CONSTRUCTION

Industries

Construction

Construction margin is won or lost between the estimate and the final account. We put project accounting, procurement and subcontractor control on one system so cost-to-complete is a live number.

Sector focus
Project cost, subcontractor certification and cash position — current, not retrospective.
Services most used here
SAP Business One · Odoo ERP · Process Reengineering

What we find

The four problems we are usually called in about

Recognisable? Each one has a root cause in process or data design rather than in software capability.

01

Cost-to-complete is a monthly guess

Committed cost, accruals and variations live in separate spreadsheets, so a project overruns before the report shows it.

02

Variations leak revenue

Site instructions are executed before they are priced and approved, and some are never billed at all.

03

Subcontractor certification is manual

Measurement, retention, back-charges and tax withholding are calculated by hand, causing disputes and delay.

04

Plant and material are untracked between sites

Equipment and stock move without a record, so utilisation is unknown and losses are absorbed.

How we fix it

What we actually configure for construction

Not a capability list — the five specific design decisions that make the difference in this sector.

  • Project and cost-code structure with budget, commitment and actual on one view
  • Variation register linked to instruction, pricing, approval and invoice
  • Subcontractor measurement, retention, back-charge and withholding automation
  • Plant, material and asset movement tracked between sites
  • Cash-flow forecasting by project against certification and payment terms

Typical shift

Cost-to-complete

MonthlyLive

Unbilled variations

Discovered lateRegistered at instruction

Certification cycle

ManualSystem-generated

Indicative of engagements in this sector. Your baseline is measured during Discover, so the target is yours rather than an average.

Case study

Product costing the shop floor actually recognises

Standard costs that had drifted for years rebuilt against real routings and consumption, with shop-floor capture on rugged terminals and variance reported per production order.

99%+Inventory accuracy, from 82%
6hrsFloor-to-ledger lag, from 2 days
11ptsMargin variance explained
Our board finally reads the same numbers we do. Month-end reporting dropped from eleven working days to four, and nobody rebuilds a spreadsheet to get there.
IT Director · Multi-plant engineering manufacturer

FAQ

Construction, specifically

Yes — JV structures with proportional consolidation, inter-entity charging and separate statutory reporting per participant.

We import the cost breakdown structure from your estimating tool so the budget matches the tender, and take quantities from BIM where the model is maintained to that standard.

Mobile forms with offline capture for daily reports, material receipt and labour, syncing when a connection is available.

Next step

Talk to the lead who covers construction

Forty-five minutes, no deck. Bring one process that frustrates you and we will tell you how we would approach it.

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