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Overhead Allocation

Allocate fixed overhead intelligently, burden labor correctly, and compare every machine's rate against a fully loaded target.

Status

Internal Costing Engine

Fully Loaded Overhead Allocation

Machine-specific overhead belongs in each machine’s cost center. This page handles the shared monthly burden the shop still needs every quote to recover.

Fixed Monthly Overhead

Enter monthly costs that are real business overhead but not directly tied to a single quoted job.

Optional label for your other fixed-cost bucket.

Total Monthly Overhead

Shop Data

Used to convert rent and utility allocations into usable hourly rates on each machine.

Optional. If filled in, power allocation can use a share-of-shop method.

Working hours per year

Labor Burden

1.30 means for every $1.00 in wages, your true cost is $1.30 after payroll taxes, workers comp, benefits, and PTO. Common range for print shops: 1.25 to 1.45.

Example Burdened Cost

$28.00/hr operator wage at the current burden factor.

Payroll taxes: 7.65%
Workers comp: 4.00%
Benefits: 12.00%
PTO: 4.00%

Profit Targets

What This Means For Your Pricing

Overhead % Of Revenue

Required Gross Margin

Buffer Above Minimum

Breakeven Monthly Revenue

Projected Monthly Profit

Current Default Margin

Unassigned Overhead Allocation

This is the shared business overhead that still needs to be covered after machine-level cost centers absorb their portion.

Assigned To Machines

Updates when you save, because rent and utility allocation changes trigger a full machine recalculation.

Not Assigned To Machines

Method

% Of Sell Price

Per Job

Per Sqft

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