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Our financial data arrives too late — by the time we see a margin trend, it has already compounded for weeks
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A variance on the management accounts requires three phone calls to trace back to what actually caused it
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Our cash flow forecast is built on verbal estimates from project managers — it is revised every month when reality differs
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Month-end WIP is a negotiation between finance and operations — not a structured output from the data that already exists
How QBaticEPM3 resolves this
Live cost-to-complete from field data — the CFO sees a margin erosion trend the week it begins, not the quarter it is reported.
Site teams post daily resource allocations, plant costs, and subcontractor attendance directly against the specific work activities that generated them. By the time the CFO opens the portfolio dashboard, the cost-to-date is current to the last field entry. A project's cost performance deviation is visible within days of it starting — not weeks. The recovery window is still open when the data arrives.
Portfolio cost performance live every morning — from field data, not from month-end estimation.
How QBaticEPM3 resolves this
Every cost traced to its source in four clicks — no phone calls required.
Cost codes in QBaticEPM3 are the specific work activities from the estimate — not administrative categories assigned retrospectively. When a cost is posted, it is posted against the activity that generated it. The CFO can drill from the portfolio P&L to the project margin, to the cost-code variance, to the individual field entry that caused it — without asking the project manager to explain a number that arrived in a spreadsheet with no traceability.
100% cost traceability — every expenditure tied to the scope item and field entry that created it.
How QBaticEPM3 resolves this
Cash flow forecast generated from programme data and purchase orders — not from verbal estimates.
Payment application timing, certification lag, subcontractor payment obligations, and material procurement commitments all live in QBaticEPM3. The cash flow forecast is generated from the actual programme and purchase order data the project team is working from — the same data the site manager sees every morning. The forecast reflects the actual timing of expenditure and certification, updated automatically as the programme evolves.
Zero unquantified procurement commitments — POs reflected in the forecast before invoicing.
How QBaticEPM3 resolves this
WIP is a structured output from live project data — not an estimation exercise under month-end pressure.
Because cost is captured in the field on the day it occurs and revenue certification is managed in the same system as cost, the month-end WIP calculation is a structured output rather than a negotiation. The assumptions in the WIP are the actual programme and cost data — not estimates produced under time pressure. Month-end closes faster, with fewer retrospective adjustments, and the management accounts carry a confidence level the board can act on.
Faster month-end close — structured WIP from live data replaces end-of-month estimation.
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