Chapter 170 Summary of the contract disclosure meeting
Production manager Xu Kun asked: "One more question, are there any clear requirements for the time node of the next settlement? I mean relative to the upper settlement. To put it bluntly, before the upper settlement has received the approval draft,
Can we handle the settlement?"
Zhang Yunqing answered: "As for the settlement requirements, they are now clearly written into the contract.
The requirement is that the amount of the settlement work for the lower side cannot exceed the settlement amount for the upper side, and the confirmation of the settlement for the lower side must wait until the settlement for the upper side is confirmed before giving a written confirmation.
Regarding this point, there are different voices within the Ministry of Commerce system.
I think we can fully discuss this in the Nanshan project department.
My suggestion is this:
Once the project is completed and accepted, the settlement review work will be fully launched, and the next party will be required to submit their settlement declaration documents in a timely manner.
The project department will review the settlement documents of the next party in advance according to the normal prescribed process, and reach a high degree of agreement with the next party. It is best to have the next party sign and seal a settlement confirmation document and file it with our project department for future reference.
What should be noted during this process is that we cannot give the next party any written procedures to confirm the settlement.
After the upper settlement is confirmed, we will issue written documents for the lower settlement according to the company's procedures."
Zhao Manfu said: "Wouldn't it be against the rules to do this? Yun Qing, what do you think, and why do you have this suggestion?"
Zhang Yunqing explained calmly: "Mr. Zhao, I think the settlement agreement currently written into the contract is not very reasonable. At least from an operational level, it is difficult to implement, so I want to use a flexible method.
To meet the company’s agreed requirements for contract settlement.”
Zhao Manfu continued to ask: "Give me an example."
Zhang Yunqing gave an example as requested: "According to the contract, the settlement for the upper pair is completed before the settlement for the lower pair is processed. There are some factors that are unreasonable and difficult to operate. I will now list the factors or reasons I can think of as follows for your reference and discussion:
1. It is not conducive to locking the cost data.
Once the upper-level data comes out, we do not rule out that the next party will use various means to obtain the specific data of our upper-level settlement. At this time, we would like to review the lower-level settlement volume based on the upper-level settlement project volume, and then review the lower-level settlement volume.
It is very difficult. Therefore, in this case, there is a greater risk of uncertainty in the cost data.
2. It is not conducive to the declaration work of the upper settlement.
For example: some projects first submit the settlement documents for the upper settlement, and then review the lower settlement. When the upper settlement is declared, the concrete and steel bars at the bottom of the canal are not calculated. When the lower settlement is processed, the actual settlement is done
For concrete and steel bars, the next company can also provide photos of actual construction, videos of working hours, etc., which can also be seen with the naked eye when inspecting on site.
However, the as-built drawing above does not reflect the concrete and steel bars at the bottom of the canal.
When we traced the reason, we found that the arrangement at that time was temporarily arranged by the on-site representative of the construction party. Afterwards, people from our project department did not submit written documents to confirm it, and the next company did not declare this item when reporting progress. Due to the Ministry of Commerce
The number of personnel is insufficient and it is impossible to see every point of the site clearly. When such an extreme situation occurs, it will bring real economic losses to the company and the labor team.
3. It is not conducive to the review of settlement.
Generally speaking, for larger projects, the settlement can only be completed about a year after completion and acceptance, and there are many projects that have been delayed for a long time.
In fact, one year after the completion acceptance of the project department, basically the relevant management personnel did not know where they were assigned.
If they are still working in the company but in a different department, you can continue to go to them and ask for review support.
Because only the managers at the time know the situation best, they are the most suitable candidates to review the settlement.
But it is very likely that the relevant managers no longer work in the company, they may have resigned, and some may not be able to be contacted at all.
Under such circumstances, the labor force is likely to shift some of the responsibilities onto people who are difficult to contact and communicate with, which may cause great trouble to subsequent settlements and make it difficult to effectively protect the company's vested economy.
Benefits. Because this situation may result in the person doing the later review being unaware of the situation, and the expenses that should be deducted cannot be deducted during the subsequent settlement review, leaving a loophole for the labor team to exploit."
Zhao Manfu asked Zhou Wencheng for his opinion: "Do you think the reasons given by Zhang Yunqing are reasonable?"
Zhou Wencheng replied: "Mr. Zhao, I think the reasons given by Mr. Zhang are not only reasonable, but also very correct.
I don't know why the company's contract has such an unreasonable determination.
I estimate that the biggest possibility is fear. If the settlement for the lower side is processed before the settlement for the upper side, there is a possibility that the amount of work for the lower side will be greater than the amount of work for the upper side, but the company does not know it.
Now Mr. Zhang proposed that the downward settlement process should be started after the completion acceptance, and the upper settlement declaration should be carried out after the completion or during the process.
During this intermediate process, both parties to the settlement will first reach an agreement. The next party will give us a written settlement confirmation and put it in the project department for reference. However, he must also promise according to the contract that if his settlement amount exceeds the settlement amount,
Deductions must be made when measuring.
By doing so, it will not only meet the requirements of the company's contract, but also solve the problems that Mr. Zhang just mentioned that are detrimental to the company.
So I very much agree and agree with Mr. Zhang’s suggestion on settlement.”
Zhao Manfu nodded with satisfaction: "Just now, the two CEOs Zhang Yunqing and Zhou Wencheng expressed some opinions on settlement. Do you have anything to add?"
There were some subtle discussions in the venue, but no one took the initiative to speak up.
Looking at this situation, Zhao Manfu estimated that everyone would not be able to come up with newer and better methods in such a short period of time.
So Zhao Manfu concluded his speech: "Today's contract briefing meeting, I think, was a very successful one. Yu Danzhen took the initiative to throw out the key contents of the contract. Production manager Xu Kun, garden construction engineer Wan Cong, material procurement king
Names, project manager Zhou Wencheng, area business manager Zhang Yunqing and others spoke enthusiastically, proactively and proactively, and participated in intense, intense and effective discussions.
It not only allowed them to improve their understanding and knowledge of the contract, but also allowed our participating colleagues to learn and understand the key contents, disputes and defects of the contract.
I hope that everyone can hold more meetings like this in the future and can speak more actively and participate in discussions.
For minor questions that are not convenient to raise at the meeting, please maintain close communication and contact with the Ministry of Commerce after the meeting.