Field notes on billing, certification, approvals and vendor payments. These are the places money waits on an EPC project, how to measure the wait, and what leaving it there is worth.
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A construction company frees trapped working capital by finding which stage of the bill-to-cash cycle is holding the money, then removing days from the stages it controls. This guide maps six places cash gets stuck and how to measure each.
Read how does a construction company free up trapped working capital?To find where cash is stuck in a project, export the ERP's event log, rebuild the path each bill took, measure the wait at every step and price each wait in rupees. This guide gives the steps and says what needs a connected ERP.
Read where is cash stuck in my projects, and how do i find it?A mobilisation advance looks like free cash at the start of a project. This guide covers CPWD and central government rules on interest, recovery from RA bills and bank guarantee cover, the GST position, and a worked example of what the advance really costs.
Read mobilisation advance in epc contracts: recovery, guarantees and costStandard DSO starts at the invoice, but on an EPC project measurement and certification happen before an invoice exists. This guide shows contractors how to calculate DSO from work execution, separate retention, and find the days they can actually remove.
Read dso for construction companies: why the standard formula hides your real collection timeMost trapped working capital in an EPC company sits inside the running account bill cycle, before an invoice exists. This guide shows EPC CFOs how to measure each stage and find it.
Read how to find working capital stuck in ra bills: epc cfo guideRetention money is earned revenue the client holds until the defect liability period ends. This guide covers typical rates, release rules under CPWD conditions, the accounting treatment, and how to stop it going unchased.
Read retention money in construction: cost and early releaseProcess mining rebuilds how RA bills, purchase orders and vendor invoices actually move through an EPC company, from the timestamps the ERP already records. Here is what it needs, where it pays, and which tool fits which contractor.
Read process mining for construction: what it is, where it paysEvery process and working-capital term used on this site is defined plainly, with its formula and where the number misleads.
Read the glossary of process and working-capital terms