Excel® is commonly used as it is easy to use and capable data analytics. For example, if you needed to measure quantities of labour cost incurred, or material received, you can just about anything. However, you cannot get labour productivity, material reconciliations, work performed and much more in real-time. Excel is capable to create files complex enough to compile construction measurement sheets, running- account bills, and much more on any given size projects. It is also the de-facto tool for many organizations for additional functions such as accounting, procurement, and timekeeping. However, the files become multi-megabyte monstrosities, often exceeding the capacity of computers used by small organizations. Also, sending the file to someone is a challenge. Plus, the sheets are so intricate and complicated that there’s usually just one person in the whole organization who can interpret the information. Besides this, it takes time to get information out of those files in a format that’s meaningful and understandable to project managers, consultants or clients. It takes a long time to create a monthly cost report. ProCost helps collect site data and split out data, in a meaningful way in a second. A huge amount of time is spent on collecting data and analyzing intelligently. With Excel, more than 60 per cent of their time is taken up with low-value, manual-labour tasks like file extracts, duplicate data entry, and compiling reports. ProCost helps perform all this low-value-work Even if your site engineers, billing engineers, store reporters, and other project team members spend half that much time on low-value work, it’s costing your organization a lot of money. Efficiency aside, all the manual interaction with the data – populating spreadsheets, copying a formula, combining information from multiple sources – also leaves a lot of room for error. Studies shows, more than 90% of spreadsheet have formula errors. Few advantages of software over Excel are: