The Concept Explained

Where Tradie Gauge™ Excels

You are out in the rain with your manual quotation book. Before presenting the client
with the quote, the numbers are quickly run on Tradie Gauge™.

This is what the whole battle has been for years; trying to find an efficient and simple means where clients are correctly quoted based on the mix of materials and labour having regard to overheads and desired profit. Tradies now have an app that's going to be able to make them lots of money and give them peace of mind as their quotations are verified in a reasonably accurate way.

Click here for a look at the demonstration model

The components

Simple Setup
then 'What ifs'

Initially. Each smartphone has to have name; credit card details; Fixed Costs; Desired Profit; Months Open; Idle time rate; Leveraged time rate (Twist™); Up to 10 of each - workers, rate & markup, standard materials costs & markup.
For each scenario: Hours effort per worker (incl. you); tweak materials costs & markup.

What ifs - Is it a goer?

Go to results. Fine tune by altering items in setup.
Goer? Always compare how much you need to charge with what you are planning to charge.
You'll know how much discount is available.
Prepare quote and hand to client. Done!

How to avoid failure - see below

You MUST

Markup both labour and materials. e.g. 100% mu = 50% gross profit; Don't confuse markup, gross profit and cash.
Realise that Twist™ can be very profitable if other jobs are waiting. A worker may do 40 hours but you charge out 60. Only have top class workers. Recognise idle time e.g. using Facebook, running errands.

You MUST

Charge for ALL materials with a margin even if the client is given a total price quote.
Realise how much you need to quote overall is very much dependent on what the mark up is on the labour.
Let Tradie Gauge™ work out breakeven & covering overheads & desired profit.

Accuracy,
Lookback™,
& Client Acceptance

Reasonably Accurate

On the putting green.
Not 'where is the golf course?'
Excludes all taxes.
Fixed and variable costs are not split.
Approximate overheads.

Lookback™ You can compare what you planned to do with what actually happened. This Lookback™ process enables you to fine tune the settings. Essentially, you can improve.

Client Acceptance Ideally, give the client an 'all up' quote. You'll need line items for the 'customer from hell' who demands trivial detail.

Contact Us:

P: PO Box 960 BUDDINA QLD 4575 Australia
E: peter@tradiegauge.com.au