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Why Purchase Approval Workflows Break Down at Mid-Market Companies: How to Fix Them

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A Controller at a 180-person manufacturer is four days into close. Eleven invoices have no PO attached. Two department heads are out of office. The approval policy lives in a shared drive nobody reads. The problem is not the people. The workflow itself has 8 specific failure modes, and most Controllers can’t name which ones… Continue reading Why Purchase Approval Workflows Break Down at Mid-Market Companies: How to Fix Them

Purchase Approval Workflow: A Step-by-Step Guide for Mid-Market Finance Teams

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The best purchase approval workflow depends on where you are today. For Controllers at 100 or more employees still running approvals through email or Slack, design comes first. Thresholds, roles, escalation rules, and policy, then a system that enforces them. For companies under 50 with a single AP person, a simple manager-approves-everything rule works.  Read… Continue reading Purchase Approval Workflow: A Step-by-Step Guide for Mid-Market Finance Teams