Project-Based Manufacturing

See margin risk before the project ledger makes it final.

Optifi connects estimates, BOMs, labour, suppliers, progress, change orders and shared engineering cost into one current project-profit view.

Management signalDefensible bid and estimate cost
01The management question
What distorts margin

Where is project margin moving away from the approved business case?

Long timelines separate the assumptions used to win work from the conditions under which it is delivered. Material escalation, productivity, supplier delay, rework and scope change can erode margin months before conventional reporting confirms the result.

01Bid assumptions and risk allowances
02Material, supplier and subcontract cost
03Labour hours and productivity
04Progress, schedule and rework
05Scope, change orders and shared support
Connected in OptifiTrue profitability
02What matters to leadership
The economics management must see

Focus the model on the decisions that determine profit.

01

Estimate integrity

What matters

A winning price is only sustainable when labour, material, routing, overhead and risk assumptions are complete and defensible.

How Optifi helps

Optifi standardises estimating logic, versions assumptions and builds cost-based quotes from BOM, routing, supplier and resource data.

02

Execution performance

What matters

Hours, productivity, material usage, rework and supplier performance move at work-package level rather than only at total-project level.

How Optifi helps

Optifi compares baseline, actual and forecast cost by work package, separating rate, usage, schedule and productivity effects.

03

Change and recovery

What matters

Scope changes and delays create cost before commercial recovery is agreed, weakening both cash and project margin.

How Optifi helps

Optifi records the economic effect of changes, links cost to the affected scope and supports evidence-based recovery discussions.

04

Completion outlook

What matters

Reported cost-to-date does not show the cost still required to finish or the margin at risk.

How Optifi helps

Optifi combines progress and remaining effort into an estimate at completion, with scenario views for delay, escalation and resource alternatives.

03Automated profitability process
One governed model

Maintain one economic thread from bid assumption to project outcome.

Stratic configures Optifi to automate estimating, project, procurement, time, production and finance data. Baseline assumptions remain versioned while actual and forecast cost is assigned to work packages, milestones, contracts and customers.

01Extract

ERP + operational systems

02Reconcile

Finance + operational controls

03Allocate

Direct + indirect cost

04Report

Dashboards + review packs

05Act

Decisions + accountability

04Reporting rhythm
Insight without the reporting delay

Management reporting at the cadence your business requires.

Give project, engineering, commercial and finance leaders one view of progress, cost, forecast and recoverable change.

DailyEmerging varianceOperating exceptions while action is still possible.
WeeklyPerformance trendAccountability, movement and corrective action.
MonthlyProfitability reviewReconciled cost, allocation and profit performance.
Close + 1 dayManagement packAvailable one day after month-end close.
05Where management acts
Decision-ready profitability

Move project reviews from historic cost to forward margin control.

Expose assumption, rate, productivity, supplier, schedule and scope effects while management can still intervene.

01
Defensible bid and estimate costTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
02
Current project and contract profitabilityTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
03
Estimate-at-completion visibilityTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
04
Earlier recovery and margin actionTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
06Where to start
Begin with one material question

Start with one active project, contract or bid portfolio.

Discuss your use case
01Cost-based estimating and quoting
02Work-package cost control
03Estimate-at-completion review
04Change-order and contract profitability
Project-Based Manufacturing

Ready to manage project profit from bid to closeout?

Automate estimating, project allocation and forward profitability review.