Item-Based Costing and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): A Way to Detect Budget Deviations Early in Construction

Budget discrepancies in construction projects are often noticed late — because the total figure masks the problem. When a work-based cost breakdown structure (WBS) is correctly established, the specific item and construction site where the discrepancy occurred can be identified before the project is completed. This article discusses how to set up a WBS, its relationship to items, and three common mistakes.

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Construction ERP Software: Introducing Navappro, Developed on Business Central!

Construction ERP software is an integrated management solution that brings together a construction or contracting company's processes for progress payments, quantity surveying, cost estimation, subcontractors, construction sites, procurement, and finance in a single system. Navappro is a construction ERP solution developed on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: it combines the finance and project backbone of a global ERP platform with the unique processes of the Turkish construction sector on the same data.

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Is Business Central Suitable for the Construction Industry?

Business Central offers a robust infrastructure for construction accounting, cost tracking, and revenue monitoring for long-term contracts, but it cannot single-handedly meet the specific processes of the Turkish construction sector, such as progress payments, quantity surveying, green book management, subcontractor contracts, consumption, and e-transformation. This depth comes with the Navappro vertical solution, which is built on top of Business Central. Therefore, the correct question shouldn't be "Is Business Central suitable for construction?", but rather "Which construction solution should I use Business Central with?". In this article, we explain which solutions Business Central's core features offer, what it lacks for the construction sector, and what solutions are necessary for the construction industry.

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Construction ERP Program Comparison: Options in Türkiye

Construction ERP software is a program that manages a construction or contracting company's progress payments, quantity surveying, subcontractors, construction sites, procurement, accounting, finance, inventory management, and cost processes in a single system.

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How to Prepare a Payment Certificate? A Step-by-Step Guide

A progress payment is a payment document issued to a contractor for a construction project under a signed contract, allowing them to receive payment for work completed at specific intervals. It is usually prepared monthly and calculated by subtracting the previous progress payment from the cumulative total of work completed from the beginning of the project to that date. The preparation involves assembling quantity surveying, attachments, green book documents, summary reports, and deduction calculations in a specific order. This guide explains the process step-by-step, with examples from the field.

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