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The pricing engine inside SignSense
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A second set of eyes on every estimate.
Most pricing calculators answer one question: “What does this total?” The QUANTIQ™ engine asks the questions that protect a sign shop: “Is it profitable, complete, consistent, and ready to send?”
Built into every estimate Plain-language guidance
Harbor Coffee · storefront sign Live review
™Finish estimate details3 checks to review
82/100Checklist
Finish estimate details
Checks & suggestions2
Possible installation cost is missing
This storefront sign appears installation-related, but no field labor or extra installation charge is included.
Sheet usage is inefficient
The current layout uses only 46% of the purchased ACM sheet. Review rotation, quantity, or how unused material is charged.
Cost summary
- Estimated margin
- 35.8%
- Target margin
- 35%
- Direct job cost
- $824.40
- Gross profit
- $460.25
Materials and loaded labor, before tax and shipping.
Passed checksMargin above targetProduction labor includedTax address ready
The checklist score reflects these rules—not a probability or a guarantee of profit.
Pre-send reviewRuns while the estimate changes
Margin awarenessCompares against your company target
Explains every flagNo mysterious score or black box
Estimator stays in controlGuidance, not automatic approval
More than a calculator
A price is only useful if the assumptions behind it are sound.
The QUANTIQ™ engine reviews the whole estimate—not just the final number—and tells the estimator exactly why something deserves attention.
ComparisonOrdinary calculator™
The answerOrdinary calculatorA calculated total™A confidence score, true-cost view, and clear next actions
MarginOrdinary calculatorMarkup or selling rate™Estimated direct cost, gross profit, and target-margin comparison
ProductionOrdinary calculatorOnly what the estimator entered™Checks labor, waste, sheet utilization, and installation clues
ReadinessOrdinary calculatorA quote can be sent when it has a price™Reviews customer, tax, delivery, timing, and pricing-version risks
FeedbackOrdinary calculatorStatic formulas™Works with Job Cost IQ and completed-job learning inside SignSense
Built for sign-work risk
The things that quietly erase margin are the things QUANTIQ™ looks for.
Its checks come from the realities of sheets, roll media, production time, installation, delivery, wholesale discounts, and changing shop costs.
Profit protection
Compares selling price with materials, loaded labor, overhead, gross profit, and the company’s target margin.
Material reality
Looks for inefficient sheet use, missing waste allowance, zero rates, and line items without a real selling price.
Production omissions
Flags missing production labor and recognizes installation-related work that may be missing crew, travel, equipment, or field charges.
Send readiness
Checks the customer, email, project name, due date, tax address, delivery details, and shipping charge before sending.
Pricing consistency
Warns when an estimate was built under an older pricing version so changed costs and rates do not slip through unnoticed.
Wholesale pressure
Shows when wholesale adjustments compress the job below the company’s target margin.
How the review works
Fast enough for every quote. Clear enough for every estimator.
- 01
Build the estimate
Use your shop’s materials, sizes, rates, labor, overhead, waste, and pricing rules.
- 02
The QUANTIQ™ engine reviews it
The score and plain-language checks update as the estimate changes.
- 03
Resolve and send
The estimator reviews the flags, corrects what matters, and sends with more confidence.
The SignSense intelligence loop
The quote review is the start—not the end.
The QUANTIQ™ engine works alongside Job Cost IQ and completed-job learning. The estimate begins with a preflight review, the order records actual materials and labor, and SignSense carries those results forward as evidence for future pricing decisions.
Stage 1
QUANTIQ™
Review the planned price, cost, margin, and omissions before sending.
Stage 2
Job Cost IQ
Compare the approved estimate with actual material, labor, vendor, and field costs.
Stage 3
Estimate coaching
Use comparable completed jobs to inform allowances and margin on the next quote.
Do not just calculate the quote. Understand it.
Build your real shop costs into SignSense and let the QUANTIQ™ engine review the estimate before the customer sees it.