estimate to be altered

Simply click in the Required Fit Time field and enter the new hours

The Lock Fit Times field allows you to choose what action to take over items whose times are already locked:

No Change = No adjustments will be made to them

Lock = Applies Lock to all the items in the Estimate

Unlock = removes the locking and allows them to attract the changes

Advanced Menu features:

·	Show Warnings

Can be set in User Defaults to run each time the Values tab is clicked on

This feature scans the Estimate Items and produces a list of all Un-priced and/ or Un-laboured Items

It also lists any item that has been ticked as Flag Warning.

Items Can be edited individually (highlight and click edit) or by a selection (click and drag on left hand arrow column - u)

Editing individually opens the Item screen and allows changes to be made (enter Fit Time, price or remove Flag Warning tick)

Editing Multiple Items produces the following screen:

Don't forget any changes made here will change all items that were highlighted.

·	Material Listings

Click here for separate topic

Data Area meanings:

	O/H Net Cost	Profit	Profit %	Retail (Sell Price)
Labour	Total of all Labour Classes Shown including any Overhead Markup (from Markup Classes Screen)	Total value of Labour profit column (from Markup Classes Screen)	Profit portrayed as a percentage (Profit/Cost)	O/H Net Cost column + Profit Column
Hours	Total Estimate hours (from Markup Classes tab/Total Fit Time)
Material	Total of all Material Classes Shown including any Overhead Markup (from Markup Classes Screen)	Total value of Material profit column (from Markup Classes Screen)	Profit portrayed as a percentage (Profit/Cost)	O/H Net Cost column + Profit Column
Plant	Total of all items in the Estimate entered as type=plant	Total value of profit from Plant items	Profit portrayed as a percentage (Profit/Cost)	Cost of Plant + Profit
Other	Total of all items in the Estimate entered as type=other	Total value of profit from Other items	Profit portrayed as a percentage (Profit/Cost)	Other Cost + Profit
Sub Contract	Total of all items in the Estimate entered as Sub Contract	Total value of profit from Sub Contract Items	Profit portrayed as a percentage (Profit/Cost)	Sub Contract Cost + Profit

Sub Total	Total from all fields in this column (except Hours)	Total from all fields in this column	Total from all fields in this column	Total from all fields in this column
Including Special Costs of :				Total of all items marked No Spread Costs
Preliminaries :				Total or Prelim's (ghosted)
MCD % :		ie 2.5641% = (1/39)	MCD Value :	MCD displayed as a value
PCS (Provisional Cost Sums) :				Total from Provisional Sums Screen
Total Estimate Value before MCD allowance :				Sum of all Columns with MCD added in
Total Estimate Value :				Rounded Estimate Value, again including the MCD amount

Rounded Estimate Value:

The Software calculates a Schedule of Rates which needs to add up across the page as well as down the page

When dealing with numbers which can be up to 6 decimal places long, the arithmetic on some systems can appear not to add up.

This can lead to Schedules being returned by a QS or Customer and queries can arise

To obviate this problem SEC's software offers the option to Round Estimate Value which will round the unit cost of items to the nearest penny so that the item lines on the S/O/R will add up perfectly

Graphs: