A4 Goes Green with Recycled Polyester
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InkSoft Offers How To Calculate Shop Costs Blog
InkSoft, Tempe, Ariz., recently posted a blog about calculating costs in your decorated-apparel shop to help in successful management and building an accurate price list that will ensure profitability.
“How to Calculate All of Your Shop Costs: The 5 Buckets Method,” written by industry veteran Marshall Atkinson, presents a simple approach to figuring out how much you’re spending on various aspects of apparel decorating. This way, you can better understand your business, decrease costs and make more money.
Atkinson explains how to divide core cost centers into “buckets” to make it easier to see the big picture — past, present and future. You’ll find out how to chart your shop’s month-to-month and year-to-year journey.
Plus, discover how a reasonable goal and a “profit bucket” can add to success. In addition, you’ll learn how to calculate the constantly changing cost per impression that is key to efficiency, throughput and a successful business strategy.
A free, downloadable, active spreadsheet with built-in formulas, as well as links to various resources, are included to help bring it all together.
Read the blog by clicking here. — J.L.
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