Requisition Approval

Requisition approval happens early in procure-to-pay — before commitment — when an approver reviews a request for goods or services to confirm it is genuine, correctly specified, within budget and compliant with policy. Approving at the requisition stage catches problems before an order goes to a supplier, which is cheaper and cleaner than fixing them after the fact.

Approvals are routed by the delegation of authority, so the required seniority scales with value, category or cost centre. Automated workflows send requisitions to the right approver, record decisions in an audit trail and speed up legitimate buying. Approving the requisition, rather than only the later purchase order or invoice, keeps control at the point where the decision to spend is actually made.