Two cities needed a common Cost Management system for the development project of Public Transport service to follow up actual costs and to divide them according to the agreement between parties. Additionally, support was needed for annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and the supplier invoicing approval process.

A significant engineering company needed a Cost Management system to support the operations of a new business unit providing Construction Management services. The Cost Management system was required to also support Procurement on behalf of the Project Owner. The Cost Management system was required to have the capability to communicate with the Project Owners' financial systems as well as the customer's cost calculation and supplier responsibility information services.

PLM-Zone provided a cost management service for the project, where the Sörka spora and Karaatti alliances operate their own cost data independently

”Updating cost forecast is a straightforward process. The forecast can be defined based on either the monetary value (euros) or the technical/physical readiness or both.”

PLM-Zone provided a cost management service for the project, where the Sörka spora and Karaatti alliances operate their own cost data independently

”The shared cost information and the common forecasting process have clearly increased the transparency and ensured the operational cost efficiency.”