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Contracts & SLAs

Manage service contracts and track SLA compliance

Contracts & SLAs

Define service level agreements and track compliance automatically.

Service Contracts

Create contracts with customers:

  • Contract number for reference
  • Start/end dates
  • Covered devices and locations
  • SLA policy for response times

SLA Policies

Define response time requirements:

  • Response time - How quickly you must acknowledge
  • Resolution time - How quickly work must be completed
  • Business hours - When SLA clock runs
  • Holiday calendar - Excluded days

Example SLA Tiers

TierResponseResolution
Premium 24/71 hour4 hours
Standard4 hours8 hours
Basic8 hours24 hours

SLA policies are assigned to contracts, not individual work orders. Work order priority (P1/P2/P3) affects scheduling, not SLA terms.

SLA Tracking

When a work order is linked to a contract:

  1. SLA timer starts automatically
  2. Progress tracked against targets
  3. Warnings before breach
  4. Breach recorded if exceeded

SLA Pause

Sometimes the SLA clock should pause:

  • Waiting for customer response
  • Parts on backorder
  • Access issues at site

Dispatchers can pause SLA with a reason, and resume when ready.

SLA Reports

Track SLA performance:

  • Compliance rate - % of work orders meeting SLA
  • Average response time
  • Breach analysis - Why SLAs were missed

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