Patent ID: 8386789

Claim:
A method executed at least partially on a computing device for performing an electronic signature approval in a transaction of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, the method comprising: requesting a first username and password from a user for allowing modification to data in a transaction; requesting a second username and password from a supervisor of the user before allowing the modification to the data in the transaction; validating the first and second username and password; and in response to a successful validation: logging the validation of the first and second username and password by adding an entry in a log, the entry including a signature identification (ID) corresponding with the second username and password associated with the supervisor attempting electronic signature, a name of the supervisor, a date which the electronic signature approval was attempted, a time at which the electronic signature approval was attempted, and a description of the modification; wherein requesting the first and second username and password, validating the first and second username and password, and logging the validation of the first and second username and password are performed more than once such that multiple electronic signatures can approve the transaction; registering the modified data in a database; and displaying the modified data, the display including a name of the transaction, a description of the modification, a type of the modification, a date of the modification, a time of the modification, and a name of the supervisor that corresponds with the second username.