Win More Profitable Jobs

“We don’t just want to do more work, we want to do more profitable work. “We lost money or made money quoting $90 per sq. ft.
and did not know why.” Adam Albee - Lincoln Laminating

“Evolutionary”

Fast, accurate multiple product quotes and the details you need for production, with one easy to use system.

What Fabricators have asked for:

Why haven’t fabricators gotten what they need?

Current software systems lack one or more key aspects:

• Some systems let you create quotes in a short time, but lack the underlying detailed calculations to insure accuracy.
• Other systems have the depth and complexity to insure accuracy, but they are cumbersome and time consuming to use.
• The biggest problem fabricators have is setting up an estimating system. It can take several months, or even years, to develop a parts list, labor rates, overhead factors and set-up a system.

Most fabricators use spreadsheets:

• It is difficult to maintain, up-to-date pricing accuracy.
• They are not as accurate as a database-type system, because many use “generic square foot” pricing.

This type of pricing often does not account accurately for:

• Details, such as waste, seams, extra labor, and other details.
• Important other factors, such as:
  • Type of job.
  • Type of customer.
  • Longest edge.
  • Color.
  • Sinks.
• They do not produce project details for export to production.

What is possible with zEstimator?

• Imagine salespeople creating accurate, detailed quotes in minutes.
• Feel confident that your pricing is accurate and that you will be winning more profitable jobs.
• Learn more as you work and constantly refine your pricing.

Three Easy Steps:

1. Choose a shape and enter dimensions to easily calculate areas and edges.

2.  Choose materials, options, details and price groups.

3.  Print & Close Sale, easily and quickly at a click.

zEstimator is the only system which meets all fabricators’ needs

Zoom technologies, with over 18 years industry experience, has collaborated with some of the most successful fabricators in the nation to produce a truly exceptional system.

• Ease of use –
  • Salespeople can learn to use zEstimator with an hour of training, not days or weeks, one hour.

“zEstimator made it easier to train other people, who did not know our system, to put together a bid with an accurate price. I can open it up and check them and go right to the details and the homework is all there. It takes 30-40 seconds to review. Before it was hard to double check; it took too long.                Jeff - Top Rights

• Speed –
  • Salespeople can create complete quotes in minutes, which used to take hours.
• Multiple product lines for multiple items on one quote -
  • Quote a kitchen counter in several materials or price groups, a kitchen island in other materials and a bathroom counter, also in multiple material choices, all together on one quote.
• Accuracy -
  • Important details are automatically calculated “out of sight” in the background to insure that pricing is accurate.
  • Database costs/pricing you can refine as you learn your estimated vs. actual costs so your estimates become more and more accurate.

“You can start easy and get going. Then, you can start to add more and more detail to get more highly accurate pricing than what you had originally. Throw a sq. ft. price in and you can get going fairly quickly. In about a day, I had it reproducing what my old system was doing. Once you get it in, what is the next step? Add the deck with the edge and the splash or a different edge, etc. My profitability % went up nicely, because there was a lot less guessing.”      Jeff - Top Rights

• Ability to link to drawing/cut-list/project management software –
  • Enter the dimensions and the program draws the shape, which can output to CNC.
  • Material purchasing and labor details output to production software Download the article, “The Power of Integrated Estimating” now
• Software price – reasonable and affordable.
  • Pricing so that every estimator can have his/her own system.
• Networking capability.
  • Ability to link to office software.
• Fast and easy setup.
  • This is the biggest hurdle to adopting a database-type estimating system.
  • For a limited time only, Suitable will set-up your zEstimator system for you for free! This is a fantastic offer.
    • If you have a parts list, just provide your parts list and Suitable will import and set it up for automatic calculating and quoting.
    • If you do not have a parts list, you can start with the comprehensive Suitable parts list and you’re set to go.
    • If you would like a custom parts catalog, Suitable will be happy to quote a price to develop it.
• Expert training and support.
  • Fabricator experts are available for training and support.
  • Salespeople usually need just an hour or so of training to be able to generate quotes.
  • Database administrators can work with experts who have been in the business for many years and understand exactly what you need.
• Grows with your business needs.
  • Does more than an automated pencil. (That’s just the first step.)
  • As your business matures, you need to know more to maximize profitability. “I need to know more than just a generic sq. ft. number.” More than just automating what you do now, better actual vs. budgeted information than what you get now will help you to refine your cost estimates and pricing.

What should you do now?

Call for a demo

Buy it now

No risk guarantee.

• Try zEstimator for 30 days on us.
• Prove to yourself how much time you can save producing quotes and production details.
• Your biggest risk is doing nothing and using less efficient systems, wasting countless hours and a lot of money.

Guaranteed ease of use.

• Sales people can learn how to do complete, multi-product quotes in less than 1 hour.
• Absolutely the fastest and easiest quoting and estimating tool you can use. Sales people can produce quotes in minutes, with all of the underlying details available to jump-start your purchasing and production. (See how)
• In fact, zEstimator is easier to use than Excel. How?
  • There is a parts catalog built-in with pricing.
  • All calculations are automated.
  • Preliminary quotes and sales contracts are automatically generated.
• Only zEstimator has the depth you need, but it is “under the hood” and not in the way of the sales person, so quotes can be completed in record time with the confidence that the price will be right.
• Direct export to Intuit Master Builder or Intuit QuickBooksPro for production and accounting.