Position Hierarchy - Employee Supervisor Change

Question

Hello,
We have few of our Operating Units setup with Position Hierarchy Approval method for Purchasing documents. We want to change this to Employee-Supervisor Relationship due to change in some of the global policies.
Would like to know what are the implications & what are the things to be taken care.
Thanks,
Shilpa

Answer 1

You will find that emp. Supervisor hierarchy (ESH) is simpler to setup and understand. But it has less functionality.
e.g. In PBH (position based hierarchy), you can submit PO's using different paths if necessary. But in ESH, the po always will go to the supervisor and his supervisor etc.
To implement your change
1) Go to the define employees screen (in the purchasing module if you use Shared HR or in the HRMS module if you use full HRMS). Enter the supervisor name for all employees that will submit /approve PO.
2) Purchasing > setup > organizations > financial options > Human resources tab > uncheck "Use approval hierarchies" checkbox
3) You can end-date existing hierarchies.
4) You don't have to run Fill employee hierarchy program anymore.
5) When a person leaves or there is a reorg, make sure you update the supervisor name for the employees.
6) You need to continue to maintain approval groups and assignments as before.
Hope this answers your question,
Sandeep Gandhi