One cement delivery, traced
Worked example from our research on Vietnamese fit-out jobs · sample numbers, no real customer
40 t of PCB40 cement, invoiced
- 36.5 t weighed on deliveryweighbridge ticket · delivery note photo
- 3.5 t invoiced, never deliverede-invoice XML vs weighbridge
More than the invoice
- Paid in cash, so the 8% VAT on it cannot be reclaimedVietnam: payments of 5M VND or more must be non-cash
- 5% retention still open for 12 monthssubcontract terms · cost is provisional until released
62 m³ of foundation, accepted
- Month-end balance: delivered = used by norm + in stock + 1.1 t unexplainedacceptance minutes · stock count · material norm
- Why 1.1 t is missing is a judgment, and it goes to the site ownerflag with the documents attached
Waiting on the owner
- Estimate P50 1.20bn VND against the cost so far, per stageestimate recorded before the job started
- The next estimate for this foreman comes with a corrected rangelearned from how far off past estimates were