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Know what the job really cost. Quote the next one with it.

Comparing the quote with the final cost is the step everyone agrees matters and nobody has time for. Drawgen does it as the job closes, module by module, and keeps what it teaches.

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Step 5Quoted against actual

Module by module, on the same cost basis.

Actual material from purchase orders and hours from your time bookings are set against the quote, per module, on the same cost basis. Where the job ran over, you see which module and by how much, instead of one number at the end.

  • Actual cost per module, not only per job
  • Direct costs and loaded rates never mixed
  • Change orders shown as billed or absorbed
Job 26-041Closed, quoted against actual
Infeed conveyors-3%
Robot and gripper-1%
Pallet magazine+3%
Guarding+19%
Layer sheets+6%
Design, commissioning+8%
QuotedActual
Miss recorded€3,100

Wash-down seals and drain trays were not in the guarding line. Absorbed, not billed.

Rule proposedEstimator

Guarding in a wash-down area includes seals and drain trays.

Confirm rule Confirmed by estimator

What it keepsRules and misses

Your estimator’s knowledge, written down and credited.

Every miss is kept with its job and its cost. When a miss points to a rule, Drawgen proposes it and your estimator confirms it. The rules are theirs, and they are used on every quote that follows, long after the person who learned them has moved on.

  • Rules with an author, a date and a scope
  • Misses with what they cost, billed or absorbed
  • Only your rules, never another builder’s
RulesWritten by your estimatorYours only
Guarding in a wash-down area includes seals and drain traysEstimator, confirmed Oct 2026New
Robot cells: allow at least 80 h for commissioningEstimator, 2024
Two-line infeed: add a merge conveyorEstimator, 2023
MissesWhat went wrong, and what it cost
Job 26-041Wash-down seals not quoted€3,100 absorbed
Job 24-052Pallet guides left out€1,100 absorbed
Job 25-017Extra site visit€900 billed as change
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closed jobs in the record
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The loopWhy it gets better

Every closed job makes the next quote better informed.

Most builders never get round to comparing what they quoted with what the job cost. Drawgen does it as the job closes, so the next quote starts from one more job you can trust.

  1. 01Enquiry reviewThe new job is compared with every closed one.
  2. 02Priced linesModules are priced from what they actually cost.
  3. 03QuoteYour estimator sets the price, with the evidence open.
  4. 04Purchase checksOffers are checked against the quote.
  5. 05Post-costingQuoted meets actual. Misses become rules.

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The job record

How the five steps fit on one record per job.