Table of Contents
BPMPAFRequest Type or TypeCategoryLocationRequisitionReject Without PrejudiceApprover(s)Approver(s) and BPMAsset ManagementBPMEmailFinanceProcurementProject Code OwnerPurchasingRequisitionerRequisitioner and BPMRequisitioner or Pricing DelegateWeb FormABC Company ServerTitle
BPM
Business Process Manager -- a piece of the Component Configuration Platform (CCP) used to orchestrate business processes.
PAF
Purchase Authorization Form
Request Type or Type
A specific Purchase Request requiring additional information in order to be authorized. The types are hardware and software, travel, courier service, conference calls and catering.
Category
A level of approver separated by billing status and a price range. ABC Company has four categories of approver(s): Category A, being the largest approving amount, through Category D, being the lowest approving amount.
Location
Location in the paper purchase authorization process was the location, within the UK, to deliver a purchase. In the new process, location will be used as a way to distinguish the different offices globally: US, UK, Spain, Singapore, Dublin, and India.
Requisition
A submitted request for goods entered using a PAF.
Reject Without Prejudice
A PAF can be rejected due to invalid information and due to the request contained on the PAF. A rejection of this type is a Rejection without Prejudice.
Approver(s)
The person who is determined by price and billable status to be a required party for obtaining approval on a purchase request.
Approver(s) and BPM
The required approver(s) and the Business Process Manager.
Asset Management
The ABC Company group controlling all use and allocation of ABC Company owned materials.
BPM
Business Process Manager -- a piece of the Component Configuration Platform (CCP) used to orchestrate business processes.
Email
The email handles all authorization requests and communication to people involved in the purchase authorization process.
Finance
The finance department of ABC Company, also, the administrator of the Purchase Authorization Process.
Procurement
The department within ABC Company that handles pricing and purchasing for hardware and software requests.
Project Code Owner
Each project code has an owner. This person is at times the approver and always the party who confirms the billable status of a request.
Purchasing
The authorized PAF is sent to and dealt with by purchasing.
Requisitioner
Any employee submitting a purchase request.
Requisitioner and BPM
The PAF submitter and the Business Process Manager.
Requisitioner or Pricing Delegate
The employee raising the purchase request or the person delegated the responsibility of finding pricing and vendor information.
Web Form
An online version of the PAF.
ABC Company Server
A generic reference to an ABC Company server.
Title
definition.