Gary Hair
12-02-2006, 3:18 PM
I have a project that involves engraving on stainless steel discs. They range in size from .380" to .500". I created a fixture to hold them and can apply cermark and engrave 20 at a time. I can add more either on the same line, probably 75 total, or I can just add more rows to the fixture. It takes approximately 150 seconds to engrave 20 pieces and I am sure it won't take much longer to engrave an entire row of 75. It takes just a couple of minutes to put them in the fixture and spray with cermark then a couple more minutes after engraving to wipe off the residue.
The customer wants pricing to do 150 each of 4 different sizes and there is a good possibility that they will need closer to 500 of each size.
Based on $2.00 per minute, the engraving cost is $0.25 each and the setup, prep and cleanup time adds another $0.70 each, for a total of $0.95 each. I have NO idea what the "perceived value" would be for this job so I don't know if I should be charging based on the true "time cost" of $0.95 each or if I should base the charge on some sort of perceived value.
What do you think?
I have tried to get info from the customer to see what his target price or budget is but he is not giving me that info.
thanks for any help/advice!
gary
The customer wants pricing to do 150 each of 4 different sizes and there is a good possibility that they will need closer to 500 of each size.
Based on $2.00 per minute, the engraving cost is $0.25 each and the setup, prep and cleanup time adds another $0.70 each, for a total of $0.95 each. I have NO idea what the "perceived value" would be for this job so I don't know if I should be charging based on the true "time cost" of $0.95 each or if I should base the charge on some sort of perceived value.
What do you think?
I have tried to get info from the customer to see what his target price or budget is but he is not giving me that info.
thanks for any help/advice!
gary