Print-on-Demand · Cost to serve module See what each client really costs, and how each one should be priced.
True cost per order, client and garment after setup, reprints, shipping and rush work. Then a pricing recommendation for each client.
Same selling price. Different profit.
Two jobs can sell for the same price and leave very different margins. Small runs, reprints, rush work, art changes and split shipments change the math.
Your system records the price. It rarely shows which clients and orders lose money, or what to charge them instead.
- Which clients cost the most to serve?
- How much of the margin do reprints take?
- Which garments sell cheaply but cost a lot to make?
- How should each client be priced?
From the finding to the fix, on your own data.
- What it findsThe true margin on every order, client and garment after setup time, run size, reprints, shipping and rush work.
- What it predictsWhen cost starts to approach the agreed price for a client, and when the share of loss-making orders starts to climb.
- What you doFor each client, a recommended change: a new price per piece for the runs that lose money, a setup fee or minimum order, a shipping or rush charge, or passing on a blank price increase. Each with its effect on margin, and the choice to reprice, keep as a strategic client, or let go.
What you get
- Cost per order, client and garment
- Reprint and waste cost by client
- A pricing recommendation for each client, with the margin before and after
- Shop-wide actions: minimum order, rush fee, shipping charges
- Alerts when cost approaches the agreed price
Used by: Owner / GM, Sales lead, Finance.
See it before we talk. The Cost to serve module runs in our demo on sample data from a print shop.
Open the demo →Stakes Manufacturing: a print-on-demand apparel manufacturer, modernized without stopping production, with an AI layer that shows where spoilage happens. Read the case study →
- Read-only, on the system you already run. No migration, nothing new for your team to learn.
- Your data stays yours. In your environment, never shared, never used to train anyone else’s models.
- You pay only once it works. A flat annual subscription per module, with no one-time project fee.
What shops ask about cost to serve.
Is this the same as job costing?
Job costing gives the cost of one job. Cost to serve adds it up by client, so you see which relationships pay and how to price each one.
Will it tell us to drop clients?
It shows the numbers and the options: reprice, keep as a strategic client, or let go. The decision stays yours.
We don’t track labor by step. Can it still work?
Yes, with standard times to start. Real step times make it sharper, and we tell you which ones matter.
What data does it need?
Read-only access to: the agreed price per item, or your price list; labor time per step; reprint and QC records; shipping cost per order; the client on each order. Where a field is missing, we tell you what to capture and what it is worth, or extend your system to record it.
Let’s look at cost to serve on your own data.
Bring us your cost to serve problem. We’ll show you the first findings on your own records, read-only.
Prefer to look first? See it with sample data, no call needed →
- 1Pick the problemThe one costing you most.
- 2A demo on your dataWe build it on your own records, read-only.
- 3Pay once it worksThe subscription starts only then.