Several reports and rich analytics permit the monitoring of the actual cost against the achieved quantities (in comparison to the initial cost estimates). Such reports may be detailed to extreme levels of a single transaction related to labor, material, subcontracting or miscellaneous expenses. These consider LPOs or commitments already done to suppliers where invoices not yet received.

During the execution phase of a job, it is imperative to follow up on the work achieved and the cost realized up to date in comparison with the expected, estimated and planned figures. For this, the Cost Control Per Job report in Visual Dolphin Job Costing offers detailed account on where each activity of the job stands and where it is going; starting from the planned quantities and amounts and going to the already achieved and projected figures as well as the profit margins.

Dashboards & Business intelligence tools add to the traditional reports more graphics and better drill down analysis, by compiling all data from the system’s transactions. Dimensions could be the Years& Months, Project types, Expenses Types, Project Activities & Cost elements, Clients & Client’s activities, Locations (Regions and Countries), Project managers & Account executives, …
All these elements are melted together for displaying helpful and constructive graphical analysis covering all management needs.