About transmittal management

A transmittal is a set of documents that is sent to another organization, often to fulfill the requirements of a contract between the sending and receiving organizations. Transmittals are typically used in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry, as well as other industries, to exchange documents in progress. Besides documents, a transmittal usually includes a transmittal sheet that lists the documents being sent and their revision numbers, and also the names, telephone numbers, and addresses of the sending and receiving parties. The sender of a transmittal may include a message or instructions on the transmittal sheet that describe the purpose of the transmittal, a response request, and sometimes, a due date. Each document within a transmittal to a recipient is known as a transmission. The Meridian Transmittal Management Module can be used to create electronic transmittals as BlueCielobriefcase files.

The recipient of a transmittal may be required to return documents to the sender that have been changed according to the instructions in the transmittal. The package of returned documents, which may include additional documents, is known as a submittal. The documents contained in a submittal are known as submissions. The Meridian Transmittal Management Module can be used to create electronic submittals. Standard briefcase files created by BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise, BlueCielo TeamWork, BlueCielo View, or popular archive programs such as WinZIP or WinRAR can be used to create submittals for a Meridian Enterprise system that has the Meridian Transmittal Management Module installed.

Transmittal management is the performance of these steps throughout the life cycle of transmittals. The Meridian Transmittal Management Module automates many of these tasks.

Note    Technically, the Meridian Transmittal Management Module manages transmittals and submittals nearly identically. In the remainder of this guide, the term transmittal is used to refer to both transmittals and submittals, and the term transmission is used to refer to both transmissions and submissions for brevity unless otherwise noted.