Approval Hierarchy

Every user's User Profile includes, in addition to a Spending Limit, the name of an Approver. This is another user with a higher spending limit (or approval limit) to whom, over-limit Shopping Carts may be referred for approval.

Note: Approvers may be an individual approver or a member of an approval group.

For example:

• Engineer $ 500
• Manager $ 5,000
• Director $ 10,000
• Vice President $ 250,000

The approval workflow proceeds like this:

1. If the Engineer submits a Shopping Cart totaling less than $500, Orders are created and sent to suppliers automatically.
2. If the Engineer submits a Shopping Cart totaling more than $500, it is routed to the Manager for approval before Orders are created and sent to suppliers.
3. If the Engineer submits a Shopping Cart totaling more than $5,000, it is first routed to the Manager for approval. If the Manager approves, then the Shopping Cart is next routed to the Director who has a higher Spending Limit before Orders are created and sent to suppliers.
4. And so on, up to the Vice President, and further, if necessary.