Manage the deployment of vehicles and plant. Manage to deployment of manpower. Process estimates in such a way that estimated quantities and their costs can be compared. Furthermore it empowers you to take corrective action the moment costs in one or more areas exceed acceptable tolerances. Cost centers can thus be seen as subdivisions of a project's costs.
Some resources are common to several cost centers.
It is most beneficial to keep an eye on the costs of cost centers from the start of a project. If the actual costs of one or more cost centers exceed acceptable tolerances, the estimated quantities and costs of the grouped resources can be compared with the actually used quantities and their costs. This way any deviation can be spotted at the earliest possible time, and corrective action can be taken. In some cases it may also prove that the estimate was not correct. If nothing can be done about it, the realization can be of great benefit when compiling the next estimate.