Projects That Run on Real Inventory
Your project plan isn't a spreadsheet you reconcile with the warehouse — every line item, milestone, and dollar runs on the same live data as stock, POs, and invoices.
Material readiness
86%
Every Item Tracked
Everything connected, from planning to delivery,
Deal → fulfillment
Jul 28
Sign-off
Long-lead
Site ready
Install
Handover
Detected early, not on-site
Timelines driven by real lead times.
Job cost — live
18.2% margin
Real-Time Margin
Landed costs, labor, freight, all in.
The Features
Six Features. One Project, Kickoff to Closeout.
Pick a feature — each one shown live in the product.
materials - prj-208
64 lines - sourced from stock, pos, and vendors
1 Shortage
Line
need
Status
Casegoods pkg - 42
Jul 24
Staged bay 4
Drapery sets - 18
Jul 24
Reserved
Lounge seating - 14
Jul 17
In transit
Sconce fixtures - 24
Jul 21
12 Short
timeline - prj-208
Milestones read live PO ETAs and stock
1 At Risk
Design sign-off
Jul 12 - client approved
Long-lead orders placed
Jul 20 - 6 POs - all confirmed
Site ready
In progress - demo done, staging Jul 15
Install-Floor 6 - Jul 28
At risk - seating ETA Jul 19 vs need Jul 17 - options drafted
Install board - floor 6
2 crew - tasks gated on staged materials
14 Tasks Open
to do
in progress
done
Rooms 609-612 casegoods
Crew B - Jul 29
Rooms 601-604 casegoods
Crew A - 60% - materials staged
Carpet tile - corridor
Signed off - photos attached
Corridor sconces
Blocked - 12 fixtures short
Drapery 601-608
Crew B - started 8:10 am
Site staging
Bay 4 racked - Jul 15
time - week of jul 13
logged from crew phones - posts to job cost daily
Posted
Crew
phase
hrs
cost
Crew A - 4 Techs
Install - guestrooms
126.0
$8,190.00
Crew B - 3 Techs
Site ready - staging
87.5
$5,470.00
R. Chen - PM
Coordination
31.0
$2,830.00
job cost - prj-208
budget vs committed vs actual - live
Labor Over
cost code
budget
actual
var
Materials - FF&E
$231,000.00
$218,400.00
+$12.600.00
Labor - install
$58,000.00
$64,100.00
-$6.100.00
Freight & delivery
$49,000.00
$41,200.00
+$7,800.00
Contingency
$18,000.00
$4,200.00
+$13,800.00
Labor trending 10% over - overtime on stanging. Forecast at completion still inside contingency.
Billing - prj-208
milestona billing - $486,000.00 contract - 10% retainage
Invoice Drafted
milestone
amount
Status
Deposit - contract signed
$145,800.00
Paid
Materials delivered
$145,800.00
INV-2210 Drafted
Install complete
$145,800.00
On Milestone
Retainage release
$48,600.00
At Handover
"Materials delivered" confirmed today - INV-2210 drafted from the milestone.
Send invoice
Cross-Module · Procurement
Shortages Become POs, Attached to the Job
Projects and Procurement run on one system. Short on a project line? A PO gets drafted, the ETA checked against your need date, and every dollar lands on the job's cost codes.
Shortages draft POs with vendor, price, and ETA checked against the need date
Every PO carries the project and cost code — receipts post to the job on arrival
Vendor slips flow back into the timeline — milestones move before crews do
shortage -> PO-1148 Draft
sconce fixtures - 12 shot - prj-208 corridor
Awaiting Approval
Sconce fixtures
12 short of need - Jul 21
->
Lumina Lighting · 12
$74.00 last price · ETA Jul 20
Charged to
PRJ-208 · Materials - FF&E
Ship to
Site - Harborview, bay 4
ETA vs need date
Jul 20 · 1 day of buffer
Change vendor
Project P&L - PRJ-208
From posted invoices, bills, and timesheets · live
Books match
Billed
$291.6k
Cost to date
$327.9k
Margin fcst
18.2%
Description
amount
Posted to
Bill — Lumina Lighting
$888.00
Materials - FF&E
Timesheets — wk Jul 13
$16,490.00
Labor — install
INV-2210 — milestone 2
$145,800.00
Revenue · AR
Cross-Module · Accounting
A Project P&L Finance Doesn't Rebuild
Job cost isn't a shadow ledger. Bills, timesheets, and milestone invoices post once — to the books — and the project P&L reads straight from them. Closeout is a review, not an archaeology project.
Every bill, timesheet, and invoice posts once — to the job and the GL together
WIP, retainage, and revenue recognition tracked per milestone, not per spreadsheet
PM and controller read the same margin — no month-end reconciliation meeting
Drafts push to the rep's phone with checks already run — approve in one tap.
Drafts push to the rep's phone with checks already run — approve in one tap.
Projects Agent
A Forecast That Never Goes Stale
Every Operlinx module ships with its own AI agent. The Projects Agent reforecasts the job on every event that touches it — and only interrupts you when the plan is actually at risk.
Vendor Slips 4 Days
External
Seating ETA moves to Jul 21
Reforecasts the Job
AI Agent
Cost, schedule, billing — rerun
PM Picks an Option
Human
Split install or shift crew — from a phone
Plan Updated & Logged
Done
Crews, milestones, billing — moved together
Autonomous
Watches every delivery, receipt, timesheet, and bill on the job — reforecasts cost and schedule the moment one lands, without being asked.
Accountable
Every reforecast is logged on the project with what changed and why — the audit trail from budget to closeout is already written.
In Your Control
You set the thresholds — how much slip or overrun is worth a ping, what it may replan alone. Past them, it notifies you and waits.
What Changes When Projects Run on Operlinx
Measured where it matters.
0
Install-Day Surprises
Every line item tracked to its room and need date — a crew never discovers a shortage on site.
3 wks
Earlier Warning on Slips
Milestones read live PO ETAs — vendor slips move the plan the day they happen, not install week.
100%
Of Costs on the Job Same-Day
Bills, receipts, and timesheets post as they land — margin is a live number, not a closeout reveal.
How It Compares
One Project System — Not a Patchwork
Capability
Spreadsheets
& Email
Standalone PM Tool
Operlinx
Milestones, tasks, and crew boards
Materials tracked per project line, live
Shortages draft POs on the job's cost codes
Costs post to the job as they land
Billing milestones create invoices
Agent reforecasts and flags overruns 24/7
get started
See Projects That Install On Time.
Book a 15-minute call and we'll show you how Operlinx fits your exact operation.
The AI-Native Supply Chain ERP
Stay ahead with practical AI and automation insights for modern supply chain operators.


