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Re: Electronic Approvals
We have the same approval process via outlook, we also submit the modified document (Procedure, WI and form) to the manager of department, when he apprope it, he send it to the others related department managers via outlook, with an electonical copy to the document controller.The document will be release, save and distributed once all relevants managers has approve it and send a confirmation mail back to the sender. But the main weak point of the method is that the person who receive the document for validation doen't reply quickly, sometime it take a bit a long time to receive an approval for your document. This is particulary human problem. Of course it help us to save paper.

We submit an electronic file to the head of the department for his approval via Outlook. Once we receive his apporval, we save the e-mail response and release the document. It's a big improvement from sending out hard copies and having them misplaced or lost.