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Purchasing
PunchOut, catalogs, budgeting, MRP-driven buys, and mobile approvals.
ISSG Workflow Areas for QAD
One Platform. Many Workflows. Start Where the Business Need Is Greatest.
iApprove™ is ISSG’s configurable workflow and approval platform for QAD-centered business processes. The Workflow Areas below are representative, high-value ways to apply the platform — from Purchasing, Supplier Lifecycle Management, and Invoice & AP Workflow to broader Enterprise Workflow Automation — with iAssist™ adding AI analysis, context, research, recommendations, and decision support.
- Data-Driven Workflow & Routing
- Human-Controlled Approvals
- Real-Time QAD Execution
- AI-Assisted Decision Support
Platform + Workflow Areas
iAssist™
AI-assisted intelligence spanning every ISSG workflow
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Supplier Lifecycle Management
Onboarding, change control, validation, duplicate prevention, and compliance.
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Invoice & AP Workflow
Invoice capture, matching, exception routing, approvals, coding, and voucher creation.
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Enterprise Workflow Automation
Broader Finance, Operations, Compliance, HR, Quality, Sales, Materials, and other QAD-centered workflows.
Common Foundation
iApprove™ Platform
The configurable workflow, approval, governance, and QAD execution foundation behind every Workflow Area — and beyond.
Real-Time Workflow & Decision Framework
Connected in real time with QAD — one platform, representative Workflow Areas, and room to extend.
One Common Foundation
One Platform Behind Every Workflow Area.
The iApprove™ Platform provides a consistent, configurable way to orchestrate workflow, use QAD data for decisioning, route approvals, enforce governance, and execute approved actions in QAD. The Workflow Areas below show representative ways organizations can apply that same foundation.
Real-Time QAD Integration
Workflow decisions stay connected to QAD data and transactions, reducing re-keying and keeping execution tied to the system of record.
Common Workflow Engine
Use consistent routing, controls, notifications, escalations, approvals, and auditability across business processes — initiated by user requests, QAD database changes, scheduled jobs, or other defined business triggers.
One User Experience
Give users a familiar approval and workflow experience as processes expand across departments, instead of introducing another tool for every business need.
Built for Intelligence
iAssist™ enhances the same workflow framework with AI-assisted analysis and decision support while keeping people in control.
iApprove™ is the platform. Workflow Areas are representative applications of it. Start with a high-value Workflow Area, then extend the same foundation to additional QAD-centered processes.
Explore the Workflow Areas
Representative Workflow Areas. One Connected Platform.
Each Workflow Area applies the same iApprove™ platform disciplines to a different business need. Use these high-value areas to find the best starting point — then extend the same data-driven workflow, human-controlled approvals, governance, and QAD execution foundation wherever else the business needs it.
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Procurement
Purchasing
Bring structure, policy, and approval control to the purchasing process — from guided request creation through QAD PO execution — while giving users easier ways to buy what they need.
Core Capabilities
Core
PunchOut
Catalog
Budgeting
MRP
Mobile
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Supplier Management
Supplier Lifecycle Management
Control how suppliers are created, changed, validated, and governed before approved master-data actions reach QAD — with stronger fraud, compliance, and audit safeguards built into the workflow.
Core Capabilities
Onboarding
Changes
Validation
Duplicates
Compliance
Audit Trail
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Accounts Payable
Invoice & AP Workflow
Move invoices from capture through matching, exception handling, coding, approval, and QAD voucher creation with less manual intervention and better visibility into what needs attention.
Core Capabilities
Invoice Capture
3-Way Match
Exceptions
Approvals
Coding
QAD Voucher
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Enterprise Automation
Enterprise Workflow Automation
Extend iApprove™ across broader QAD-centered business processes in Finance, Operations, Compliance, HR, Quality, Sales, Materials, and beyond — using the same configurable routing, governance, human-controlled approvals, and QAD execution foundation.
Core Capabilities
Finance
Operations
Compliance
HR
Quality
Sales
Materials
Other QAD Workflows
ISSG
The Workflow Areas are connected by design. Each is a representative application of the same iApprove™ platform, so organizations can start with one high-value process and extend the same workflow, governance, approval, and QAD execution model across the business.
iAssist™ AI Layer
Intelligence Across Every Workflow.
iApprove™ provides the data-driven workflow, approval routing, governance, human-controlled approvals, and direct QAD execution. iAssist™ adds AI-assisted analysis, context, research, recommendations, and decision support inside those workflows — helping people move faster while keeping human control at the center.
Analyze
Review requests, documents, attachments, and workflow context.
Recommend
Surface relevant information, suggested actions, and decision support.
Accelerate
Reduce bottlenecks around routing, exceptions, follow-up, and approvals.
Keep People in Control
Support human decisions without turning critical workflows into a black box.
AI-Assisted. Human-Directed.
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Intelligence Layer Across the Portfolio
iAssist™
Decision Intelligence
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Request-Form Intelligence
Extract document data and prefill iApprove™ transaction requests — from W-9 supplier onboarding forms to invoices and customer purchase orders.
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Transaction BI
Query QAD and other databases so workflow users can research the information they need for faster, better-informed decisions.
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Email Intelligence
Understand intent, research QAD and other data, suggest a response, route it for review, and perform approved actions such as sending email, updating QAD, or creating a calendar event.
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Document Intelligence
Identify document type and content, extract relevant information, and route the workflow according to configured approval rules.
Purchasing
Supplier Lifecycle
Invoice & AP
Enterprise Workflow Automation
One intelligence layer enhancing representative Workflow Areas and other iApprove™ workflows
Selected Customer Results
Proven in the QAD Community.
A few examples of how ISSG customers have applied the same workflow foundation to very different business processes.
Purchasing
Bimeda
Accelerating PO Approvals and MRP Buys
View Project Snapshot →Supplier Lifecycle Management
MiMedx
Strengthening Supplier Onboarding — Enhancing Compliance and Fraud Prevention
View Project Snapshot →Enterprise Workflow Automation
Rea Magnet Wire
Streamlining Sales Order Processing
View Project Snapshot →Each individual Workflow Area page includes its own relevant customer proof and Project Snapshot.
Explore Customer Results
Find the Right Starting Point
Not Sure Where to Start?
Start with the business problem you are trying to solve. Each path below leads into a representative Workflow Area designed to help you choose a strong starting point on the iApprove™ Platform.
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If you need to…
Improve purchasing control and speed up requisition-to-PO processing.
Guided buying, PunchOut, catalogs, budgeting, MRP, approvals, and QAD PO execution.
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If you need to…
Strengthen supplier onboarding, validation, change control, and compliance.
Control supplier creation and updates before approved master-data actions reach QAD.
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If you need to…
Reduce manual invoice handling and accelerate AP exceptions and approvals.
Capture, match, route, code, approve, and create QAD vouchers with better visibility.
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If you need to…
Extend controlled workflow automation across broader enterprise processes.
Apply iApprove™ across Finance, Operations, Compliance, HR, Quality, Sales, Materials, and other QAD-centered workflows.
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Need to automate a broader QAD-centered process? Enterprise Workflow Automation demonstrates how iApprove™ can extend across Finance, Operations, Compliance, HR, Quality, Sales, Materials, and other workflows using the same configurable platform disciplines.
Explore Enterprise Workflow Automation
Ready to Get Started?
Put Your QAD Workflows to Work.
See how the iApprove™ Platform can orchestrate, route, govern, approve, and execute QAD-centered workflows — and how iAssist™ can add AI-assisted analysis and decision support where it helps.
One Platform · Representative Workflow Areas · AI-Assisted Intelligence · Real-Time QAD Integration
