Construction Β· Cost Control
Most job-costing systems tell you a cost code is blown weeks after the money was promised. The Final ERP records the commitment the moment a PO or subcontract is raised, relieves it into actuals as invoices land, and reads earned value off your certified bills β so budget, committed, actual and forecast live on one screen.
Budget it, commit it, relieve it, measure it, forecast it β all on the same cost codes as your BoQ.
Budget on the WBS
The cost-coded BoQ sets the Budget At Completion; budgets sit on WBS elements and cost codes, the same structure everything else reports on.
Commit at PO time
When a purchase order or subcontract is raised, record the commitment against its WBS / cost code β the money is spoken for from that moment.
Relieve into actuals
As invoices land, commitments are relieved and actuals recorded β no double counting, no surprise gap between promised and paid.
Earned value vs planned
The PV curve comes from the programme, EV from certified bills β SPI, CPI and EAC tell you where the project is really heading.
Forecast the cash flow
Turn the programme into month-by-month expected billing, retention withheld and net inflow, with payment deferment applied.
The Cost Control page rolls up budget vs committed vs actual vs variance by cost code and control account. Because commitments are captured when the PO is raised β not when the invoice arrives β you see a code heading over budget while there's still time to act.
Planned value comes from the baselined programme, earned value from your certified progress bills β real money certified, not self-reported percentages. SPI and CPI read schedule and cost health at a glance, and EAC projects where the project lands if the trend holds.
The Cash Flow page turns the programme into money-in-the-bank timing: month by month, how much you expect to bill, how much retention is withheld, and net plus cumulative inflow β with billing shifted by your payment deferment. Each generate stores a snapshot so you can compare forecasts over time.
One loop, running continuously: every promise of money is visible the day it's made, and earned value closes the loop back to the budget.
Different markets, same discipline β the product uses your terms.
Job costing
US β cost by job, code and phase
CVR (cost value reconciliation)
UK β value certified vs cost incurred
Cost control / EVM
International & FIDIC projects β PV, EV, SPI, CPI, EAC
Commitments at PO time, earned value from certified bills, and a cash-flow forecast from the same programme that runs your site.