Scheduling
How does ControlBoard® handle a company with several subsidiaries?
ControlBoard runs several subsidiaries, such as legal entities or country operations, in one company account. Each has
its own language, time zone, address and time policies. A subsidiary can use the company’s lists, add its own beside
them, or keep only its own, for things like job types, qualifications and cost codes. Units, cost types and resource
types stay shared, so job costing adds up across the whole company. People who belong to some subsidiaries see and
change only those. Subsidiaries load from a spreadsheet, and each one can be split into divisions.
What you can do with it
- Run several subsidiaries in one account
- Give each subsidiary its own policies and lists
- Load subsidiaries from a spreadsheet
Used by: administrators, managers
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Common questions
Can each subsidiary keep its own cost codes?
Yes. A subsidiary can use the company’s cost codes or add its own beside them, and it can be limited to the codes
and resource types it actually uses. A default code for each resource type catches work that names no code, so
cost lands in the right place.
Can a subsidiary follow its own time rules?
Yes. Each subsidiary can carry its own time entry form, punch rules, drive time, certified payroll and overtime
policies, or keep the company’s. Administrators and accounting set them, and the subsidiary follows them unless a
division, job or person says otherwise.
Will job costing still add up across subsidiaries?
Yes. Units, cost units, cost types, standard items and resource types always stay the company’s, whatever each
subsidiary adds to its own lists. That keeps every job’s cost comparable, so a controller reads the whole company
and each subsidiary from the same numbers.
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