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1,500 hours
1,500 hours -- annual hours wasted on approval workflows for procurement approval workflows (2026)
More than 1,500 hours are wasted every year on approval workflows.
- Stated as 'more than 1,500 hours wasted every year'
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1,500 hours
Unit
Duration Hours
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Vertice
Primary
Tier A
https://www.vertice.one/explore/purchase-requisition ↗
Source Article
Purchase Requisition: Process, Template & Software | Vertice Explore
Purchase Requisition
Guidance on enforcing purchase requisition internally, with examples and best practices.
What is a purchase requisition?
By definition, a purchase requisition is an internal document that allows departments or individual employees to request the purchase of goods or services.
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Vertice
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Vertice internal data; stated as 'more than 1,500'
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procurement approval workflows: 1,500 hours annual hours wasted on approval workflows. Source: Vertice (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/hours-wasted-approval-workflows
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/hours-wasted-approval-workflows" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>1,500 hours</strong> -- annual hours wasted on approval workflows for procurement approval workflows<br><small>Source: Vertice (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/hours-wasted-approval-workflows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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