iApprove™
No ERP replacement required
The workflow runs on top of the existing QAD installation — no upgrade, no migration, no second system of record.
Project SnapshotsEaton
Eaton · Automotive & Industrial
iApprove™
Eaton
Approval routing and workflow for QAD-integrated processes at a global power management manufacturer — replacing e-mail and spreadsheet approvals with policy-driven routing that executes directly in QAD.
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- Result figures specific to Eaton. The one figure shown is operational scale, not an Eaton outcome.
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The Client
Opportunity / Challenge
01
Process requests arrived by e-mail and spreadsheet, with no single record of what had been asked for.
02
Approval paths depended on who was available, so routing varied case by case.
03
Approved requests were re-keyed into QAD by hand, introducing errors and delay.
04
No consolidated view of what was in flight, or where it was held up.
Solutions Implemented
iApprove™
Approval routing and workflow for QAD-integrated processes at a global power management manufacturer — replacing e-mail and spreadsheet approvals with policy-driven routing that executes directly in QAD.
- Request
- Validate against QAD
- Route by policy
- Approve
- Execute in QAD
Transactions executed in QAD
Approved requests create the QAD transaction directly, with the approval history traceable to the entry it produced.
Why These Solutions / Key Capabilities
01Structured intake forms that validate against live QAD data at the point of entry.+
02Rules-driven routing built from QAD data, roles, thresholds and policy — not a static approver list.+
03Multi-level approvals that cross site, department and geographic boundaries.+
04Approved requests written straight to QAD, removing the re-keying step entirely.+
05Validated against live QAD data+
Requests are checked against QAD as they are entered, so incomplete or invalid data never reaches a transaction.
Results / Benefits
6,000Operational Scale
01
Manual coordination and re-keying removed from the approval process.
02
Consistent, policy-enforced routing applied the same way across sites.
03
Live visibility into in-flight requests and where they are held up.
04
A complete, time-stamped audit trail behind every decision.
Raw material lots supported annually within QAD-integrated workflows
The Takeaway
Apply this workflow to your QAD processes
See how ISSG can deliver similar outcomes across your QAD-integrated processes.
Request → Validate against QAD → Route by policy → Approve → Execute in QAD
