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Approve \/ Decline Objectives (Approve Objectives)

Distributor steps for approving, declining, or reverting supplier objectives and setting auto-approvals on the Approve Objectives dashboard in Encompass. Requires v23.06+ and a role on dashboard 193769.

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Written by Bailey Naas-Thornton

Minimum Version Required: 23.06

Pre-Conditions

Steps

How to Use the Objectives Management Dashboard

  1. Using Universal Search, navigate to the Approve Objectives dashboard.
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  2. Click the To be processed tab to review the available Objectives.
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  3. Objectives may be grouped by Sales Manager, Sales Rep, Location, or Chain using the Sort By drop-down.
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  4. To filter Objectives, select one or more items from the applicable Customer, Product, and/or Objective field(s) and click Search.

How to Approve an Objective

  1. To approve an individual Objective:
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    a. Click Approve in the individual Objective.
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    b. Review the confirmation message displayed showing that a task has been created for the approved Objective. Click OK to close.
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    c. View the task on the Approved tasks tab.
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  2. To approve all Objectives displayed on the dashboard:
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    a. Click Approve All at the top of the dashboard.
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    b. Review the confirmation message displayed showing that tasks have been created equal to the number of the approved Objectives. Click OK to close.
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    c. View the tasks created for the approved Objectives on the Approved tasks tab.
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How to Decline an Objective
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  1. To decline an objective, click Decline.
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  2. The Decline Objective pop-up will display. Select the appropriate reason code from the drop-down menu, then click Decline.
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  3. The declined objective will now be visible on the Declined tasks tab.
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If an objective is accidentally declined, it can be reverted.
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  1. Navigate to the Declined tasks tab.
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  2. Locate the Objective and click the Revert button.

Setup Auto-Approvals

  1. Navigate to the Setup auto-approvals tab.
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  2. Configure the toggles for 'Auto Approve All Tasks' and 'Add all products to next available invoice' for each Objective and Location.

*IMPORTANT: For those receiving ADBP Molson Coors Objectives, DO NOT toggle on 'Add all products to next available invoice' for Molson Coors ADBP.

Fields And Definitions

  • Objective: defined behavior of the task; action item to be completed
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  • Objective Types: different categories of common objectives. Objective types include surveys, placements, supplier commitments, etc.
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  • Supplier Objective: objective assigned by a supplier for execution by a distributor at designated retailer locations, generally to fulfill an agreement made between the supplier and that retailer
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  • Task: where we store objective information

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