Improving Job Cost Management from Start to Finish

Effective control of job cost is the single most important engineering and construction management activity in terms of impact on profitability. With so many variables contributing to job cost, the need for an integrated system has never been greater. Better manage all of your job cost-related information, from mobile field time entry to analytics and reporting with PENTA:

• Integration with PENTA Project Management Software
• Integration with PENTA Construction Payroll Software
• Integration with PENTA Construction Accounting Software
• Flexible Job Structure
• Flexible Work Breakdown Structure

Field Job Cost Entry

Web-based and PENTA Mobile Field software capabilities expedite the collection, transmission and approval of labor, equipment, materials and other job cost data from the field. PENTA field software includes:

• Mobile Field Service
• Mobile Field Reporting
• eTimesheets
• eExpense

Project Review

PENTA Project Review and Forecast Entry makes it easy for Project Managers and Financial, Operations and Executive management to stay on top of summary level job cost information, drill down into cost detail if necessary, and spot potential problems early.

• Contract
• Commitments
• Margins
• Cash Position

Integrated Project Management

The PENTA Project Management Workbench provides a central working area for Project Managers to execute administrative, as well as financial control of a project. Full integration with PENTA Job Cost Accounting keeps accurate, current job cost information readily available. PENTA helps Project Managers handle a variety of responsibilities with job cost ramifications, including:

• Forecasting
• Change Management
• Subcontracts
• Issues, RFIs, Submittals
• Document Management

Job Cost Analytics, Reporting

The PENTA Job Cost Accounting Software Suite facilitates continual performance improvement. Whether by Executive Dashboard or Business Analyst interface, Penta's award winning Business Analytics software helps construction managers analyze past performance for planning, identify exceptions for action and trend current performance for forecasting based on over 100 types of job cost information:

• Field Productivity
• Margin Variance
• Committed Costs
• Job Cost Detail
• Job Revenue Detail
• Job Summary Analysis