How the catalogue fits together
Materials, items, processes and products — and how they price a job.
What this is for
Your catalogue is what makes quoting fast and consistent. This explains how the pieces connect so the rest of the catalogue guides make sense: materials and items are the ingredients, processes are the work, and products bundle them into something you can quote in seconds.
Step by step
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Materials (bought by sheet or roll) and items (counted parts) are your ingredients, each with a real cost.
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Processes are reusable blocks of work — 'print + laminate + cut' — that carry the departments, machines and time they use.
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Products combine materials, items and processes into a finished thing you sell, with sizing rules and margin.
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When you quote, you pick a product (or build a custom one) and Sign OS adds up every ingredient, the work and your margin automatically.
Tips & gotchas
- Set up the catalogue once and quoting becomes picking from a list. The time you invest here pays back on every quote.