The Benefits of using Cloud ERP for Consulting Engineers powered by Acumatica - Easy Approval Workflows

Easy Approval Workflows

One of the many challenges facing managers in consulting engineering companies are the myriad of approval processes required to control the business.  For managers of consulting engineers, project time & expense approval, proforma invoice approval, and employee vacation time approval are a part of their day-to-day duties.  Central Nervous Systems has pre-configured seven approval workflows in Acumatica as part of our Cloud ERP for Consulting Engineers solution.   

The key benefits for approval workflows:

  • All Digital

  • Accelerated Approval Processes

  • Improved Traceability

  • Permissions & Security

All Digital

The approval workflow feature is digital.  No more approving on paper and having the risk of approvals being buried on someone’s desk.  No more hunting through emails to find and respond with an approval to ‘hopefully’ the right person.

Accelerated Approval Process 

Spend less time on approval processes in general.  No more hunting through emails to find and respond with an approval.  Approvals are found either through approval tasks or through dashboards.  Both methods allow for the approver to drill down into details where they can review attached documents. 

Improved Traceability 

With approval workflows the approvals are traceable.  You get to know who approved the document and when, which is great for audits or troubleshooting issues.  This traceability also allows for identifying bottlenecks so that you can know where they are and refine the process to reduce or eliminate those bottlenecks.

Permissions & Security

Approval workflows are setup with proper permissions and user security so that required personnel are approving documents they are supposed to see.  Further, since documents are attached to workflows, there is no need to email sensitive documents that may then be viewed by unauthorized users 

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