Stand Alone Job Costing software module

Job Costing Overview Summary

Job Numbering -- Up to 12 characters may be used to identify job numbers.
Number of Jobs -- That may be established is unlimited as are the number of transactions you may enter for each job.
Job Phase Distribution -- Costs may be broken down by division (job phase) and sub-division (job sub-phase) of transactions within any job is unlimited and are all user definable.
Billings -- In addition to costs expended for a Job, Job Costing also tracks, in detail, billings associated with each Job.
Payroll -- details may be entered into the Job Costing module from time sheets. Job Costing tracks both dollar costs and hours (labor burden may be added by a percentage or amount).
Reports -- detailed or summary reports each which may be filtered by a number of criteria provide management with up-to-date information.
Integration -- The Job Cost module may be fully integrated with AccountPro Accounts Payable, Invoicing, Inventory, Purchase Orders and Australian, Canadian and USA Payroll modules.
Used by -- Contractors, Manufacturers, Sub-Contractors, Engineers and any industry with a need to track costs on a project by project bases.

Cost and Units -- may be distributed to as many Tasks or Divisions (Job Phases) and further breakdown into Sub-Divisions (Job-Sub-Phases) as you wish to establish.
Phases (or tasks) -- may be identified by up to 8 alphanumeric characters. Each job-phase may be broken down into as many sub-phases as required. Sub-phases may also contain up to 8 characters.
Sub-Phases -- the user may establish any number of divisions, sub-divisions or tasks, including distribution for such items as: mobilization, overhead, supervision, engineering, drafting, layout, miscellaneous, manufacturing, sub-contracts, etc.
Job Phase Distribution -- needs to be established only once for all Jobs. The user may add, change or delete job and sub-phases anytime.
Tracking actual, committed and estimated or budgeted costs -- the following transaction types are used:
- Actual Cost (including labor and labor burdens).
- Committed Costs.
- Estimated Costs.

Estimated Costs & Units -- may be entered directly onto the job cost module and compared to units and dollars that have been estimated for a job versus the actuals to-date.
Import -- costs and units may be imported from the Estimating module into the Job Cost module.
Compare to -- estimated costs may also be compared to estimated costs.

Purchase Orders -- by tracking purchase orders, contracts and sub-contracts committed by job, the job costing module can provide reporting on the total amount of units and dollars that have been committed to a job versus the actual costs to-date compared to estimated units and costs.
Committed Costs -- are, for example, a purchase order or a contract issued. You are therefor able to see where committed costs are heading before supplier and or sub-contractor invoices are received.
Integrates -- fully with the AccountPro Purchase Orders module.

Billings --To track contract billings and contract extras, billing transaction types may be one of the following:
- Base Contract
- Extras to the Contract
Change Orders -- Provision to specify a Change or Work Order number.

Several comprehensive job cost reports are available and indicate, amount billed to-date, costs, hours, units, each with the option to provide information in detailed or summary format.
Report may be printed for a single job, multiple jobs or just a portion of a job such as a job-phase or sub-phase, and or specified time periods.
Job Cost Variance reports provide management with a quick and effective analysis of Actual, Committed and Estimated (budget) costs, hours and units.

A comprehensive job cost audit trail is maintained for all entries into a job indicating full detail such as, for example, original suppliers invoice number, reference, units, job phase, sub-phase, employee, hours, etc.

Full detail is kept for each Job for as long a period as the user wishes to keep a Job on file.