Require a separate approval for certain vendors
We would like to monitor purchases from a particular vendor Amazon. By having an approval by vendor we can approve prior to the purchase regardless of the dollar amount of the purchase. Without this enhancement we either don't have prior authorization for the purchase or we have to approve all purchase orders (which is not currently a requirement for our district). This would put a significant burden on our Purchasing Department. Staff consistently purchase items from Amazon that are not necessarily appropriate for school use (via pcard). We are adding Amazon as an ECommerce vendor so we can ensure these purchases meet our district standards. An approval by vendor would help our purchasing process significantly. By having an approval by vendor we can eliminate purchases that do not meet our district standards not purchased from district approved contracts or are unsafe for our students/staff.
Amy Sorensen
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Thank you for submitting the product idea -
We do have a few approval options currently available -
- Are these approvals in addition to the current approval chain or looking for completely separated approval chain than what is in the req/PO group?
- Do you use a specific account for eCommerce orders?
Thank you for your additional input!