Released on = July 17, 2007, 6:57 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = If your company has Microsoft Great Plains ERP implemented
and needs upgrade from older version of eRequisition, eOrder, eEmployee, then you
are probably looking to Microsoft Great Plains Business Portal implementation, where
former eXXX modules are moved and redesigned on Sharepoint and .Net platform.
Currently version 7.5, where eRequisition module was part of as ASP application, is
not longer supported by Microsoft Business Solutions

Press Release Body = Alba Spectrum Group, http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918

If your company has Microsoft Great Plains ERP implemented and needs upgrade from
older version of eRequisition, eOrder, eEmployee, then you are probably looking to
Microsoft Great Plains Business Portal implementation, where former eXXX modules are
moved and redesigned on Sharepoint and .Net platform. Currently version 7.5, where
eRequisition module was part of as ASP application, is not longer supported by
Microsoft Business Solutions. Here we would like to highlight Requisition
Management functionality:
. Approval Hierarchy. As Requisition Management module is intended for formalized
purchasing workflow of public corporation or large business, approval process is the
core of the workflow logic. Approval Hierarchy design is represented by graphical
tree. There is one thing in Requisition Management administration guide which is
not really clear - you should have all the non-managerial employees listed on the
lowest level of the approval hierarchy (not in the form of the hierarchical list,
but on the same lowest level)
. Requisition Creation. If you think about the employee, who initially files the
purchase request (requisition) - you don't expect this person to know such details,
as GP Inventory Control Item number, Item price, GL distribution account, vendor -
you rather expect requisition creator to give you generic description of what he
would like to be purchased. These generic purchase request is made possible via
business portal user security.
. Requisition Approval. There are two types of approval: just approval and
so-called final approval. Decision maker final approval capabilities are restricted
by her/his approval dollar limit
. Purchase Order Creation. You can naturally merge approved requisitions lines with
existing purchase order for the same vendor as well as merge similar approved
requisition lines. At the step of PO creation, all required requisition line fields
must be identified: item number (if it is inventoried item), vendor ID, account,
site ID, price
. Notifications. BP RM module setup allows you to send email notification (in the
current version in plain text, without hyperlink to BP login/document). You should
be aware about notification scope: when requisition is approved and submitted to
Microsoft Dynamics GP - in GP you don't have notification functionality - you can
alternatively implement it as SQL triggers with email notification

Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum Group, http://www.albaspectrum.com
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