I have a unit cost set for a slab in the SKU items page, but my quote doesn’t match that value. What is happening?

I have a unit cost set for a slab in the SKU items page, but my quote doesn’t match that value. What is happening?

You may have a material waste factor for the material class which is being applied to the SKU Item unit cost.


The "MaterialWaste%" column is used to estimate how much material is wasted on SqFt based jobs. The wasted material is then displayed in the Area Module and in reports that calculate cost and margin. This does not impact Revenue (amount charged to client).

For example:

The calculation will take the SqFt cost that is set in the SKU items administration page and add a Waste %.

Cost of the SKU Item= $5/SqFt

MaterialWaste% = 20%

Reported Cost = $5 * 1.2 = $6/SqFt