What happens if Engineering For Kids implements a new accounting program/system?
Engineering_For_Kids Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
dware and software from any supplier, if the equipment meets our specifications.
We do not currently have independent access to your computers (or the information stored there), but will have the right to request access to all of your information and data (or to change our standards to permit us to have independent access), and there are no contractual limitations on our right to access the information and data. If we implement a new accounting program/system, you will have 12 months to fully integrate the new program/system. We also can require that you use and keep updated approved contact management software to track customer information.
If we adopt and implement a computer network record-keeping system and/or other technology-related tools to allow you to more effectively manage your Engineering For Kids Franchise, to allow us to have independent and instant on-line access to your records, and/or for other business purposes, you must purchase the required equipment, input all required information related to the new systems or tools, participate as required in any new program, and pay any applicable techno
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Engineering For Kids's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if they implement a new accounting program/system, franchisees will have 12 months to fully integrate the new program/system.
Engineering For Kids also has the right to request access to all of a franchisee's information and data, or to change their standards to permit them to have independent access. There are no contractual limitations on their right to access the information and data.
Engineering For Kids can also require franchisees to use and keep updated approved contact management software to track customer information. Franchisees must upgrade any hardware component or software program as Engineering For Kids requires during the term of the Franchise Agreement, and there are no contractual limits on the frequency or cost of these obligations. However, Engineering For Kids has no obligation to provide assistance in obtaining the computer hardware and software (other than providing the specifications for these items), or to provide ongoing maintenance, repairs or updates to the computer system.