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Delegation of Authority

The documented limits within which each role may commit the organisation.

A delegation of authority matrix states who can approve what, up to which value, for which categories. It is the rulebook approval workflows are configured from.

Clear limits speed work up rather than slowing it down: small purchases stop climbing to the top of the organisation, and large ones cannot be quietly split into several small ones.

Also called

  • authority matrix
  • approval limits

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Governance & Roles

Related terms

Approval Workflow

A defined chain of sign-offs a transaction must pass before proceeding.

Segregation of Duties

SoD

Splitting a transaction so no one person controls it end to end.

Sole Source Procurement

Buying from one supplier without competition, on documented grounds.

Internal Control

A process designed to prevent or detect error and fraud.

More in Procurement

Approved Vendor List (AVL) Bid Evaluation Blanket Purchase Order Category Management Conflict of Interest (CoI) Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Cost Avoidance Dual Sourcing

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