Corporate Shops - Order Approval

This page allows a user with the appropriate authority to approve orders.

To view / use the page you will need to have the following Role Function(s):

• Order Approval Admin - View
• Order Approval Admin - Maintain

When the page loads the top table will show all orders in the Status 'Awaiting Buyer Approval'.

Orders will go into the Status 'Awaiting Buyer Approval' for Orders placed if:

• The "Order Need Buyer Approval" Action Type is set at either Company, Shop OR Catalogue level, or
• The order has been placed during AND approved by a SAP Ariba / Oracle Fusion (or similar) punchout process AND NEITHER the (Catalogue OR Shop) AND Suppliers RealTimeSupplierOrderProcessing flags are set

To approve an order you should do the following:

• Click on the pencil beside the order on the 'Edit' column, enter a Purchase Order Number under the 'PO Number' column, then click on the submit button under the 'Edit' column

Once approved the order will automatically get submitted to the Supplier(s) for onward processing.