How to set up and manage contracting companies and their contractors/vendors
Contractors
Many visitors fall into the category of “Contractor”, which Renaissant defines as a hired, third-party vendor who enters a facility to work on the facility’s equipment or systems. Renaissant provides several features to allow an Organization to track contracting companies and their employees’ visits.
Create and Manage Contracting Companies
- Navigate to the Menuà hover over the information tabàclick Manage Contracting Companies
- Click Add to add a new company
- Enter a Code and a Name for the new company
- Select a Company Type from the drop-down list of lookup values
- If a new Company Type is necessary, add it as a Lookup Value in Manage Lookups
- Select External Company Type, Parent, Active
- See Manage Lookup Values section for more details
- If desired, enter company EIN and description
- If a new Company Type is necessary, add it as a Lookup Value in Manage Lookups
Affiliate Vendors with Contracting Companies
- Click the User Profiles widget
- Select or create the user to be affiliated
- Click the Affiliations tab
- Click the affiliation from the list of affiliations that needs to be affiliated with a company
- Once affiliation is highlighted, click Assign Contracting Company
- Select the Contracting Company with which the vendor is affiliated
- Click Assign
- Track vendor affiliations and other user data in the list view inside the Affiliations tab
- Track frequency of appointments and visits in the Appointments tab
- Return to Manage Contracting Companies
- Select the desired Contracting Company
- Click Employees tab
- From here affiliated vendors can be edited and set as a company contact person