Business Central & PrintVis Commercial Print Pricing

Commercial printers from smaller shops with just a dozen staff and an owner/estimator to larger businesses with hundreds of staff use PrintVis as their Print MIS. PrintVis is an industry-leading Print MIS sold in North America. Sabre has been implementing PrintVis for customers since 2017 and has extensive experience with the system.

For the commercial printer that hoping to implement Business Central and PrintVis, we recommend selecting from these great packages. The more complex your printing and general accounting/fulfillment needs, the higher the package you will need.

Some customers need extras (or are looking for something between two tiers). You can choose from the addons at the bottom of this page to customize your implementation.

Finally, a one-size-fits-all for Business Central Job ShopManufacturing pricing doesn't really exist. Larger teams always lead to more complex projects and smaller teams are simpler. Sabre has removed support, project management, and custom one-on-one tutoring and coaching from our fixed price. Instead, customers pay an in-project fee called Project Excellence to cover all these costs. This means smaller customers pay less, and larger customers pay more - which makes the pricing equitable and more accurate.

The Small Print

Project Excellence is $140 USD/ $175 CAD per user per month during training - minimum 10 users.
Only custom programming or on-site activities are not included in your fixed project costs.

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$CAD

Bronze

$36,000 USD

$45,000 CAD

Fixed Fee Implementation

Bronze pricing is meant for smaller or simpler commercial print businesses that do not need complex production manufacturing capabilities and only very simple inventory.

This project is great to get off the ground quickly with an "out of the box" implementation of all the basic features, leaving anything more advanced for phase 2.

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No significant customizations are supported in Bronze projects. No ISV / 3rd party addons will be used.

Silver

$60,000 USD

$75,000 CAD

Fixed Fee Implementation

Silver is meant for more advanced commercial printers who will run manufacturing through their shop, analyze job costs, and need basic inventory management and accounting without warehousing or fulfillment.

This project still focuses on "out of the box" but leaves more room for advanced features and opens the door to somewhat complex customizations or 3rd party addons.

Get Started

Limited customizations are supported in Silver projects. Selected ISV / 3rd party addons are included. Programming fees and ISV addon licenses are always extra.

Gold

$90,000 USD

$112,500 CAD

Fixed Fee Implementation

Gold is meant for a complex commercial printer that needs more than basic accounting, core inventory management, fulfillment, and/or needs integration with complex systems through JDF.

Gold projects are eligible to train almost all features of Business Central as well as being eligible to complete complex integrations if required.

Get Started

Customizations of almost any type are supported in Gold projects. Most ISV / 3rd party addons are available. Programming fees and ISV addon licenses are always extra.

Base Finance

General Ledger Basics, Posting Group Concepts and Setup, Standard P&L and Balance Sheet

Tax Use and Setup

Cash Management, Bank Reconciliation, Bank Maintenance

Vendors, AP, Vendor Payments, Customers, AR, Deposits, and Cash Receipts

Manufacturing Concepts for Accountants – Production Costing, WIP, COGS

Invoice Generation from Cases, Basic Invoice Template Creation

Advanced Finance

Dimensional Analysis Overview/Setup

Custom P&L and Balance Sheet Coaching

Sales Prepayments, Accruals and Deferrals, Foreign Currencies*, Responsibility Centers

Fixed Assets, Accruals and Deferrals

Cash Flow

Base Trade

Raw Material Management, Perpetual Inventory, FIFO Costing

Purchase Quotes, Purchase Orders, Receipts, Requisition Worksheet

Introduction to PrintVis Cases: Status Flows; Responsible settings; Shipping from Cases; Purchase Guide

Advanced Trade

Sales Orders for Non-Production Jobs/Non-Fulfillment

Sales Quotes, Sales Orders, Shipments, Ship-to-Address, National Accounts for Fulfillment & Production, Item Pricing

PrintVis Case Integration with Business Central Sales

Drop Shipping, Blanket Purchase and Sales Orders, Delivery Calendars, Transfer Orders

Planning Worksheet MRP, Advanced Planning Settings

Warehouse Picks, Put-Aways, Moves, Receipts

Bin Management and Warehouse Complexity Level 3, Transfer Orders, Warehouse Shipments

Dynamics 365 CRM

Dynamics 365 Sales Professional Quickstart

PrintVis Estimating

Product Groups, Job Components, Cost Centers

Estimating Materials (Ink, Substrate,
Packaging), Subcontractor Costs

Speed Tables, Scrap Tables, Standard Formula, Standard Impositions

Material Price Lists, Versions, Advanced Formulas

PrintVis Manufacturing

Auto-Reporting of Materials Used on Case

Forward and Backward Scheduling

PrintVis Graphical Scheduling Board (requires extra licenses)

Job Cost Journals, Job Materials Consumption, Job Time Reporting

Manufacturing Finished Goods, Receiving Product to Stock

Job Ganging, Bottleneck Scheduling, Production WIP Items

General

Word Template Training

Data Loading Training

PrintVis Document Management Setup and Training

Third Party Addons (Require additional licenses)

Netronic Jobs Scheduler Training and Setup

Shop Floor Insights Core Training

Shop Floor Insights Quality and Payroll Setup and Integration

Warehouse Insights WMS Basic Setup and Training, Warehouse Shipments, Receiving vs POs, Picks, PutAways

Bronze

$36,000 USD

$45,000 CAD

Fixed Fee Implementation

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Silver

$60,000 USD

$75,000 CAD

Fixed Fee Implementation

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Gold

$90,000 USD

$112,750 CAD

Fixed Fee Implementation

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Commercial Print Pricing | Addons

Additional Operating Co.

$4,000 USD

$5,000 CAD

Configure an additional operating company with the same G/L and identical customizations, the same functionality, and report layouts. Used when you have 2 or more manufacturing facilities that are a separate legal entity.

Core Warehousing

$6,000 USD

$7,500 CAD

Implement Complexity 3 Warehouse management as defined in Business Central Design Details for Warehouse Management. Introduces warehouse shipments, movements, picks, and put-aways. Requires Silver or Gold.

Service Management

$9,000 USD

$11,300 CAD

Add and configure service management in Business Central. Service Orders, Service Quotes, Service Dispatching, Service Items, Resources, Service Contracts, Root Cause, Failure Codes, Service Charges

Variants , Lots and Serial Nos.

$6,000 USD

$7,500 CAD

Upgrade a Silver Implementation to include Variants, Lots, and Serial number setup and implementation. This addon upgrade is available for Silver customers. Included with Gold.

Intercompany Setup

$8,000 USD

$10,000 CAD

Configure Intercompany operations in Business Central, including General Journals, Purchases, Sales, and other standard IC functions. Included in IC Setup are 2 operating companies (if you choose the Additional Operating Co. addon) plus one consolidation Co. Note: PrintVis has very limited IC capabilities itself.

Assembly Management

$3,000 USD

$3,750 CAD

Add assembly management for kitting, sheeting and other processes where you are doing "manufacturing" for non-print specific reasons.

OnSite Activities

$6,000 USD

$7,500 CAD

This Addon includes 3 days of on-site activities at your location. Best used for Go-Live Support, Pilot Support or a Discovery/Kick Off process. Excludes travel fees (Mileage or Airfare) and Accomodations.

ExpandIT Service

$8,000 USD

$10,000 CAD

ExpandIT Field Service Essentials implementation. Includes the installation fees for setup of a single business unilt with ExpandIT, excludes all software fees. Training and implementation covers the use of ExpandIT Scheduling, Data Collection Setup, Field Service mobile device etc.

Custom Check Formatting

$3,000 USD

$3,750 CAD

If you have tractor fed checks, MICR printed or otherwise use a non-standard (not a laser printed, pre-printed check with one of Check/Stub/Stub, Stub/Stub/Check or Stub/Check/Stub format) you will need this addon.

Warehouse Insights Implementation

$8,000 USD

$10,000 CAD

Implementation of Insightworks Shop Floor Warehousing Wi-Fi Barcode Scanning. Requires Core Warehousing or Complex Warehousing depending on features required.
Insight Works software licenses and devices extra.

Complex Warehousing

$8,000 USD

$10,000 CAD

Implement full Complexity 6 Warehouse Management as defined in Business Central Design Details for Warehouse Management.
This is the most advanced warehousing, usually reserved for distribution and make-to-stock manufacturing.
Requires Core Warehousing.

Production Manufacturing

$12,000 USD

$15,000 CAD

Addon production manufacturing features BOM, Routing, Production Order Management, Flushing, Planning Worksheet for MPS and MRP. This is only required for businesses with extensive manufacturing equipment.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is PrintVis?

PrintVis is a Print MIS addon for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. It adds estimating, status flow (workflow), item classification, production, and many other PrintMIS features to standard Business Central. Business Central provides inventory management, purchasing, invoicing, financial/accounting, CRM, and many other features. PrintVis adds industry-specific features for the print industry.

How do I know how many users I will need for my business?

We answer this question in a blog meant to help you determine how many users you will need. Read the Sabre blog on calculating your user requirements and costs.

How many Project Excellence users do I need to pay for during the implementation?

You have to pay for Project Excellence based on the number of FULL users you will go live with, whether PrintVis or Microsoft. This is the only way to fairly measure the size of your business and therefore the extra costs that will be associated with the project. Project Excellence is meant to capture the price difference between a large customer with many users to be trained and a small customer with few.

How do I get a quote for Phase 2 activities (things I want to do after I go live)?

We have found that customers complete many "phase 2" activities on their own with just the continuing support from Sabre after the project ends. Sometimes a small amount of extra support can be added for brief periods to facilitate continuous process improvement with your team. This is by far the best way to achieve phase 2 activities. Measure the return on investment of each extra task, and execute them so long as they make sense to do.

How much is ongoing support and what is included?

Sabre wants to help your business with ongoing continuous improvement in Business Central. We offer Business Excellence, our premium support program. The cost is $70 USD/$ 87.50 CAD and it is mandatory for the 12 months after your project ends. Business Excellence entitles you to several benefits:

- Unlimited email and remote support incidents

- Unlimited coaching and consulting engagements (first come first serve)

- Use of our Business Excellence addon module with dozens of helpful features

How long are these projects?

Business Central / PrintVis implementation projects are made up of three phases. Implementation, Go-Live, and Transition. Implementation varies depending on the tier of your project. Bronze tends to be 5 months, Silver is 8 months and Gold is 11 months in length. Go-Live is one month. Transition is two months.

The time for implementation is GREATLY impacted by how thorough you want your estimating setup to be. If you have been estimating with spreadsheets for years, taking your estimating into a full-featured system like PrintVis can take as little or as long as you wish. This is a setup process, not a training process. Taking too long at setting up estimating can delay the project significantly.

Customers who want to add more resources to a project and dedicate more hours can shorten that time significantly. There is a limit on how fast any ERP project can go - usually based on decision making, testing, and training hours available to your team.

How long does estimating take to setup?

PrintVis estimating is incredibly powerful and flexible. It is similar to setting up Excel formulas. It is impossible for Sabre to tell how long it will take because you choose how detailed you want it to be. If you want to be able to estimate any product that is requested, no matter how "weird" - be prepared for months (or even years) to complete Estimating setup.

Why don't you include Business Central production manufacturing?

PrintVis uses its own inherent print production capability based around the PrintVis Case and Job module. This is different from the standard "out of the box" manufacturing in Business Central. For Commercial Printers, it adds more logical print-oriented capabilities. It does not require that you create a new Item No. to produce. It is very well suited to businesses that make products that are rarely (if ever) repeat orders and if they do repeat, need to be requoted.

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