Final Approval is the final step in the approval workflow, allowing for a final review before the supplier is formally published into your supplier directory. The step is completed by the Final Approver user role.
To learn more about the Final Approval workflow step and how it works, click here.
To learn more about the Final Approver user role, click here.
To complete Final Approval on a supplier profile, please follow these steps:
- Select the supplier record you wish to approve.
You may do this by:- Clicking the link in the Section Approval notification email you will have received;
- Selecting the supplier from your Worklist;
- Searching for the supplier in the Supplier List.
To find out more about the notifications you receive, please click here.
- The Supplier Profile will load. Navigate to the Supplier Data dashboard.
- The Final Approval workflow step may not require you to approve any specific data points. Instead, it is intended that you look holistically at whether it is right that this supplier is approved into your supply chain.
- Once you are ready to approve the supplier, navigate to the Review tab on the left hand side
- Click the Publish button
Final Approval has now been completed.
The status of the supplier record will be moved to Published, meaning all of the data within their profile has need formally approved and is visible to your business users.
The supplier will receive an email confirming that their profile has been approved.
The Business Owners will also receive emails confirming that their supplier is now available to be traded with.