Episode 069 of A Cabinet Vision Minute is about setting the Estimate Sheets of Material flag in the Bid Center.
If you use the Cost-Plus Bid Center or even if you don't use the Cost-Plus Bid Center and you're not using "Catalog Prices" for estimating your cabinet jobs, then watch this video. This could save you make you thousands of dollars on your next job.
In this second of a two-part series on practical bidding and estimating techniques using Cabinet Vision, the Cost-Plus Bid Center and the Estimator's Toolbox, Bruce demonstrates a very fast and accurate method of estimating a high-end kitchen for an apartment in San Francisco without laying out walls...a COMPLETE No-Draw Bid with Cabinet Vision 2023.
In this episode of A Cabinet Vision Minute, I tip my hand about how I came up with some of the numbers I use in the Cost-Plus Bid Center rate tables that use the Per Linear Foot bid method.
To find out more about the Cost-Plus Bid Center and the Estimators' Toolbox, visit https://Shop.CraftmanEngineering.com
Let's say you buy plywood from several different vendors. And of course, vendor A has a different price for that material than does vendor B or vendor C for that matter. How can we make sure we have the right price AND vendor for this plywood.
In this A Cabinet Vision Minute, Bruce peels pack the vendor/price onion.
Learn more about the Cost-Plus Bid Center at https://Shop.CraftsmanEngineering.com
The Cost-Plus Bid Center is a set of prepared rate tables, reports and catalogs made specifically for Cabinet Vision. This video is an excellent overview of the Cost-Plus Bid Center.
To find out more about the Cost-Plus Bid Center, visit https://Shop.CraftsmanEngineering.com
See Episode 023 of A Cabinet Vision Minute for the Complete No-Draw Bid Process.
Download a very handy tool to help you expedite this Quick Bid process. Scroll down to the end of the text below to find the download link.
In this video, Bruce explains how to create a "Quick Bid" using the Cost Plus Bid Center package available from the Craftsman Engineering Online Store ...all without drawing a single wall and without drawing any cabinets.
The third in a series focusing on Cabinet Vision and Bid Center, this tutorial will help you get an understanding of how Rates Tables are used and the important part that Bid Methods play within your Rate Tables.
The second in a series focusing on Cabinet Vision and Bid Center, this tutorial will share where values, costing and labour details can be added, and how that information can then be retrieved in the Bid Center to make autonomous calculations for Job Costings.
Understanding bid methods, rate tables, parts catalog (labor setup and each), Drawer and Rollout Wizard (labor, and cost), assembly fixed cost and labor, material pricing, door pricing, Bid reports and Bid graphs.
This video shows you the new features in the Bid Center in Cabinet Vision Version 11.