At Dashdata we are one of the few companies that offers up front pricing. We have nothing to hide and don't need to up sell our services. We are confident our prices are among the most competitive in the industry and often a fraction of what our competitors charge for an equivalent service.

Letter $0.17 per page (one sided)
Duplex $0.15 per side* (normally $0.17)
Blueprints (A-E Size) $0.34 per page
Checked for legibility
Originals stored free for 60 days

Numerical data $0.05 per field
Date: $0.07
Title field $0.10
Details fields: Quote required

Monthly rental cost: $90
Setup: Included
Free thumbnail file generation for improved browsing speed
Software licenses: Unlimited
Software update cost: Included
Hard disk replacement: Included
Upgrades (disks full): Included
Support for the latest version of Windows


Pickup fee KW Region: $25, Free for orders over $200 Pickup fee Cambridge/Guelph: $35, Free for orders over $300 Pickup fee GTA Region: $55, Free for orders over $500 CD/DVD backup(700 mb/4.7GB): $15 E-mail requests of scanned images: $1.50 per file 60 day storage: Free 10% discount off scanning fee if we recycle documents after scanning Server purchase price: $2800, Future updates, tech support, hard disk replacement and upgrades not offered for purchased servers. One week delivery(max 1000 pgs): Included Friday pick-up, Monday drop-off: 10% surcharge of total price Next day delivery(KW only max 500 pgs/day): 25% surcharge of total price + applicable pickup fee Data entry, without scanning service: 25% surcharge applied *Local drop off/pick up is not available at this time

How Dashdata Can Start Saving Your Business Money:

In-house data entry	Small business - Engineering drawings	Large business - Complete archive
Background A medium sized tool shop of 14 employees for an injection mould plant records daily work logs for quoting, billing, employee tracking and maintenance analysis. Each day every toolmaker records hours worked for specific tasks on specific tools being manufactured or repaired. At the end of the week each employee would staple copies of their work logs to every corresponding work order in their respective bin. The following week a part time data entry clerk would come in three days a week for eight hour shifts and input the raw data into a crude excel sheet for the manager and file the paperwork into filing cabinets. Breakdown 14 employees were generating a total of ~200 pages of work logs a week with approximately 15 fields each An additional ~200 pages were being photocopied and stapled to their respective work order An average of 50 work orders came in a week with three key fields To employ a data entry personnel was costing the company over $360 a week Cost comparison By scanning the logs permitted double sided printing and no need to physically attach a copy to the work log, reducing the printed sheets to ~150 saving ~300 sheets of paper EVERY week. 100 double sided sheets at ~30 fields a page = $180 50 scanned work orders = $20 Server rental = $21/week Savings Dashdata was ~40% cheaper and over $7000 cheaper a year The changes saved each mouldmaker conservatively 30 minutes a week or 364 hours/over $9000 a year in wages ~300 sheets of paper were not wasted every week, over 15 000 annually An easier system was introduced for management improving maintenance and improved estimations in process cost	Background A small engineering firm required a one-time scanning of three dozen blueprints to be burnt to a CD. Breakdown The local copy center offered a self scan service at $6 a sheet = $216 An employee needed to drive to the copy center and perform the scanning The saved images had to be transferred and burnt to a CD at the office Cost comparison The order total was too small to qualify for free pickup and delivery and there was a $25 pickup/drop off fee 36 blueprints were scanned and labelled with the drawing number for $15.84 CD compilation was $15 Total $56 Savings Dashdata was ~75% cheaper than the local copy center including processing and free pick up The drawings were delivered same day	Background A multinational industrial electronics manufacturer has over 200 000 engineering drawings from 1950 through 1990 comprised of blueprints, originals and sepias. The project was budgeted over a three year period. They wanted easy to use software to look up the drawings by name, number or date. Breakdown Competitors charge between $1-$2/scan and often name the file for free In house scanning requires training, software and hardware starting from $15 000 onwards No database or software is included for in house or competitor option. Cost comparison Dashdata offered 3 key fields, scanning, a complete database, and ready to use browsing software at $0.61 a sheet. Even at 50% of our competitors rates dashdata was $122 000 cheaper than our competition over a three year period The server rental/software fee is $1080 a year, significantly cheaper than designing software in house Savings Dashdata was ~50% cheaper than the competition and eliminated the need for development of custom databases

In-house data entry

Small business - Engineering drawings

Large business - Complete archive

Background

A medium sized tool shop of 14 employees for an injection mould plant records daily work logs for quoting, billing, employee tracking and maintenance analysis.

Each day every toolmaker records hours worked for specific tasks on specific tools being manufactured or repaired. At the end of the week each employee would staple copies of their work logs to every corresponding work order in their respective bin.

The following week a part time data entry clerk would come in three days a week for eight hour shifts and input the raw data into a crude excel sheet for the manager and file the paperwork into filing cabinets.

Breakdown

14 employees were generating a total of ~200 pages of work logs a week with approximately 15 fields each
An additional ~200 pages were being photocopied and stapled to their respective work order
An average of 50 work orders came in a week with three key fields
To employ a data entry personnel was costing the company over $360 a week

Cost comparison

By scanning the logs permitted double sided printing and no need to physically attach a copy to the work log, reducing the printed sheets to ~150 saving ~300 sheets of paper EVERY week.
100 double sided sheets at ~30 fields a page = $180
50 scanned work orders = $20
Server rental = $21/week

Savings

Dashdata was ~40% cheaper and over $7000 cheaper a year
The changes saved each mouldmaker conservatively 30 minutes a week or 364 hours/over $9000 a year in wages
~300 sheets of paper were not wasted every week, over 15 000 annually
An easier system was introduced for management improving maintenance and improved estimations in process cost

Background

A small engineering firm required a one-time scanning of three dozen blueprints to be burnt to a CD.

Breakdown

The local copy center offered a self scan service at $6 a sheet = $216
An employee needed to drive to the copy center and perform the scanning
The saved images had to be transferred and burnt to a CD at the office

Cost comparison

The order total was too small to qualify for free pickup and delivery and there was a $25 pickup/drop off fee
36 blueprints were scanned and labelled with the drawing number for $15.84
CD compilation was $15
Total $56

Savings

Dashdata was ~75% cheaper than the local copy center including processing and free pick up
The drawings were delivered same day

Background

A multinational industrial electronics manufacturer has over 200 000 engineering drawings from 1950 through 1990 comprised of blueprints, originals and sepias. The project was budgeted over a three year period. They wanted easy to use software to look up the drawings by name, number or date.

Breakdown

Competitors charge between $1-$2/scan and often name the file for free
In house scanning requires training, software and hardware starting from $15 000 onwards
No database or software is included for in house or competitor option.

Cost comparison

Dashdata offered 3 key fields, scanning, a complete database, and ready to use browsing software at $0.61 a sheet.
Even at 50% of our competitors rates dashdata was $122 000 cheaper than our competition over a three year period
The server rental/software fee is $1080 a year, significantly cheaper than designing software in house

Savings

Dashdata was ~50% cheaper than the competition and eliminated the need for development of custom databases