AP Approval Workflows

Hello,

I am very new to Epicor, so I apologize if this is a basic question. I’m exploring options for in-system AP approvals. My hope is to develop a process that allows a user, or users, to be assigned approver permissions to approve AP invoices and payments. They would need to be able to see a batch, click into any transaction and see the attached documents, and approve or decline the payment. I would expect the system to not allow a transaction for ACH payment or check printing until after that approver has selected “approve” (to provide the appropriate controls for issuing payments).

Does this functionality exist in the core system or has anyone leveraged BPMs to design something similar?

I appreciate all thoughts or ideas!

Thanks!

Welcome to the group!

I am not aware of this, but I would love to be wrong. I have been asked repeatedly for this also.

There is a thing called Logged [AP] Invoice Entry. I tried it but never understood it - it seems like you can’t add lines to the invoice. Strange.

But again, I am hoping I am all wrong!

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The logged invoice process could be built upon, but there is no core workflow functionality.

I looked into this solution years ago - might be an option - mSofTek Solutions

We simply use a UD field on invoice payment selection and only allow invoices to be selected for payment if they are approved

Our custom AP approval page allows the approver to view all the transactions and documents associated with the AP Invoice.

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Thanks for all the feedback.

Michael, using the UD field is an interesting idea. Does your approach include a method to easily view the planned batch and click into any attachments as part of that view. In theory a simple view that a CFO or CEO could browse through, click into details as necessary, then select that UD approve field?

Thanks!

The approver selects the invoice to approve and it brings up the details. Here’s a few screenshots from our app.

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This is great! thank you for the thorough response. We will explore this method further to see if it meets our needs.

Thanks again for all the help!

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