Wide-format print software for jobs bought as much as printed
Media, ink, finishing and outwork on separate costed lines, proofs approved against the line, and a trade account that reorders without a phone call.
Most of the cost is bought, not made
A wide-format job is media, laminate, finishing and often a trade printer doing the bit your machine will not. The margin lives in what you paid for those, not in the square metre rate.
- Media, finishing and outwork each price as costed lines
- Outwork POs are raised from the job and acknowledged by the supplier
- Supplier invoice PDFs are matched back to the purchase order
- Repeat trade accounts can reorder from a company store
How it runs in Zigaflow
- EnquiryThe brief, the artwork and the quantity land on one record.
- QuoteMedia, print, finishing and outwork price as separate costed lines.
- Proof and orderThe proof is approved against the line, then the outwork PO goes out.
- Deliver and invoiceThe delivery note goes out and the invoice is raised from the job.
More about Zigaflow for Wide-Format Print
Zigaflow prices each element as a line with its supplier cost, raises the outwork purchase order from the job, matches the trade printer's invoice back to it automatically from the PDF, and gives repeat trade accounts a store to reorder from.
The problems we solve
Every job is re-quoted from scratch
The same roll-up run is priced three times a year by asking the trade supplier again, and the price drifts each time.
Supplier cost is saved on the line and price lists can be set per customer, so the repeat is priced from what it actually cost last time.
Proofs and POs are separate emails
The proof is approved but the purchase order to the trade printer still carries the old quantity.
The purchase order is raised from the approved quote lines, so the two cannot disagree.
Margin per job is a month-end surprise
Trade invoices are reconciled to jobs in the accounts package weeks later, and by then nothing can be done about it.
Supplier invoice PDFs are read automatically and matched to their purchase order, so cost lands on the job as it arrives.
Common questions answered
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