Create a Working in progress stage.
For example at the moment you can only raise an Estimate and then for it to be processed you can only transfer it to an Invoice. To have a working in progress stage would help any accounts department determine if the invoice is ready to be sent out etc.
Especially in our business which is a signage company this would be brilliant as it would help us know when a job has been accepted and then the next team can take over before it's sent over to the account's department in an invoice form.