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Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14

By : Stephen Kelly
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Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14

By: Stephen Kelly

Overview of this book

Oracle's Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition is a document management, job cost, and field controls solution that keeps construction projects on schedule and on budget through complete project control. "Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14" explains the concepts behind the core modules and how to use them."Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14" makes this complex application understandable. You will understand the concepts behind the core modules and how to use them. This book starts with some basic introduction to Contract management and then covers the advantages and disadvantages of using a spreadsheet in managing information on a project. The book then covers in detail the concepts involved with how it works from a 30,000 foot view and explains the concept of how Oracle Primavera Contract Management is diametrically opposed to a spreadsheet mentality. The book also covers the aspects of how Oracle Primavera Contract Management manages the money and contractual relationships on a project.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
5
There Is a Better Way
Index

The submittal register


The proper way to manage submittals is with the submittal register. This is a list of all items that require approval on the project. This can be a long list. Like most other modules in PCM, the preparation of managing submittals will take the most time. Then the actual management of the submittals during the project will be very quick and easy.

At the start of a project, the entire list of submittals need to be entered into PCM. PCM has provided several ways to create this list to make this process as easy as possible, but it still will be time consuming. Before entering these submittals, there is some information you need to know.

Submittal setup

There is some setup that is required prior to entering submittals in the register. Under Project Settings there is a Submittal Coordinator that needs to be assigned under the Key Parties tab. When the project is set up, it is a required field but you may have the wrong person entered in that field. Verify that the person selected...