Purchase Order Approval Check Lists v.13
The tool to make sure a purchase order is ready for the next stage
Check lists per order state and company
As a result when a purchase order of this company gets its state updated, a check list would be automatically prepared.
How check list points might be missed
Often an order state change does not require fulfilment of all requirements. For example, when you cancel a purchase it seems unreasonable to approve vendor prices.
In such a case you should merely define states moving to which doesn't need confirmation. It is possible to do right under the check list settings on a checklist form.
One of important use cases is also the state 'RFQ sent'. Sometimes, approval is required for an order confirmation but not for contacting a vendor. This step might be even missed. In that situation you should define the same check points for the states 'RFQ' and 'RFQ Sent', while 'RFQ Sent' should be added as a no-checklist-required step.
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Procurement checklist settings per company
Check list is unique per order state and a company
Purchase multi approval flow
Since the tool let assign user groups for each checklist line, you may force various employees from different departments to take part in procurement. In such a way it is guaranteed that all actions are done and carefully checked.
When Odoo would warn purchase users to confirm check lists
Odoo will scan check lists as soon as a user tries to change an order state. In particular it happens when:
- A user tries to confirm an order ('RFQ' > 'Purchase Order' and 'RFQ Sent' > 'Purchase Order').
- An order is triggered for approval ('RFQ' > 'Approval' and 'RFQ Sent' > 'Approval').
- A user locks ('Purchase order' > 'Locked') or unlocks ('Locked' > 'Purchase order') a purchase.
- A user prints or sends an RFQ ('RFQ' > 'RFQ Sent').
- A user cancels an order (any state > 'Cancelled') or re-set cancelled RFQ ('Cancelled' > 'Draft').
Surely, you are not obliged to have a check list for each state. Scanning of empty checklist is always considered as successful.
Besides, if you had custom stages, transitions to those would be also taken into account.
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Purchase approval involves various user roles
Order state can't be changed until checklist is confirmed
Odoo scans check list progress for any attempt of state update
Approval history
Indicative checklist to-do
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Check lists to-do on tree views
RFQ search by approval activities
Super checklist user
In such a case you should assign the super check list access level for yourself or for any responsible manager. A user with such rights would be able both to change an order sate without approving check list and confirm any check point disregarding security restrictions.
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Super checklist user has full rights for any check list
Bug reporting
In case you have faced any bugs or inconsistent behavior, do not hesitate to contact us. We guarantee to provide fixes within 60 days after the purchase, while even after this period we are strongly interested to improve our tools.
No phone number or credit card is required to contact us: only a short email sign up which does not take more than 30 seconds.
Please include in your request as many details as possible: screenshots, Odoo server logs, a full description of how to reproduce your problem, and so on. Usually, it takes a few business days to prepare a working plan for an issue (if a bug is confirmed) or provide you with guidelines on what should be done (otherwise).
Public features requests and module ideas (free development)
We are strongly motivated to improve our tools and would be grateful for any sort of feedback. In case your requirements are of public use and might be efficiently implemented, the team would include those in our to-do list.
Such a to-do list is processed on a regular basis and does not assume extra fees. Although we cannot promise deadlines and final design, it might be a good way to get desired features without investments and risks.
No phone number or credit card is required to contact us: only a short email sign up which does not take more than 30 seconds.
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