Looking for a process for Non-Stock approvals

ismmk

Good morning!!

We are looking for a process to automate the routing of our Non-Stocks through the approval process.  I know there is a PO approval ProcessFlow/IPA, however, since non-stocks do not reside in Lawson, I wanted to check and see if anyone has a good process for non-stock paperless approvals.

Any input or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time!!

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Robert Canham

Are you referring to specials rather than non-stocks? Non-stocks are built into the item master but not inventory tracked.



Either way, you can do approvals on anything that is done via purchase order or requisition as there is a trigger for both. What we do in our IPA is we check the contents of the purchase order to see if it contains something that requires approval (non-stocks over a certain amount and specials). If it doesn't contain anything requiring approval, the IPA will approve it and it moves on. If it requires approval, it does the routing based on our transaction policy (dollar amount determines the leadership level required) and holds the entire order until approved.



Because this process holds the entire order, we tell our purchasing staff to place orders accordingly. This way their stock order isn't held up by approvals.