Purchase Activation and Approval.
Approval workflows by amount, category, or department. Requests route themselves to the right approver, and the informal 'ok' by email disappears, along with the arguments about who approved what.
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The problem
Approvals travel by email and chat, which means they get buried. The requester doesn't know who has the request, the approver forgot it was theirs, and an urgent purchase sits for days waiting on an 'ok' nobody can find afterwards.
The solution
Each request routes to the right approver based on amount, category, or cost center, and escalates if it stalls. The record builds itself: who approved, when, and under which rule, ready for the next audit.
Approval levels set by amount, category, or department, matched to how your company actually works
Approvers get a notification and decide in one click, from email or the platform
A complete approval trail, ready when the auditors ask
How purchase activation works.
Configurable workflows
Rules by amount, purchase type, cost center, or whatever criteria your company runs on. If your policy fits in a matrix, it fits in Sourced.
One-click approval
The notification lands in the approver's inbox with the context attached. Approve or reject from the email itself, no login required.
Automatic escalation
A request that sits too long escalates to the next level on its own, so a vacation or a busy week doesn't stall a purchase.
Questions about purchase approval.
Can I have different approval levels based on the amount?
Yes. You can configure rules such as: purchases under $1,000 are automatically approved, between $1,000 and $10,000 require department head approval, and over $10,000 need management approval.
What happens if the approver is on vacation?
You can configure substitute approvers and automatic escalation rules so that purchases are never blocked by someone's absence.
Can I set different approval workflows per department?
Yes. Sourced lets you configure independent approval workflows for each department, cost center, or purchase category. Engineering purchases can follow a different path than office supplies.
Is there a mobile app for approvals?
Approvers receive email notifications with one-click approve or reject buttons. They can also access the full platform from any mobile browser to review details before deciding.
How does Sourced handle urgent purchases?
You can configure express approval rules for urgent purchases: for example, automatic approval under a certain amount, or a fast-track workflow that skips intermediate levels when a request is flagged as urgent.
Eliminate approval bottlenecks in one week
Schedule a demo and see multi-level workflows replace email approvals with one-click decisions that leave a trail.