Governance that travels with the decision
Prove the approver and the approval boundary.
Carry evidence of which organisation appointed an approver, for which category, budget and purchasing channel.
The authority gap
A workflow approval shows that someone clicked, not necessarily why their authority covered the requested commitment.
EXAMPLE MANDATEApproval required
- Principal
- Northstar Components GmbH
- Representative
- Elliot Brown
- Action
- Approve cloud services order
- Resource
- Technology budget 2026
- Limit
- €75,000 commitment
- Condition
- EU suppliers; two reviewers
What changes
Move from implicit permission to explicit policy.
- Bind approval to category, budget and supplier policy.
- Represent maker–checker controls as part of the mandate lifecycle.
- Provide a transaction-specific evidence trail for audit review.
Related authority patterns
The actor changes. The verification discipline remains.
Design-partner programme
Test a real procurement approver authority workflow.
We will map the principal, representative, action, resource, policy and relying-party decision with your legal, security and operational stakeholders.