We use the approval process functionality, on the Manual Supplier Invoice screen, in IFS APP 10. We have created a “Hold for Approval” payment term, that is aged at 360 days. When an invoice requires approval(s), before it can be paid, we manually change the supplier’s payment term to this “Hold for Approval” payment term. This prevents the invoice from being selected to a payment proposal and paid in a check run before the approval(s) are complete. Periodically, we then have to query for those invoices with the “Hold for Approval” payment term, to see if the approvals have been completed. Once they are, we manually unauthorize the invoice, change the payment terms back to the supplier’s normal terms, and authorize it again. While this process serves the purpose, it is very time consuming. Is there any way that this can be automated, so an invoice cannot be paid before all approval steps attached to it have been completed?
