How to Price Fabrication Work Profitably
Learn how material, labor, overhead, waste, outside services, and margin combine into a profitable fabrication price.
What the workflow should include
- Start with direct material and fully burdened labor.
- Apply overhead before calculating profit margin.
- Track actual costs after completion to improve the next estimate.
A practical shop example
A 30% margin is not the same as a 30% markup. Forged Metrics calculates selling price from the margin you actually want.
Price the work. Protect the margin.
Forged Metrics connects detailed job costing to a clean customer-facing quote.
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