If a work order takes place as part of a maintenance Contract entered into with a service provider, the contract is filled in on the [General] tab and involves certain particularities.

[Supply] and [Subcontracting] tabs

Case 1: Over the contract period, neither inventory purchases nor withdrawals are authorized:

Only items or services included in the Contract, [Specific terms] tab, can be selected.
If there aren't any, the [Supplies] and [Subcontracting] tabs will not be visible.

Case 2: Over the contract period, only purchases are authorized (not inventory withdrawals):

• If specific terms are defined in the contract, only those items or services can be selected.
• Otherwise, any item declared for direct purchase and any service can be selected.

In both cases, items necessarily generate a purchase request; no reservations in inventory.

Case 3: Over the contract period, only inventory withdrawals are authorized (not purchases):

• If specific terms are defined in the contract , only those services included in the contract can be selected.
• Otherwise, the [Subcontracting] tab is not visible.

In both cases, only items managed in inventory or included in the contract are allowed.

Case 4: Over the contract period, purchases and inventory withdrawals are authorized:

For the work order, all (active) items or services can be selected either for a purchase or for a reservation

Tab [Labor]

If the number of work orders is fixed for a contract, the Cost center allocations will be assigned proportionally to the work orders; see Work order allocation.

In this case, the labor costs are only allocated when the technician is specified and he/she is internal.
Otherwise, the time spent is considered to be included in the cost of the contract.

Costs

As a general rule, all elements of which the cost is included in the contract are not to be input into CARL Source.