You're tracking job costs using QuickBooks or Sage. You're entering expenses and running reports. So why are you still surprised when jobs come in over budget? Here's the uncomfortable truth: Most contractors think they're doing true job costing when they are really just doing bookkeeping recording costs after the fact, not using data to protect margins in real-time. Construction job costing software is not merely about tracking what you spent. It's about understanding precis

Every construction owner knows this pain: You finish a project thinking you made 8% profit, but when the books close, you're lucky to see 2%. Without accurate, real-time cost tracking by phase and cost code, you're flying blind. You can't make informed buyout decisions, you over-bill or under-bill clients, and you don't catch cost overruns until it's too late to fix them. This is where   Sage 100 Contractor  becomes your financial control tower. In this guide, we'll show you

If you are working in the construction industry, you might be familiar with the term “Job costing”. But how do you describe it in words?...

Job costing means income and expenses tracking by a job, and then comparing its actual amount to its estimated amount.