Know What Each Job Is Really Costing While It’s Still Running with Projects & Job Costing Software

Finding out after the job is finished is too late

Material gets used and recorded later, labour builds up, supplier costs arrive as the job progresses, and one-off purchases get made because the work needs them.

Meanwhile, the project can look healthier than it really is.

Turbo gives materials, purchasing, labour, billing and other project costs somewhere to meet while the work is still live. So when the job starts drifting away from plan, you can see it before the work is finished and the next one has already been priced.

Live Job Costing
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See what’s eating the margin before the job is over

A job can be fine on materials and losing money on labour.

Turbo separates labour hours and labour cost from product and material cost, with billed values alongside them. You can see what is moving the margin rather than waiting for one final number at the end.

And when a cost belongs to this job but not your normal product catalogue, free-entry project lines can capture things such as a one-off bought-in item or subcontractor cost.

Project Materials
If it went into the job, put it against the job

Material used from stock can be transferred from its warehouse location directly onto the project.

Turbo records where it came from, which project received it and who picked it. Unit cost goes with the material, and batch information can be retained where traceability matters.

Someone still has to record what was used. But when they do, the stock movement and the project cost are recorded together.

Project Purchasing
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Need it for the job? Get suppliers pricing it.

Not everything a project needs will already be sitting on the shelf.

When project materials are imported, Turbo can automatically raise RFQs. The material requirement can move from the job into supplier purchasing without somebody typing the same list again.

So identifying what the project needs can start the work of sourcing it.

Orders & Goods In
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Where’s the material for this job?

Turbo can show project material sitting on supplier purchase orders, including the project, supplier, quantity ordered and quantity received.

When goods arrive against the project, they can land directly onto its material record.

So the project manager can see what has been ordered, what has arrived and what is still outstanding without chasing the person who placed the PO.

Billing & Unbilled Work
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Find the work you’ve done but haven’t billed

You can cost a job perfectly and still leave money behind if completed work never reaches the invoice.

Turbo keeps project invoicing alongside the work and includes an UnInvoiced Items report for finding activity that has been done but has not yet been billed.

That gives you both sides of the job: what it is costing and what you still need to charge for.

From quote to live project

A customer can approve and sign a quote, the quote can become the project, and a deposit can be taken through Stripe without rebuilding the job somewhere else.

Track the hours

Labour and time recorded against the project feed the job costing, so you can see what the hours are doing to the margin.

Keep QA with the job

Projects have their own QA Checks area, so quality activity stays with the project it relates to.

Inventory management and delivery process illustration
See what’s eating the margin before the job is over

A job can be fine on materials and losing money on labour.

Turbo separates labour hours and labour cost from product and material cost, with billed values alongside them. You can see what is moving the margin rather than waiting for one final number at the end.

And when a cost belongs to this job but not your normal product catalogue, free-entry project lines can capture things such as a one-off bought-in item or subcontractor cost.

If it went into the job, put it against the job

Material used from stock can be transferred from its warehouse location directly onto the project.

Turbo records where it came from, which project received it and who picked it. Unit cost goes with the material, and batch information can be retained where traceability matters.

Someone still has to record what was used. But when they do, the stock movement and the project cost are recorded together.

Checklist and truck with service report icons.
Need it for the job? Get suppliers pricing it.

Not everything a project needs will already be sitting on the shelf.

When project materials are imported, Turbo can automatically raise RFQs. The material requirement can move from the job into supplier purchasing without somebody typing the same list again.

So identifying what the project needs can start the work of sourcing it.

Asset management checklist with trucks and progress bars.
Where’s the material for this job?

Turbo can show project material sitting on supplier purchase orders, including the project, supplier, quantity ordered and quantity received.

When goods arrive against the project, they can land directly onto its material record.

So the project manager can see what has been ordered, what has arrived and what is still outstanding without chasing the person who placed the PO.

Logistics planning checklist and calendar graphic
Find the work you’ve done but haven’t billed

You can cost a job perfectly and still leave money behind if completed work never reaches the invoice.

Turbo keeps project invoicing alongside the work and includes an UnInvoiced Items report for finding activity that has been done but has not yet been billed.

That gives you both sides of the job: what it is costing and what you still need to charge for.

A customer can approve and sign a quote, the quote can become the project, and a deposit can be taken through Stripe without rebuilding the job somewhere else.

Labour and time recorded against the project feed the job costing, so you can see what the hours are doing to the margin.

Projects have their own QA Checks area, so quality activity stays with the project it relates to.

Turbo Inventory is a strong fit when jobs combine labour, materials, purchasing and customer billing, whether the work lasts a day or runs across a larger project.

1.
Civil Engineering & Construction
Track materials, supplier purchasing, labour and project costs across construction and infrastructure work from smaller jobs to larger contracts broken into phases.
2.
Solar & Renewable Energy Installers
Keep components, purchasing, installation labour, project costs and customer billing together as each installation progresses.
3.
Property & Facilities Maintenance
Manage maintenance and improvement jobs across customer properties, bringing labour, materials, bought-in items and billing back to the individual job.
4.
Installation, Fit-Out & Engineering Contractors
For businesses installing, fitting or building on customer sites, bring labour, stocked materials, project-specific purchases and billing back to the same job.
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