Purchase requisition
An internal request to purchase goods or services, submitted for approval before a purchase order is issued to a vendor.
In more detail
A purchase requisition is the internal step that comes before a purchase order. Someone who needs something raises a requisition, describing what they want and why, and it goes through internal approval. Only once approved does it become a purchase order issued to the vendor. The requisition is about internal authorization; the PO is about the external commitment.
The requisition stage is where spend control lives. It is the checkpoint to confirm the purchase is needed, budgeted, and going to an approved vendor before any commitment is made. A slow or unclear requisition process is a common source of friction, pushing people toward off-process buying that undermines the controls.
Where this shows up at Ceven
Ceven can run the requisition-to-approval flow as a workflow, capturing the request, checking it against policy and budget, and routing it through the right human approvals before a PO is issued. Making the process fast reduces the temptation to buy off-process, and the whole approval chain is recorded in the audit trail.