Requisition Approval and Processing System

Common Challenges PSA Encounters Across Clients

Based on decades of industry experience, PSA frequently sees the following issues in unoptimized requisition environments.

Why Manual Requisitioning Fails

Lack of Visibility

Difficult to track requisition status, approvals, and spending in real-time.

Inconsistent Approval Workflows

Approvals are often delayed, skipped, or applied inconsistently.

Duplicate or Lost Requests

Email or paper requisitions are prone to being missed or duplicated.

Limited Spend Control Accountability

Difficult to track who approved what and when.

Why Manual Requisitioning Fails

Real-time tracking

Ensures full visibility into requisition status and expenditures.

Automated workflows

Enforce consistent approval processes and policy adherence.

Centralized system

Prevents request duplication and ensures none are overlooked.

Central oversight

Budget controls limit unauthorized or excessive purchases

RAPS FEATURESS
tructured, Yet Flexible

PSA’s RAPS is designed with both structure and adaptability in mind. It offers a powerful feature set that can be configured to match your unique business needs and procurement workflows.

Our experienced consultants work closely with your team to implement a best-practice, systemised requisition process helping you optimise procurement efficiency, enhance vendor management, and maintain compliance across all levels of spend.

Requisition approval processing solution (RAPS)

💡 Power to order anything with control

✔ Requisition Entry

✔ RFQ Process

✔ Dollar Based Approval Workflow

✔ Budget & Unbudget Review

✔ Requisition Categories

✔ Document Management

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12 Levels of Approval hierarchies

📧 Email notifications sent at every step

✔ Procurement review before approval process

✔ 12 hierarchical approval levels

✔ Email notifications at each step

✔ Acknowledge with notes or Approve

✔ Approvals from your device

✔ Full visibility and audit log for every change and approval

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Purchasing, Contract and Expediting Management

📦 Track, Manage and Master every order

✔ Expediting

✔ Contract Management

✔ Goods Receipting

✔ Automatic Replenishment

✔ Shipment Costing

✔ Duties & Freight Management

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Powerful Features, Built for Control

Take full command of your procurement process with a flexible suite of features designed to improve accuracy, visibility, and compliance; from document management to automated approval workflows. PSA RAPS helps you purchase with confidence, at scale.

Document Management

Raps is integrated with PSA’s cloud-based document management system we call DocReg.You can view every document related to a purchase order at the click of a button in Pronto.

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Requisition review

RAPS allows specific procurement officers to review a requisition before being routed through the approval hierarchy to prevent re-handling of

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Project cost tracking

Project managers can approve project-based orders to ensure proper allocation of costs to unique project cost centers to ensure that project

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Budget visibility

Review purchases against budgets at the time of approval With a single click, budgets by period, year to date and full year budget comparison are available

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12 Approval levels

RAPS authority tree is extended from the foundations of the PO officer tables in Pronto X to twelve (2) approval levels. The dollar limits for stock, non-stock

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Email notification

For every RAPS required action or status change email notifications are sent to users with full requisition details. Users are alerted to key developments such as

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RAPS Workflow

From request to fulfillment PSA ensures complete control, visibility, and automation every step of the way.

Requisition Initiation

Requisitioner

Submits a purchase requisition
Automatically notifies the Purchasing Officer

Purchasing Review & Quote

Purchasing Officer

Reviews the requisition
Requests supplier quotes if needed
Collaborates with requisitioner for revisions (if required)

Approval Workflow

Approving Officer

Receives requisition approval request
Reviews and either: Approves, Rejects, Acknowledges and escalates to next level if needed

Purchase Order Creation

Purchasing Officer

Converts the approved requisition into a Purchase Order (PO)
Sends PO to supplier via email

Fulfillment & Receipt

Supplier

Delivers goods or services Warehouse / Requisitioner
Receives stock or services
Updates system with goods receipt and service confirmation

Frequently Asked Questions

What is PSA RAPS?

PSA RAPS (Requisition Approval and Processing System) is an integrated Pronto Xi solution that adds approval hierarchy level sand workflow to the requisition process. It enables complex, multi-level approval hierarchies ensuring purchase requisitions are approved in accordance with your companies DoA before release to suppliers.

Why is RAPS suited to mining operations?

Is RAPS linked to my ERP and Inventory System?

Can approval structures be setup across sites and HQ?

How many levels of approval can we configure?

Can this system be used in remote or low-connectivity locations?

Is RAPS mobile enabled?

Can project managers approve requisitions tied to job costs?

Will users be notified about status changes?

Are budgets visible during approval?

How does the system handle FIFO, vacation or sick leave delegation?

Can we attach quotes and other supporting documents to a requisition?

Does the system support multiple currencies?

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