New Cost Estimating Program Keeps Shipbuilder
Afloat
Overview:
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Objectives
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Industry
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Date
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Place
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Mr. Murphy’s
Role
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Financial outcome or
benefit
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Job Cost
Estimating,
Bidding,
Customer
Quote Sheets
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Shipbuilder
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May 2004
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Port Angeles, WA
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Project Director, Sr
Consultant
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Built & installed programs
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Tasks Performed:
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Designed,
built, and implemented job costing
spreadsheets.
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Created Web-based customer quote
template.
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Developed exception report
showing the profit
margin (in percentage), manhours and cost of goods on a
job.
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Set up
and use QuickBooks
"classes", generated
useful management reports, and demonstrated for the
staff how to calculate the overhead rate for use in
the estimating
spreadsheet.
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