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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

Submittal overview


There are many ways to define a "submittal." As far as PCM is concerned, it is anything that requires an approval. This is a pretty broad description; let's narrow it down a bit. It is anything that is to be submitted to the project as a requirement of the drawings or specifications that must be "approved" before moving forward. This can include the following (although certainly not an exhaustive list):

  • Shop drawings

  • Cut sheets

  • Samples

  • MSDS sheets

  • Closeout items

These are items that require approval prior to continuing on with the purchasing or fabrication of a particular item. This may seem unimportant; however, studies have shown that poor submittal processing and management play a key role in delays and added costs to a project. If a certain item cannot be ordered unless it is approved by the owner or engineer and if the approval is delayed for some reason, the item cannot be ordered. If the item cannot be ordered then of course it can't be delivered to the site for installation...