NetSuite Construction ERP

Gain control of projects, teams, and profits with a cloud platform designed for construction and speciality-trade contractors. NetSuite brings job operations and back-office finance together into a single system.

What is Construction ERP?

Construction ERP unifies project management, costing, field tools, inventory, procurement, CRM, and financials. NetSuite keeps estimates, purchases, and progress up to date for all teams.

Unify critical functions like job costing, financials, and inventory management

NetSuite for construction

NetSuite links job-cost controls, schedule alerts, and mobile apps, empowering estimators, crews, and accounting teams to collaborate in real time. This sharply reduces delays and overruns.

NetSuite Construction ERP features

NetSuite integrates estimates, project management, field execution, and back-office finance into one single platform. Real-time cost control and automated compliance improve visibility, accelerate schedules, and reduce overhead.

Construction accounting

Automate revenue recognition, retainage, progress billing, change orders, and consolidations to reduce manual errors. Live WIP and commitments flow from the field to the general ledger, eliminating reconciliations and accelerating audit-ready financial close.

Job costing

Labour, material, subcontract, and equipment track labour, material, subcontract, and equipment costs by project, cost code, and phase. Compare actuals with estimates in real time. The system flags overruns and updates forecast instantly, so management always sees current margins by customer, region, or business unit.

Field service management

The dispatch board rearranges jobs instantly. The mobile app sends crews work orders, drawings, and inventory status while capturing photos, time and materials. Data syncs with job costing, payroll, and customer portals.

Customer relationship management

CRM delivers a complete customer timeline, centralises project communication, and enables teams to collaborate and forecast with confidence.

Project management

Dashboards display milestones, resource loads, schedules, and budget-to-actuals, enabling project managers to prevent delays and overruns. Built-in request-for- information and change-order workflows keep schedules on track, automatically update job costs, and alert, managers to risks.

Compliance and collaboration

Automated alerts and centralised storage help maintain compliance. Portals share documents, drawings and progress updates to reduce payment disputes and unnecessary emails.

Inventory management

Demand planning, vendor portals, and mobile receiving keep materials moving. They also link costs to projects. This helps avoid shortages and overspending.

Resource scheduling

SuitePeople WFM and Field Service boards optimise crew and equipment schedules, capture time on mobile devices, and automatically feed certified payroll and job costing. This reduces overtime and idle assets.

Analytics dashboards

SustAnalytics provides real-time KPIs, dashboards, and alerts so you can quickly identify and address risks, protecting project margins.

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Previously, we spent so much time generating reports, we couldn’t act on the data. NetSuite makes reporting easier and faster, empowering more people with insights.

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NetSuite Construction ERP benefits

Cost optimisation: Control costs and improve profitability with real-time insights into material, labour, and equipment expenses through integrated job costing, procurement, and analytics.
Enhanced efficiency: Accelerate workflows by automating manual data tasks in finance, projects, and the field to speed billing, closing, and delivery.
Gain instant insight: Unified real-time data empowers faster, more confident decisions to reduce risk and support efficient business growth.
Cost control: Effortlessly scale your business. Expand your cloud suite with new modules, entities, and users — no costly re-implementations or extra integrations needed.

Challenges NetSuite Construction ERP solves

Data silos: Eliminate data silos by replacing disconnected spreadsheets and point solutions with a single cloud platform.
Cost visibility: Monitor material prices and purchase order updates in real time to keep budgets on track and project margins from volatility.
Resource management: Integrated workflows streamline operations by automatically updating schedules, commitments, and revenue forecasts. This automation helps prevent project overruns and billing delays.
Limited visibility: Dashboards display WIP, cash position, and schedule health instantly on any device.
Financial management: Built-in rules handle IFRS 15 (International Financial Reporting Standard 15), multi-jurisdictional tax, security–of-payment laws, and subcontractor credentials.

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How much does NetSuite Construction ERP cost?

NetSuite construction ERP is available with an annual subscription. Your license covers the core platform, optional modules, and user access. A one-setup fee applies. As you grow, activate new modules and add users easily. NetSuite Construction ERP Software is available as an add-on module.

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