Transmittal document

A transmittal document is a "packing slip" for a document[which?] or collection of documents that are transferred from one <a href="/facts/Company/psBVz9jr">company</a> to another. The transmittal might be just the front page in an extensive document. But more often it is a separate document file that contains details of the <a href="/facts/Document/H4Hdxu91">documents</a> that are sent. The transmittal also contains specific (company or project-related) details to help further processing of the documents for the recipient.
The content of the transmittal document depends on the situation. Some typical content in a transmittal can be:

<ul><li>Date of the sending.</li>
<li>Name details of sender/company and recipient/company.</li>
<li>Project name, number(s), and other references to the project.</li>
<li>Reason(s) for sending.</li>
<li>Deadline(s) and/or descriptions of actions to be taken by recipient.</li>
<li>Other status details.</li>
<li>List of files sent: file name, size, type, revision number and other relevant metadata.</li>
<li>Limitations, security measures or other dependencies of the document transmittal.</li></ul>
Transmittals are used in <a href="/facts/Engineering/RFVg8H3I">engineering</a> and <a href="/facts/Construction/58eqDhy9">construction</a> companies as a necessary tool in projects where a large number of documents are involved. Several document handling systems have functions for generating transmittal document along with packages of document for transfer.

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Transmittal document