iApprove™ Workflow & Approval Platform for QAD

Turn QAD into an AI-Assisted, Real-Time Workflow Engine

Real-time workflows. AI-assisted decisions. Direct execution in QAD.

iApprove™ is ISSG’s configurable, data-driven workflow and approval-routing platform for QAD-centered business processes—using live QAD and transaction data to orchestrate work, determine the right approval path, govern decisions, monitor workflow performance, and execute approved actions directly in QAD. iAssist™ adds AI analysis and decision support while people remain in control.

  • Data-driven approval routing using live QAD data, policies, roles, thresholds, and business rules
  • Governance, workflow visibility, and performance monitoring from request through completion
  • Approved actions create or update QAD transactions directly—no re-keying
Core Platform Disciplines

What the iApprove™ platform does

iApprove™

Six disciplines that can be configured around QAD-centered business processes.

  • 01 Workflow Orchestration
  • 02 Data-Driven Decisioning
  • 03 Flexible Intake
  • 04 Human-Controlled Approvals
  • 05 Governance & Auditability
  • 06 QAD Execution
Configurable across purchasing, supplier, financial, operational, compliance, HR, and other workflows.
Core Platform Disciplines

The six disciplines behind the iApprove™ platform.

Together, these six disciplines—the core areas of capability within iApprove™—provide the configurable foundation for QAD-centered workflows across purchasing, supplier, financial, operational, compliance, HR, and other business processes.

01

Workflow Orchestration

Control how work moves from request through review, exception handling, approval, and completion.

  • Conditional and multi-step workflows
  • Sequential or parallel approvals
  • Configurable reminders, escalations, and exception paths
  • Auto-delegation with defined absence and return dates
02

Data-Driven Decisioning

Use QAD and workflow data to determine who needs to act, when, under what conditions, and within delegated authority.

  • Conditional routing using transaction data, policies, thresholds, and delegated authority
  • Roles, departments, entities, and sites
  • Live transaction and master-data context
  • Visual workflow and rules designer, rules simulator, and graphical approval hierarchy
03

Flexible Intake

Bring work into iApprove™ through the channel that makes sense for the process while keeping the workflow structured.

  • Dynamic, configurable forms with field visibility, labels, defaults, required entries, and field-level help
  • Email, documents, attachments, and supporting records
  • QAD changes, scheduled jobs, and other defined business triggers
  • Inputs from other enterprise systems
04

Human-Controlled Approvals

Make approvals easy to act on without removing accountability from the people responsible for the decision.

  • Browser and direct-from-email approve/reject with relevant transaction context
  • Mobile access to approve, reject, create, and review requests
  • Role-based participation
  • Human-in-the-loop decisioning
05

Governance & Auditability

Apply consistent controls to every workflow, monitor process performance, and preserve a complete record of what happened.

  • Role-based access and field-level encryption
  • Policy enforcement and validation
  • Complete audit trails across approval attempts, transaction data changes, and administrative changes
  • Process intelligence across workloads, cycle times, decision patterns, rejections, and originator trends
06

QAD Execution

Complete the process by creating or updating the validated business transaction directly in QAD.

  • Read current QAD data
  • Validate throughout the workflow
  • Create or update transactions on approval
  • Eliminate duplicate data entry
Executive Visibility

See workflow status in real time, identify bottlenecks and pending approvals, monitor approval workload and cycle time, and understand how workflows are performing across the enterprise.

  • Workflow Status
  • Bottlenecks
  • Approval Workload
  • Cycle Time
  • Performance Trends
Proven Impact

Real operational outcomes in QAD environments

Representative outcomes from real ISSG implementations across medical device/life sciences and industrial manufacturing environments.

Abbott Point of Care

860+ error-free transactions across hold/release workflows and raw material lot management.

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Rea Magnet Wire Company

700+ hours saved annually by automating ~40,000 sales order line items with OCR + workflow.

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MTF Biologics

Backlog eliminated with faster credit approvals, higher accuracy, and full visibility.

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Platform

The workflow foundation that moves work into and through QAD.

iApprove™ turns requests, decisions, and approvals across purchasing, supplier, financial, inventory, sales, and other QAD processes into controlled, validated QAD transactions—replacing disconnected intake, manual routing, re-keying, and fragmented visibility with one governed workflow.

What changes

From email, spreadsheets, and manual follow-up to policy-driven workflow, human-controlled approvals, and real-time QAD execution.

How Work Moves Through iApprove™

From request to validated QAD transaction.

Capture Route Approve Execute in QAD
Real-Time QAD Integration Use current QAD data throughout the workflow, then create or update the approved transaction directly in QAD—no re-keying.
Data-Driven Approval Routing Route work using live QAD and transaction data, roles, policies, thresholds, business rules, and exceptions.
Human-Controlled Decisions Keep people firmly in control while AI assists with context and decision support.
Process Intelligence & Auditability Track approval workloads, cycle times, decisions, exceptions, trends, and complete workflow history.
What breaks down today
  • Requests begin in disconnected emails, spreadsheets, and forms.
  • Approvals stall because routing depends on manual follow-up.
  • Visibility and audit history become fragmented across the process.
What ISSG changes
  • Structures requests in governed workflows tied directly to QAD.
  • Routes work using live QAD data, policies, roles, thresholds, and business rules, then executes approved actions directly in QAD.
  • Delivers end-to-end visibility, stronger controls, and audit readiness.
Representative Workflow Areas

Proven application areas built on a platform that goes much further.

Start with a high-value business process—or another QAD-centered workflow. These workflow areas show how the same configurable iApprove™ platform can be applied across the enterprise.

Procurement

Purchasing

Guided purchasing and policy-driven approvals from requisition through PO creation in QAD.

Supplier Management

Supplier Lifecycle Management

Control supplier onboarding, changes, validation, compliance, and approved QAD master-data updates.

Accounts Payable

Invoice & AP Workflow

Automate invoice capture, matching, exceptions, approvals, coding, and validated QAD voucher creation.

Enterprise Processes

Enterprise Workflow Automation

Extend controlled, auditable workflow automation across Finance, Operations, Compliance, HR, and other QAD-centered business processes.

Explore these representative Workflow Areas, then see how iApprove™ can extend to financial, operational, compliance, HR, and other workflows.

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Results

Trusted by leading QAD manufacturers

ISSG supports QAD manufacturers across Medical Device/Life Sciences, Automotive/Industrial, Electronics, Consumer Products, and other manufacturing segments.

Industry 01

Medical Device / Life Sciences

Support controlled, visible workflows across supplier onboarding, approvals, procurement, and other regulated processes. iApprove™ has been FDA validated by ISSG Life Science clients and supports SOX compliance for ISSG public-company clients.

Industry 02

Automotive / Industrial

Improve routing, visibility, and governance across time-sensitive operational workflows where bottlenecks and manual handoffs create risk.

Industry 03

Electronics

Bring consistent approval control, data-driven routing, and QAD-connected workflow to complex, fast-moving manufacturing processes.

Industry 04

Consumer Products

Standardize purchasing, supplier, financial, and operational workflows across teams while maintaining policy, visibility, and QAD control.

AI Layer

Intelligence inside the workflow. People in control.

iAssist™ works inside iApprove™ workflows to analyze emails, documents, forms, attachments, and QAD data, while providing conversational research and guidance—helping teams move faster, improve consistency, and make better-informed decisions without turning control over to a black box.

Purchasing Understand requests, missing information, and approval context.
Supplier Lifecycle Management Assist document review, validation, compliance, and higher-risk changes.
Invoice & AP Workflow Analyze invoices, exceptions, coding context, and required actions.
Enterprise Workflow Automation Interpret requests and provide decision support across Finance, Operations, Compliance, HR, Quality, Sales, Materials, and other QAD-centered workflows.
AI-Assisted. Human-Directed. iApprove™ orchestrates the workflow.
QAD remains the system of record.
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See the platform in action

See what one workflow platform can do across your QAD environment.

Bring us a process that still depends on email, spreadsheets, manual routing, or re-keying. We’ll show you how iApprove™ can turn it into a controlled workflow connected directly to QAD.

Real-time QAD integration. Human-controlled approvals. AI-assisted decisions.