What are the advantages to the web requisitioning system?
The web requisitioning system has four major advantages over the paper system: speed, accuracy of funds, tracking of orders, and reduction of paper. The first advantage is speed. Requisitions can be processed and transmitted electronically across campus saving many days in routing through campus mail. It also does not require that you send a runner or student around with a requisition to collect signatures. Requisitions that used to take hours or days can now be routed in minutes and faxed to the vendor from the Purchasing server, cutting down processing time tremendously. Accuracy of funds is also gained. Requisitions route to the person(s) designated as the approver(s) for any fund(s) that are on a requisition. This allows departments to review the use of their funds before the order is created. Another advantage is the ability to track the requisition at all points in the process. Departments can access the requisition at all times and see who has the order and what approvals or act
