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      QuoteCQ: How To use the Review Material Costing

      QuoteCQ gives users access to review the exceptions for materials after pricing has been selected. This gives users an insight into material selections.

      To get to the Material Review Screen, you will need to click on the Material Costing tab for the RFQ you are working on. Once on that page, you will want to click on the Review Button.

      After clicking on Review, you will see a list to the right for different costs screens you can review. Here is a breakdown:

      Review filters

      • Unpriced Line Items - Displays all line items that pricing was either not available or not selected.
      • Negative Target Price Variance - Displays the difference between imported Target Price and selected cost.
        • Target Price needs to be populated in the BOM tab, whether it is from the BOM file or using the BOM Insights function to Auto Populate Target Pricing.

      • Leading Cost Drivers - Displays which line item(s) is costing you the most and gives users the opportunity to evaluate the cost.

      • Cross Matched Parts - Shows the difference between the original part number and the selected part number.

      • Excess Material Exposure - Shows all line items that have excess material associated with it.

      • Lead Time Risk - Shows which parts have the longest lead time.

      • No Bid Parts - Displays parts that have been marked as No Bid.

      • Materials At Risk - Shows materials that were marked ‘At Risk’. See how to mark a line at risk.

      • Suggested Alternates - Displays alternates that were suggested by users. This screen allows users to view pending/approved alternates. If there was an alternative suggested by the customer, you can review that here and you can see if your customer has approved it.

      • Unassigned Manufacturers - Displays manufacturers not assigned to suppliers for line card. You can handle your line cards from this view and filter, see here how to handle your Manufacturers Line Card.
      • Select Pricing Delta - Displays the lines by delta pricing, this is the lines where there is a significant difference (delta) between the selected cost and the other suppliers options. You can check here how to configure your delta pricing.
      • Poor MPN Health - Displays the lines where the selected MPN health has a score under 50 points. 
        This score is designed to help you trust your pricing decisions by analyzing the information provided by suppliers on the component. CQ considers up to 13 different data points, such as component availability, lifecycle status or the number of sources. As a result, we range from 0 to 100 the overall health of your sourcing, being 0 the poorest health and 100 the best. 
      • Packaging - Displays the packaging information of the lines selected, if indicated. This will help you to review the packages you're quoting in case you want to avoid or focus on any specific packaging. 
        Remember that you can also control the packages you select using a filter in AutoSelec.
      • Leading Lead and Attrition Cost - Displays the lines where the Lead Qty and/or the Attr Rate have a high impact on the pricing. To learn more about managing the Leading and Attrition Costs, check how to use the leading lead and attrition cost.
      • WatchCQ Parts - Displays the lines where the MPN is listed in the watchlist. Do you want to learn more about WatchCQ? - Reach out to calcuquote@calcuquote.com
      • Material NRE Line Item - Displays the lines with NRE costs. Learn more about how to add NRE costs to materials.
      • Unpreferred Supplier Selected - Displays the lines where the selected supplier is not your Preferred Supplier.
        The Preferred Supplier has to be indicated in the BOM tab, whether you import it in the BOM file or you use the BOM Insights function to Auto Populate the Preferred Supplier.
      • LineItem(s) Not In Any Bid(s) - Displays the lines which were not added to any Bid Request.
      • Lines for Add to Bid Sheet - Displays the lines you have marked to be added to Bid Sheets. From this filter you can easily create the Bid Drafts to be sent.