Construction Cost Management: Gaining Full Visibility of Your Financial Data

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CONSTRUCTION COST MANAGEMENT: GAINING FULL VISIBILITY OF YOUR FINANCIAL DATAQuality data provides vital insight to help improve your company’s construction cost management.

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TIGHT MARGINS,

Construction companies are working within

TIGHT MARGINS, in an industry that is being heavily impacted by a

RISE IN CO$T$.

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Costs are driving upwards for:

MATERIALS TENDERING SKILLED WORKERS

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Costs are driving upwards for:

MATERIALS TENDERING SKILLED WORKERS

SPECIALIST CONTRACTORS

Without the right cost management tools, these increases in prices will create bottlenecks in the supply chains and projects. These will be especially felt by

construction companies who have little visibility of their cash flow.

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Costs are driving upwards for:

MATERIALS TENDERING SKILLED WORKERS

SPECIALIST CONTRACTORS

Without the right cost management tools, these increases in prices will create bottlenecks in the supply chains and projects. These will be especially felt by

construction companies who have little visibility of their cash flow.

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Limited visibility of cash flow and poor construction cost management can be caused by:

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Limited visibility of cash flow and poor construction cost management can be caused by:

SILOED DATA KEPT ON DISPARATE

AND OUTDATED SYSTEMS, SUCH AS

SPREADSHEETS

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Limited visibility of cash flow and poor construction cost management can be caused by:

SILOED DATA KEPT ON DISPARATE

AND OUTDATED SYSTEMS, SUCH AS

SPREADSHEETS

A LACK OF COLLABORATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING BETWEEN

EMPLOYEES

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Limited visibility of cash flow and poor construction cost management can be caused by:

SILOED DATA KEPT ON DISPARATE

AND OUTDATED SYSTEMS, SUCH AS

SPREADSHEETS

A LACK OF COLLABORATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING BETWEEN

EMPLOYEES

DUPLICATED AND INACCURATE

DATA LEADING TO POOR BUSINESS

DECISIONS

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Financial Controllers need to create

of all financial areas, including the cost of resources, the end cost of projects and any debt currently existing

within the company.

VISIBILITYVISIBILITYVISIBILITY

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Good construction cost management is based around having centralised, accurate data that is fully visible and can be updated in

REALTIME.

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The right construction software can help improve cost management, but small-medium businesses are likely to be reluctant to update or change their systems due to threat of

LARGEoverhead costs.

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There are a number of simple, more cost effective steps that these companies can take to gain full visibility of financial data and improve their cost management, before considering software.

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These methods can involve:

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These methods can involve:

CREATING a central database

where each employee enters the financial

data they own

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These methods can involve:

CREATING a central database

where each employee enters the financial

data they own

ENCOURAGING collaboration and communication

between the senior team, right down to

the skilled tradesmen

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These methods can involve:

CREATING a central database

where each employee enters the financial

data they own

ENCOURAGING collaboration and communication

between the senior team, right down to

the skilled tradesmen

PROVIDING organised files for paid invoices, late invoices, project

records and payments made

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These methods can involve:

CREATING a central database

where each employee enters the financial

data they own

ENCOURAGING collaboration and communication

between the senior team, right down to

the skilled tradesmen

PROVIDING organised files for paid invoices, late invoices, project

records and payments made

OBSERVING and analysing

bottlenecks in the supply chain caused by limited cash flow

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UNIFYING FINANCIAL DATA into one larger and clearer picture boosts visibility and provides an end-to-end view of the

company. Encouraging collaboration, organisation, communication and even software can help to improve construction cost management.

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TAKEAWAYS:

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TAKEAWAYS:

Financial data visibility is crucial to a company’s

success

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TAKEAWAYS:

Financial data visibility is crucial to a company’s

success

A single system can bring it all into one

clear picture

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TAKEAWAYS:

Financial data visibility is crucial to a company’s

success

A single system can bring it all into one

clear picture

Construction cost management software can

provide the key

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