2009-05-02T11:12:02-07:00 status status_report status_reports 30971 48228 34205 false true false true 51958 41 1 2009-11-12T21:01:38-08:00 admin 1226304 What Are Status Reports? 2009-11-12T21:01:38-08:00 <h2>What Are Status Reports?&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; color: #333333;"></span></h2> <p>Status Reports are an important way to keep clients up-to-date with the status of a&nbsp;job. They help providers and clients stay in close communication and exchange information about the current status of a job, including the progress against agreed upon milestones, attachments and plans for the upcoming week.&nbsp; Providers also use Status Reports to document when a milestone has been completed to request the release of funds held in escrow or payment for non-escrow fixed price jobs. &nbsp;</p> <h2>When Are They Due?</h2> <p>Each week's Status Report is due from the provider to the client by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. However, the provider can submit the Status Report at anytime during the week. (Any revisions can be resent during the week as long as the subsequent week's report has not been created.)&nbsp; Once a Status Report is submitted, the client may accept or contest the report.</p> <h2>Requesting Escrow Release for a Milestone</h2> <p>For Escrow jobs, when the provider 'Requests Release' of a milestone, a Status Report will be automatically created and the item will be autopopulated in the Billing Section of the Status Report. The provider can enter supporting comments and click 'Submit'.&nbsp; The appropriate invoice(s) or Release Request(s) will be sent to the client.</p> <p><br />Each Status Report includes:</p> <ul> <li>The week's ending date</li> <li>Current Job Status as assessed by the provider (for example: ‘OK’, ‘Problem’ or ‘Complete - Pending&nbsp;Confirmation').</li> <li>Milestone Progress Updates in the form of the percentage completed of any project milestone. &nbsp;Milestones marked as 100% can be added to the Billing Section. &nbsp;</li> <li>File Attachments as needed.</li> <li>Billing Section for milestones that were completed as 100% for that week. &nbsp;You will be able approve and pay for completed milestones directly from the status report.</li> <li>You will also be able to ask your provider a question, mark job as a problem, or file a dispute.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <div><br /></div> <div><br /></div> <div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><img src="/attachments/token/tsllwufe93jqmxz/?name=SRBuyer.jpg" border="0" alt="SRBuyer.jpg" /></span></span></div> <h2>What Are Status Reports?&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; color: #333333;"></span></h2> <p>Status Reports are an important way to keep clients up-to-date with the status of a&nbsp;job. They help providers and clients stay in close communication and exchange information about the current status of a job, including the progress against agreed upon milestones, attachments and plans for the upcoming week.&nbsp; Providers also use Status Reports to document when a milestone has been completed to request the release of funds held in escrow or payment for non-escrow fixed price jobs. &nbsp;</p> <h2>When Are They Due?</h2> <p>Each week's Status Report is due from the provider to the client by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. However, the provider can submit the Status Report at anytime during the week. (Any revisions can be resent during the week as long as the subsequent week's report has not been created.)&nbsp; Once a Status Report is submitted, the client may accept or contest the report.</p> <h2>Requesting Escrow Release for a Milestone</h2> <p>For Escrow jobs, when the provider 'Requests Release' of a milestone, a Status Report will be automatically created and the item will be autopopulated in the Billing Section of the Status Report. The provider can enter supporting comments and click 'Submit'.&nbsp; The appropriate invoice(s) or Release Request(s) will be sent to the client.</p> <p><br />Each Status Report includes:</p> <ul> <li>The week's ending date</li> <li>Current Job Status as assessed by the provider (for example: ‘OK’, ‘Problem’ or ‘Complete - Pending&nbsp;Confirmation').</li> <li>Milestone Progress Updates in the form of the percentage completed of any project milestone. &nbsp;Milestones marked as 100% can be added to the Billing Section. &nbsp;</li> <li>File Attachments as needed.</li> <li>Billing Section for milestones that were completed as 100% for that week. &nbsp;You will be able approve and pay for completed milestones directly from the status report.</li> <li>You will also be able to ask your provider a question, mark job as a problem, or file a dispute.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <div><br /></div> <div><br /></div> <div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><img src="/attachments/token/tsllwufe93jqmxz/?name=SRBuyer.jpg" border="0" alt="SRBuyer.jpg" /></span></span></div> 2009-05-02T11:12:02-07:00 34205 30971 51958 2009-11-12T21:01:38-08:00 1226304