Cost Management

Kahua’s Cost Management suite contains a group of highly configurable applications. These applications are designed to assist with documenting the costs of the labor, materials, and equipment associated with a project.

Kahua’s cost management is broken into two primary applications:

• Funding - These applications track the budget and costs funding the project or program. The available sub-applications include the following:

  • Funding Budget

  • Funding Budget Adjustments

  • Funding Budget Changes

  • Funding Contracts

  • Funding Change Requests

  • Funding Change Orders

  • Funding SOV Breakdown

  • Funding Pay Apps

• Expenses - These applications are used to track the commitments and actual costs associated with a project. The available applications include the following:

  • Expense Contracts

  • Expense Change Requests

  • Expense Change Orders

  • Expense SOV Breakdown

  • Expense Pay Requests

  • Purchase Orders

  • Purchase Order Change Orders

  • Quote Request

  • Invoices

  • Master Service Agreements (MSA)

  • Compliance Tracking

The articles linked above are meant to be a generic guide for each application in the Cost Management suite. Keep in mind that your company may not use every app, and those apps utilized may have been modified to meet your company’s processes and workflow approval requirements.

Refer to Submitting into Workflow for an example of how Kahua’s flexible workflow process works and available so that you may be able to utilize considering your company’s processes. Refer to Approval configuration to understand how to set up workflows through configuration.

Other cost management-related features and applications include the following:

• Budget Adjustments and Budget Changes - Bypass Cost Guards

• Create an approval document

• Exhibits

• Multi-Project Cost Documents

• Purchase Orders - Expanded shipping address options

• Supplemental Codes

• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)