Infor SCM: Optimizations and User Enhancements

February 09, 2021

Infor SCM: Optimizations and User Enhancements

We are excited to announce the release of significant optimizations and enhancements to Infor Supply Chain Management system. We are constantly evaluating functionality, reviewing opportunities for improvement and optimizing your user experience.  Today, we have an important update to share.  

What is new?

Our support team has worked diligently to address user-requested optimizations, user-reported issues and general questions since the launch of Infor. Starting Monday, February 22, 2021, Requesters will notice several enhancements to the requisitioning process resulting from this feedback.

• Streamlined requisition approval process

  • Requesters, who are also Approvers, when submitting a requisition and all items are on contract, will now be auto approved if within Approver’s assigned dollar limit.

     

  • Requisitions will continue to be auto escalated to the next highest approver; however, auto escalation will stop at approver level six except in the case of UMMS Corporate Shared Services (Company 1100).

     

• Faster requisition processing

  • Requisition with PO Codes CAP, CE, BO, BR, KRM will be routed directly to purchasing inbaskets for QA and faster processing. As a reminder, requisitions with PO Code RSH, SRV and SVC are already routed directly to purchasing inbaskets.

     

  • The “Buyer Intervention Required” flag will now be available for selection. When selected, the Buyer flag will route all special-order requisitions to purchasing inbaskets, improving processing time and quality.  

     

• Improved email communications

  • Emails sent when a requisition is returned to the requester will now contain correct instructions for how the requester may resolve and release the requisition for approval.

     

  • The “Requisition Description” field will now be included in the notification email sent to Approvers.

    • NOTE: The Requester must populate this field in the requisition.

       

  • The after-hours requisition process will now be standardized. Email instructions generated when an after-hours order is submitted will now reflect the standardized process. 

    • NOTE: In the new process, the requester will always be responsible for contacting the supplier and providing the PO number.

       

       

• User efficiency improvements

  • If a Requester changes the accounting unit (cost center) for a requisition location and submits the order, the requisition will auto return to the requester.

    • NOTE: This is essential to ensure requisitions route to the proper approver.

       

What do you need to do?

No action is required. Please continue to enter requisitions as required with the new improved functionality. The updates will automatically be live for requesters on February 22.

Why are we upgrading?

This system upgrade addresses user-requested optimizations and issues, ensuring a more stable working environment in Infor for Supply Chain Management.

We welcome your continued questions and encourage you to provide us with feedback. Our chief concern, now and always, is optimizing user experience and ensuring system stability. It is our promise to identify, address and fix issues proactively. 

Please continue to check UMMSConnect for the latest Infor news and updates.