Transition to Infor: Authority to Commit and How it Affects You
July 21, 2021
Transition to Infor: Authority to Commit and How it Affects You
The new Infor Supply Chain Management (SCM) System will be launched in mid-September 2021 at UM Charles Regional Medical Center. The change to Infor SCM is another vital step toward our vision of One UMMS, streamlining our processes to produce greater collaboration, enhance operations and, ultimately, higher quality care to the people of Maryland.
How do I prepare for this change?
All Approvers and Requesters have been assigned mandatory eLearning training in UMMS U. It is vital that you complete your assigned training prior to the deadline of August 20, 2021. Because the Infor system and the AtC policy is different from the current process, you are encouraged to complete the eLearning and take time to practice in the Infor sandbox.
Although we have performed a detailed review of Requesters and Approvers, we expect to identify the occasional case during go-live that will require an adjustment.
What is Authority to Commit?
One of the planned benefits with the Infor system is improving how we apply our Authority to Commit (AtC) policy. AtC is a policy that establishes the financial approval limits for individual employees.
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Approval limits are built into the workflow and automatically route to the next level approver (manager, director, VP, etc.) as needed eliminating the need for signing paper forms.
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Approval levels are standardized across UMMS to improve an important financial control.
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Your approval level is based on your HR job code and designation; it has been assigned based on your organizational authority.
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Managers are now able to approve up to $5,000, previously this limit was set much lower.
What does the change to AtC mean for ME?
Requesters
Approvers
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Approvers can approve requisitions based on dollar levels. AtC levels are assigned based on your role.
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Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents may find they are required to approve requisitions. Departmental managers and directors will gain approval rights.
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Departmental leadership will be responsible for managing/monitoring expenses in their department.
How Do I Learn More?
More about this change will be shared with you as part of Infor training. The AtC policy is owned by the Corporate Finance Shared Services team. Please direct policy questions to your local Decision Support team.
ABOUT THE MOVE TO INFOR
Infor, which is already used by UMMS Human Resources, Payroll, Supply Chain, and Financial Management, is a best-in-class system which will increase automation, streamline processing and standardize reporting. Now, we’re expanding it to deliver these benefits System-wide.
This change to Infor is another vital step toward our vision of One UMMS, streamlining our processes to produce greater collaboration, enhanced operations and, ultimately, higher quality care to the people of Maryland.