Sales Order process

Dear Friends,

I have a scenario, where the Sales Order has to flow thru. various dept.

1) User creating the Sales Order should be allowed only to create the Order and by default it should flow to next dept. for approval.

2) Till the next dept approves it, the order should not be reflected in MD04.

3) Detail flow of the approval should be seen / quantified either thru. display or report for Audit Purposes.

Note 1 :- There is no workflow which is being done.

Note 2 :- It can be done thru. Header level block on Sales Order but the flow of approval is not clear. It only shows that the rejection status has been changed.

Note 3 :- Pls. give in detail how the same can be handled thru. Status profile including creation of authorisation key.

Pls. revert ASAP.

Regards,

Sriram.S.