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Subcontracts

Design Objectives

The Subcontracts module is designed to control the issuance of subcontracts, change orders and subcontract payment requests (including retention); and enables you to report on the status of the resulting commitments.

Features

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Multi-company environment allows a subcontract to be written on one company and expensed to one or more related companies.

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Supplier file can be maintained that is independent of the Accounts Payable vendor file.

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Subcontracts can be sequentially numbered by company or prefix.

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Demographic data and comments are maintained for each supplier.

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Flexible subcontract entry screens meet the needs of specific users.

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Retention schedules can be created and associated with subcontracts.

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Change orders can be written for a subcontract.

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Standard contract clauses can be defined and appended to subcontracts.

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Extensive text description capability for subcontract line items and change order line items.

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Commitments can be generated to the Cost Accounting module when a subcontract is costed to that subledger.

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Encumbrances can be generated to General Ledger.

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Flexible subcontract print formats meet the specific needs of each user.

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User-defined payment control codes can be appended to subcontracts to insure compliance with bonds, insurance, liens, etc.; additionally, these codes can control payments to subcontractors.

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Subcontract payment requests can be generated with retention calculation and the subsequent automatic creation of accounts payable invoices.

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Provides for the accrual of subcontractor billing not received, with automatic reversal.

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Automatically reconciles the commitment with the actual cost when a subcontract is closed.
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Multi-level On-line Subcontract Inquiry

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Subcontract Selection Screen

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Subcontract Line Item Summary

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Payment Request Summary

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Payment Request Detail

bulletPurge processing capability for deleting completed subcontracts.

Module Interface

The following System 20/20 modules send ( Þ ) transactions to and receive ( Ü ) transactions from the Subcontract module.

Module Transactions Sent and Received
Contracts Management Þ Subcontract orders and/or change orders, backcharge change orders
Accounts Payable Ü Subcontract payment request invoices
Cost Accounting Ü Commitments and commitment relief transactions
General Ledger Ü Subcontract encumbrances

Reports

All standard reports have multiple selection options.

Control File Section Listings Subcontract Payment Control
Supplier File Subcontract Payment Request
Supplier Mailing Labels Subcontract Summary
Unposted Subcontracts Subcontracts Audit
Subcontracts Change Orders
Subcontracts Subledger Commitment Summary
Subcontract Status  

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