Understanding Homebuilder Foundation Information

This table describes the components that you must set up before using JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management:

Component	Description
National Purchasing Areas	A collection of communities at a higher level than the area level.
Areas	A collection of communities.
National Purchasing Communities	A collection of lots that are designated within a national purchasing area.
Communities	A collection of lots, also referred to as subdivisions or projects.
National Purchasing Phases	Sections, or subsets, of lots within a community that are designated within a national purchasing community.
Phases	Sections, or subsets, of lots within a community. (Optional) If a community is not set up as phase-enabled, the system uses the default phase record 000 for all setup, costing, construction, and sales activities.
Lots	An individual site within a community or phase.
Plans and Elevation	Basic features and architectural elements of a house.
Options	Features that buyers can choose to purchase to further customize their houses.

An area is typically associated with a single purchasing department or geographic territory. Within an area, you can create communities that can be further divided into construction phases. Communities and phases are logical groupings of lots within an area. After communities and phases are identified, you can associate them with lots and plans. The use of an area as a high-level organizational structure enables multiple communities to be included in inquiries and searches.

Setting up the basic homebuilder information in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system enables you to:

• Create a flexible organizational structure, which enables you to customize the product offerings at various levels of detail.

• Streamline the setup process and minimize redundant data entry with the use of copying features.

• Simplify the maintenance and management of product lines.

• Analyze the performance of the product lines in several ways, including breakdowns by plan, option, and community.

  The structure of the system allows for this analysis on either a pro forma or an actual basis.

• Separate the construction elements of a house from the sales elements, when appropriate.