Purchase requisitions

An internal request approved before it becomes a commitment to a vendor.

Purchases → Requisitions.

A purchase order is a commitment to an outside party. A requisition is the internal step before it: someone asks, someone approves, and only then does the commitment exist.

The flow: draft → submitted → approved → ordered.

A requisition cannot be approved by the person who raised it. This is enforced, not advisory — it is the most basic separation of duties in purchasing.

Converting: an approved requisition becomes a purchase order carrying its lines, vendor and department. It can only be converted once.