https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights Practical guides to purchase requisitions, approvals, purchase orders, suppliers and RFQs, from the RequisitionPro team. en Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/how-to-manage-suppliers https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/how-to-manage-suppliers Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT RFQ and suppliers Keep one supplier register, track three simple measures, put every agreed price on a quote or PO, and review your main suppliers each quarter. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/how-to-stop-purchase-splitting https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/how-to-stop-purchase-splitting Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Approvals and controls Staff break one purchase into smaller requests to stay under a limit. Here is a policy, a route and a monthly review that stop it without blame. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/procurement-process-step-by-step https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/procurement-process-step-by-step Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Procurement basics The stages from need to payment, who owns each one, where the time really goes, and how to measure your procurement cycle fairly. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/purchase-approval-limits-spending-authority-matrix https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/purchase-approval-limits-spending-authority-matrix Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Approvals and controls Stop one person signing everything. Set approval limits by amount and type, name the next approver and a backup, and fit it all on one page. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/rfq-vs-rfp-vs-rfi https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/rfq-vs-rfp-vs-rfi Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT RFQ and suppliers An RFI helps you learn what exists, an RFQ gets prices for a known specification, and an RFP asks suppliers how they would solve a problem. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/spending-approval-process-nonprofits-ngos https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/spending-approval-process-nonprofits-ngos Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Approvals and controls Budget first, then who approves what: a simple spending approval process for small NGOs, churches and foundations, with a one-page policy and checkpoints. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/spreadsheets-vs-procurement-software-small-business https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/spreadsheets-vs-procurement-software-small-business Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Procurement basics Spreadsheets work at low volume. Here are the signs you have outgrown them, a checklist to test your setup, and what a small business needs from a tool. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/who-should-create-vendors-vendor-setup-controls https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/who-should-create-vendors-vendor-setup-controls Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Approvals and controls A new vendor record is the first step to every payment. Decide who requests, creates, verifies and pays, and what must be checked before the first transfer. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/why-purchase-approvals-take-days https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/why-purchase-approvals-take-days Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Approvals and controls Suppliers quote in hours, yet internal sign-off takes days. Most of that time is waiting, not work. Here is how to find it and cut it. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/how-to-compare-supplier-quotes https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/how-to-compare-supplier-quotes Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT RFQ and suppliers Put every quote on the same basis, weigh price against lead time, payment terms and risk, and write down why the winner won. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/how-to-organise-purchase-requests https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/how-to-organise-purchase-requests Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Procurement basics Requests arriving by email and WhatsApp, half complete? Set up one front door, a few mandatory fields and a polite rule for everything else. https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/purchase-requisition-vs-purchase-order https://www.requisitionpro.com/insights/purchase-requisition-vs-purchase-order Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Procurement basics A requisition asks permission to buy; a purchase order commits you to a supplier. Here is the difference, the full flow and who owns each step.