PIA Sets the Table --Dickeson

Third, the table says that, on average for the past 10 years, our industry has uniformly priced its products and services at 2.7 to 2.8 times DOAs (Direct Order Additives). It doesn't matter whether it's the top quartile of companies reporting or the lower three-fourths. Is this suggesting that expensive computerized price estimating systems aren't all that advantageous?