Creating purchasing approval workflows

As you know, Amazon Business gives its users the benefit of creating multi-user accounts and groups. Approval workflows provide additional visibility and control over purchasing between the many users you may have across a multi-user account or group. With approval workflows, you have the power to manage your organization’s spending and streamline your purchasing process. At the same time, users on your account can easily view and take action on pending orders.

By customizing your order approvals, you can best manage your organization’s buying on Amazon Business. With approval workflows you can:

• Set up who can approve orders by adding your group’s designated approvers. Approvers receive notifications for purchase requests and take action based on the workflow you establish.

• Accommodate exceptions with the power to overrule group settings and set approval workflows at the individual level.

• Delegate approval by setting an alternate, temporary approver for when you are out of office, ensuring no orders are left waiting.

• Set restricted category approvals to prevent users from purchasing items from specific categories.

With approval workflows, you can include important order information such as purchase order or cost centre number, or set up batch process approval requests to improve your efficiency. You can define budget limits and control spending while maintaining flexibility for policies across different areas of your business.