1 Overview to Homebuilder Management
This chapter contains these topics:
The Homebuilder Management system, designed for the homebuilding industry, is an advanced application of the JD Edwards World Job Cost, Subcontract Management, and Inventory Management system. It uses features of the Job Cost system, including budgeting and projected final costs, and features of the Subcontract Management system for efficient tracking of contract commitments and payment processing. It uses the Inventory Management system for material (takeoff) contracts.
You must have the Job Cost and Subcontract Management systems to use the Homebuilder system, and familiarity with those systems is a prerequisite for using this guide. If you use takeoff contracts, you also need the Inventory Management system. This guide focuses on features unique to the Homebuilder application and refers you to the guides for the other systems for information they have in common with the Homebuilder system.
1.1 Homebuilder Management Features
The Homebuilder Management features are divided into four phases.
In phase 1, you enter database information that the system uses in phases 2 and 3 to create contracts. See Chapter 2, "Overview to Setting Up the Homebuilder Database" for more information about phase 1.
In phase 2, you link components from the database information with a prospective buyer. See Chapter 28, "Overview to Placing Homes Under Contract" for more information about phase 2.
In phase 3, you use the information from phase 2 to create contracts and related information. The major component of this phase, and of the entire Homebuilder Management system, is the Lot Proceed Proof/Post program. See Chapter 32, "Overview to Initiating Construction" for more information about phase 3.
The following diagram illustrates the first three phases:
Figure 1-1 First Three Phases of Homebuilder Management
Description of "Figure 1-1 First Three Phases of Homebuilder Management"
In Phase 4, you close the house and update bookkeeping records. See Chapter 42, "Overview to Paying Subcontractors" and Chapter 46, "Overview to Closing Homes" for more information about phase 4.
1.2 Homebuilder Terms
| Term | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Project/Subdivision | The land that you divide into lots onto which you build houses. Project and subdivision are used interchangeably by builders. | 200 acres of land purchased by the developer and divided into 375 half acre lots with roads taking up the balance of the acreage. |
| Phase | A set of construction sequences. Houses can be built in phases. You might begin construction of houses on lots in a particular area of the subdivision prior to construction of houses on lots in another area. | The 375 lots are divided into construction phases that determine when you grade the land and lay underground utilities.
This is also a method of dividing the 375 lots into groups or phases. You might require that the construction in phase 1 be complete and sold prior to the construction of phase 2. |
| Lot | The portion of land in the subdivision on which you build. For legal purposes, you record the lot with a government entity as the place where you build the house. | Lot 1, track 1, block 1 = 175ftx130ft
Lot 2, track 1, block 1 = 190ftx188ft |
| Plan | Floor plans are a diagram or description of the layout for each house that is built on a lot. Buyers can select plans or certain plans may be pre-set for certain lots. | 1001 - The Heather - 4 bedroom ranch style with Optional bonus room, 3 bath, three car garage.
1002 - The Heritage - 3 bedroom, two story colonial with front pillars, 2 ½ baths, detached three car garage. |
| Elevation | Describes the front of the house from the street view. | Elv A = Stucco with new brick from the ground up to four feet.
Elv B = Stucco with used brick from ground to four feet up. Elv C = Stucco only Elv AA= Wood frame/ brick border two feet. |
| Swing | Describes the flow of the plan. | R: The front door opens to the right and the stair case is on the left side.
L: The front door opens to the left and the stair case is on the right side. |
| Takeoff | A form of purchase order that builders use to purchase materials from suppliers. They can then use their own employees or contractors to complete a process in building the house. | Builder purchases paint and uses employees to paint the interior of the house instead of using a bid contract and the contractor providing materials and labor. |
1.3 System Tables
The Homebuilder Management system uses the following tables: