Screen Printing Price List

Your Screenprinting pricelist can consist of any number of Screenprinting items, each with a selling price grid and other options preconfigured for different scenarios.

• The way a screenprinting price item is configured will not only determine the ultimate price but also how it will impact on your assigned tasks if you have the Auto Scheduling module turned on.

• For example:
  • FastManager could schedule tasks and calculate times differently if you selected a price which includes a 'Flash' charge (and associated Task) vs one that has no Flash charge

To create or edit an existing item, select Screen Printing Prices from the Edit menu.

To edit or delete an existing price list you need to open the price list first by clicking on the Open button.

To create a new price list, click on the New button.

• Enter a description
  • This is the description that will appear under the Screenprint icon on the Sales Screen

• Select a sales group
  • For more information about sales groups, see: Sales Groups

• Specify the maximum number of colors permitted for this particular screen print item

• Select a Service Group
  • Service Groups allow you to sort and organise the items on your pricelist as it appears on the Sales Screen.
  • For more information, see:Service Groups

You will also see these 4 tabs:

• General
• Your Cost
• Your Selling Price
• Auto-schedule Presses

1.) Basics

Description

• First enter a user friendly description of the price list so you can easily identify it. For example: 'Contract No Flash'
  • This description will display as the caption in the pop-up menu when you add screen printing in the sales screen

Max Colors

• Next enter the maximum number of colors that you can print when you select this price list.

Sales Group

• Assign this item to a Sales group.

Service Group

• Service Groups allow you to organise your Screenprinting items into logical groups or categories. For more information see: Service Groups

2.) Defaults

Default Description

• Enter the default print description. This is the default description that will print on your quotations, work orders and invoices. You can always overtype it on the fly.

Outsource

• If you are going to out source this work to another screen printer, check the Outsource check box (and optionally select the default supplier).

Sync to item count

• Select if you want the screenprint quantity to synchronize with item quantity on the order, by default.

Item Taxable?

• Select if this line item is taxable or not. (Tax 2 will almost always be Non, only change this if you have a good reason)

Auto Amortize / Auto Hide / Print

• You can have this screenprint automatically amortize with the physical goods on the order.

Exclude from sales commissions

• check the box to make sure that this item is not included in any sales commission reports

3.) Additional Charges

You can add an unlimited number of additional charges such as screens, artwork, bagging and PMS color match etc.

• To create a new additional charge, click on the Add button.
• To edit an existing charge, select the charge from the list below, and click on the Edit button.
• To delete an existing charge, select the charge from the list below, and click on the Delete button.

Once you click on the Edit or Add button you will see the following screen:

1.) Defaults

Add by default

• Select if you want FastManager to add this additional charge to the sales screen by default.
  • You can always remove or add it on the fly from the sales screen, by deleting the row, or right clicking on the actual screen printing line item and selecting: Additional Charges

Auto Amortize / Auto Hide / Print

• You can have this additional charge automatically amortize with the physical goods on the order.

Exclude from sales commissions

• check the box to make sure that this item is not included in any sales commission reports

2.) Basic Settings

Menu Description

• This is the description that will display when you add this charge on the fly, by right clicking on the screen printing charge line in your sales screen and selecting Additional Charges.

Default print description

• This is the description that will print on your quotations, work orders and invoices.
• You can overwrite this description in the sales screen.

Sales Group

• select a sales group for this charge.
  • this also determines which item code the Integrator will select when exporting the invoice to QuickBooks.

Outsource

• If you are outsourcing this additional charge check the Out source to check box and (optionally) select a default vendor from the drop down list.
  • FastManager will add this item to your PO wizard if this option is selected.
  • This is a default setting and can be changed on the fly.

Sync Qty With …

• Select if the quantity of this additional charge item should synchronise with the quantity of:
  • items on the order
  • colors on the print
  • number of prints being done
  • Don't sync at all

Cost / Retail / Tax

• Enter your cost and selling price and select if the line item should be taxed or not. (Tax 2 will almost always be Non, don't change this unless you have a good reason)

3.) Auto Schedule

(only relevant if you have the Scheduling module enabled)

If you are using the auto scheduling module, you can select if you want FastManager to automatically create a task or simply add additional time to your machine if this charge is present as a line item in your work order.

If you are creating an additional task you can also specify when you want FastManager to schedule it.

Click on Save to save this additional charge.

The cost tab has two purposes:

• If you are outsourcing this job to another screen printer then FastManager will use the cost table to lookup a unit cost when generating a PO

• FastManager will also use this cost to calculate the final profit on your work order.

You can select if you want FastManager to calculate a retail table for you, instead of inputting your own.

• To do this, enter a markup (expressed as a percentage) in the Mark Up column and click on Calculate Retail.

FastManager will use this table to lookup your selling price in the sales screen.

Here you will tell FastManager which of your screenprinting machines are capable of this particular screen print.

• For example:
  • If one of your screen printing presses does not have flashing capabilities and this price list is called 'Printing with flash' then you don't want to include that machine here

To edit an existing machine, select the machine from the list below, and click on the Edit button.

To delete an existing machine, select the machine from the list below, and click on the Delete button

To add a new machine, click on Add

• You should see this screen:

From the drop down list select a machine to include in the list of machines that can accommodate this particular screenprint.

Enter the min qty that this press is allowed to run. FastManager will automatically eliminate this machine when trying to schedule this job if the min qty is not met.

Enter the max qty that this press is allowed to run. FastManager will automatically eliminate this machine when trying to schedule this job if the max number of pieces is exceeded.

Select the minimum number of days prior to the Ship Date you want FastManager to search for an open slot to run this machine

Select the maximum number of colors that you can print on this machine.

We now need to tell FastManager how it is going to calculate production time for his machine.

This would be the minimum time that you want to schedule a job for and FastManager will start with the base time.
This would basically include how long it takes to get the shirts, screens and ink to the machine.
This does NOT include setup and break down time.

Next we need to enter the setup and break down time.
This time is calculates per color. Thus FastManager will multiply the time entered here with the number of colors, and then add that total to the base time.

Now select your print time.
If the machine you selected is an automatic press then you need to select your index speed e.g. 600 pieces per hour.
If you selected a manual press then you need to tell FastManager how many single color prints you can produce in a hour.

• Click on the Save button when you are done.