Depth 0 m · SurfaceModule 13 / 13

From "we need it" to on the shelf.

A purchase request is a list of lines somebody needs. It walks the approval chain your organisation actually has. What is approved becomes a purchase order, and what arrives is received straight into the warehouse at the price it was bought.

Open requests12
Awaiting me4
Approved21
Orders out9
Received6
Approval steps3
The Solmex purchase request register showing requests with their number, title, line count, urgency, requester, department, delivery location, status and which approval step they are waiting on.
The Waiting On column names the step, so nobody has to ask whose turn it is.
Depth −10 m · One line, from ask to shelfPROCURE TO STOCK
PR-2026-01174 LINES · HYDRAULIC · URGENT
Raised by the workshop09:12 · 4 LINES · PHOTO ON LINE 2
Step 1: maintenance manager approved10:31 · LINE 3 REFUSED, WITH A REASON
Step 2: finance approved14:02 · 3 OF 4 LINES
Ordered on PO-2026-0088SUPPLIER SENT THE PDF
Received into store A at the order priceGRN POSTED · STOCK MOVED
4 lines asked3 lines on the shelf

Procurement

The chain your organisation actually has.

Configure who approves, in what order. A request in flight carries a snapshot of that chain, taken the moment it was submitted, so adding an approver on Tuesday never pushes Monday's requests back a step and nobody's decision is rewritten under them.

Depth −20 m · What it carries03 STATIONS
SNAPSHOT

A decision that stays decided

The approval chain is configuration; what a request carries is a snapshot of it. Change the chain and the requests already walking it are untouched, because a request in flight never reads the configuration again.

Lines per request50
LINES

Approve most, refuse one

An approver can pass a request while refusing a single line, with a reason attached to that line. There is no sixth status for a partial approval: which lines survived is a property of the lines.

Answers per step3
RECEIPT

Straight onto the shelf

A line can name a catalogue part. When the delivery arrives, receiving the order posts the stock in the same transaction, at the order's own price, into the location it was delivered to.

Over-receipt toleranceNone
Depth −30 m · Questions from the surface04 ANSWERS

Questions about procurement

01How does the approval chain work?

You configure who approves and in what order. When a request is submitted it takes a snapshot of that chain and carries it, so adding an approver on Tuesday never pushes Monday's requests back a step, removing one never retroactively approves what nobody approved, and renaming or deactivating a person never rewrites a decision they already took.

02Can an approver accept most of a request but refuse one line?

Yes, with a reason attached to that line. There is no separate status for a partially approved request: which lines survived is a property of the lines, and the register shows how many were refused so it never overstates what was agreed. An approver can also send a request back for changes instead of rejecting it outright.

03Can the person who raises an order also approve it?

No. A purchase order is a commitment of money, and the control every procurement function applies to it is that the person who commits the money is not the person who checks it. Solmex refuses the buyer's own order however many permissions they hold, and refuses to submit an order at all when nobody else could approve it, naming the fix.

04What happens when the goods arrive?

You record the delivery against the order, and any line that names a catalogue part posts into the warehouse in the same transaction, at the order's own price, into the location it was delivered to. Receiving more than was ordered is refused, because a tolerance is a policy a site has to state.

Depth −40 m · Below the waterlineREADINGS

Four lines asked for. Three on the shelf, priced.

Answers an approver can give3
A buyer approving their own orderNever
Totals that can disagree with their lines0
Steps between approval and stock1

Follow a request from the workshop through its approval chain to a purchase order and a goods receipt, in a 30-minute walkthrough.

NO COMMITMENT · YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS

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