Special Trim Set Up

This FAQ will go over how to set up a special trim item and pricing for it in Paradigm.

Assembly Set Up

To start, duplicate an existing trim. Go to the Assembly tab and check the box beside “Custom Assembly”. When this is checked, the trim draw button will appear when the item is added to a transaction. Then ensure that the assembly type is set to “Manufactured to Order”.

Set the Pieces column to “1” on the “Slit” component, and set it to “0” on the “Bend”, “Hem”, and coil component. Then set the coil component unit of measure to “TIP”. More info on the TIP unit of measure can be found here: TIP (Trim In Process) Unit Of Measure

If the special trim is a linear item, set the feet column to “1” and the inches column to “0” on all of the components. If it is not a linear item, set those columns to the length of the trim.

Set the mapping column to match the settings in the example. This controls where the information about the trim profile is saved when it is created in trim draw.

• Slit – No Mapping
• Bend – Set mapping to “Bend”
• Hem – Set mapping to “Hem”
• Material – Set mapping to “Stretchout”

Production

In the production tab, choose the machine and set the “Linked Component” to the coil or flat sheet. Then set the production default location and check the box under “Manufacture By Default”.

Special Trim Pricing Calculation Breakdown

Trim LF Price – $2.15

• 3 Bends @ $0.15 = $0.45
  • $0.15 is the sales price on the “BEND” item.
• 1 Hem @ $0.30 = $0.60
  • $0.30 is the sales price on the “HEM” item.
• 4 3/4″ Stretchout @ $0.2295 = $1.090125
  • Coil Sales Price * UOM Quantity = Stretchout Price
  • In this example: $7.50 * 0.0306 = 0.2295
• $0.45 + $0.60 + $1.090125 = $2.140125 rounded to $2.15

Special Trim Build Detail

To view the special trim pricing breakdown on a line, click the folder icon > Build / Assembly > Build Detail

Pricing And Discounts

If the current LF price for a coil is still needed for resale, but that price is not calculating special trims correctly, add a nonexclusive pricing level on the coil. Set the coil unit of measure on the price level to the same one on the special trim, add a negative discount to mark it up, and check the box beside “Use Pricing Discounts When Used as a Component” to have that price level apply when it is used as a component.

The component price is rounded based on the component item’s rounding level. The components are totaled, then rounded to the special trim rounding level. To ensure accurate pricing, set the coil rounding precision to “0.0001”.

Multiple Special Trim Prices On The Same Coil

To have multiple special trim prices from the same component, additional TIP units of measure can be set up.

Once that is set up, price levels for the additional TIP UOMs can be set up.

Then set the unit of measure on the special trim to be the new TIP unit of measure.