# Purchase requisitions

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

Section: Purchases and payables · Canonical: https://intubu.intuitivecapital-dai.com/docs/requisitions

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.