As we know that the suggestion system aims to creates a holistic work environment where improvement ideas are welcomed as suggestions and fruitful initiatives are rewarded; the suggestion settings/preferences option contains options for the rewards aspect of suggestions.
Every time a user submits a suggestion, or a suggestion gets implemented, a fixed number of points are added to the user’s account enabling him to use them towards gaining rewards.
The options inside settings/preferences enables the admin to specify the number of points a user will gain for activities relating to suggestion system.
Follow the steps below to specify the number of points for activities:
Step 1
Navigate to the Suggestion System module by clicking the Suggestion button on the home page.
Step 2
Now click on Suggestion Settings from the left parent menu.
A new Preferences window will open up with a flow chart depicting a typical suggestion workflow.
The points awarded to any person involved are based on the steps in the flow chart right from submitting a suggestion to being implemented in form of a suggestion or a kaizen!
Step 3
Go to the top right corner of the window and click on Edit.
A new window will open up with various fields to input data.
There are two main inputs; one is the number of points on the right side and the other is a checkbox on the left.
The number of points simply means the rewards an employee would gaina t certain steps of the workflow. The checkbox button allows you to remove the option of awarding any points at a particular step.
When a field is ticked off it simply disappears from the flow chart.
Once you are done editing click on Save & Apply in the bottom right corner.
Congratulations! You have successfully learned about the preferences in suggestion module!
With this we have completed the navigation section of suggestion module!
Now that we know about suggestion settings, let's move ahead and have a look at the reports section!