Setting Up Projects or Jobs

Before you use the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Subcontract Management system, you should set up the project or job information in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost system. A project is composed of one or more jobs. When you set up a job, you include information regarding the work to be done. When you set up a project, you include the details of the overall project and the details of each job within the project.

After you enter the project or job information, you can use the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Subcontract Management system to create and maintain contracts for each of the subcontractors on jobs.

You can customize the project or job information to the business needs. Consider these examples:

• You are contracted to build an office building. The office building is the project, and each floor is a separate job.

• You are contracted to build the houses in a subdivision. The subdivision is the project, and each house is a separate job.

You must first create a job master record for each of the projects or jobs. If you set up a project, you must also set up each of the jobs within the project.

After you set up the projects or jobs, you must set up a cost code structure for each job. A cost code structure is a list of all of the accounts that apply to a job. You use the chart of accounts to track and manage all of the costs that are associated with a job.

For example, assume that you are contracted to construct an office building. You must first create a master record for the entire office building. You can then set up the jobs in the building. In this case, you set up each floor of the building as a separate job. After you set up the jobs, you set up the cost code structure for each job. For example, the cost code structure for the third-floor job might include accounts for plumbing, drywall, electrical, and so on.

You can also set up multiple jobs within a company at the same time.