Introducing Flexible Workflows for Sourcing and Procurement

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to determine the concept of flexible workflows in sourcing and procurement

Flexible Workflows

Introduction

Watch the following video to learn about flexible workflows for sourcing and procurement in SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Notifications

If an approval task is created for you, you are informed by notifications in the SAP Fiori launchpad and, if configured, by e-mail notifications. You will see the task displayed both in your To-Dos list and by the Notifications on the launchpad.

Users are notified about the tasks via notifications on the SAP Fiori launchpad

My Inbox

The approval task comes in the approver's My Inbox. You can display and process your approval tasks using the My Inbox app. You can approve, reject, claim (Only the current approver can process an approval task), suspend (Hide and postpone the processing of the approval task to a defined later point of time.), or forward your approval tasks to another approver, and display your approval history.

All the tasks are delivered to the approver's My Inbox. Using this app, you can accept or reject the task

As an approver, you can define another user as your substitute, for example, for a planned absence (annual leave) or for unplanned absences (sick leave).

You can manage your substitutes and assign others to process your tasks during your absence. You can start the Manage My Substitutes app using your user profile available on the SAP Fiori launhpad

My Outbox

My Outbox app shows all your completed and suspended tasks. Using the My Outbox app, you can resume a suspended task and view each task's task log and the related workflow log.

My Outbox app shows all your completed and suspended tasks

As a purchasing manager, you can see the My Outbox app on the launchpad.

Flexible Workflows Tutorials

Learn how to define a new workflow.

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