Prepare the costing estimate and schedule for the beer label job

What is going on

Ballarat Brands Collective has asked for a quote on four craft beer label versions, 15,000 labels each, on white polypropylene pressure sensitive stock with five colours and a matt varnish, for a product launch on 16 October. The job would run on the flexographic label line, which has a plate mounting step and a longer makeready than the offset presses. Dev Pillai wants the estimate built on the Quote and Production Costing Estimate Template, checked against stock availability and the production schedule, and recorded in the Job Ticket Register as Quoted. The quote is over five thousand dollars and needs a second estimator check.

Your brief

Build a complete production costing estimate for the label job, confirm materials and capacity, prepare the client quote with clear assumptions and lead time, and record it in the register ready for Dev Pillai's check.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

• Read the Quote and Production Costing Estimate Template and the Production Scheduling and Capacity Planning Procedure and list the cost elements and capacity rules that apply.
• Define the specification for the four label versions, including size, stock, colours, varnish, roll direction and core size, writing every assumption into the quote.
• Cost prepress, plates, makeready, run time, stock with the waste allowance, varnish and packaging using the rate card and apply the margin band for the client segment.
• Check the Paper and Consumables Stock system for polypropylene stock and inks and note what must be ordered and the supplier lead time.
• Check the Job Ticket Register for label line jobs in late September and October and confirm the job fits before the 16 October launch, noting any conflict.
• Complete the client quote with price, validity, lead time from artwork approval and terms, and record the quote in the Job Ticket Register as Quoted.
• Prepare a one page note for Dev Pillai explaining the assumptions, the margin and the risks so the second estimator check can be done quickly.
• Review the Privacy and Client Artwork Security Policy and state how the client's unreleased label artwork must be handled when it arrives.

What someone in this role would produce

• Completed costing estimate
• Client quote with assumptions and lead time
• Job Ticket Register entry with Quoted status
• Estimator check note
• Stock and capacity check summary