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Request missing evidence by email before purchase approval.
Your requesters know what to add to their original purchase forms, while the approval waits for a reviewer.
Email approved purchase orders to suppliers and keep the sent copy.
Your suppliers get the purchase orders they need to start work, and your team has a sent copy to track what went out.
Name missing supplier contract files on the approval request.
Your requester sees exactly which contract files are missing, while the approval stays in correction for follow-up.
Pass purchase request decisions to the assigned task owner.
Your task owner sees the form decision and next step in their task, with a link back to the original submission.
Send complete purchase requests to the named approver with evidence.
Complete requests reach your reviewer as approval tasks with the evidence and decision due date they need to act.
Send complete purchase requests and quotes to budget owners in approval tasks.
Your budget owners get the purchase details and quote link together in an assigned task, ready to review.
Escalate overdue purchase approvals with the current quote attached.
Your escalation owner gets a clear overdue case in team chat. The quote and decision needed appear together.
Open supplier setup work with an owner and approval link.
Your onboarding team gets a clear next task, with the purchase approval and supplier documents close at hand.
Remind approvers about overdue supplier purchase decisions.
Your approvers get a focused reminder on the open task, so you spend less time chasing overdue purchase decisions.
Remind the current reviewer before a purchase approval is due.
Your current reviewer receives a timely card link before a purchase request is due. Your team can see when the reminder went out.
Open assigned follow-up tasks for supplier agreements past their signing target.
Your procurement owner gets a clear follow-up task when a supplier agreement still needs a signature past your target.