Approval Flows, Quotes, and Procurement

Design procurement workflows for spending limits, quote requests, staged quotes, approvals, and purchase order controls.

55 min

3 sections

approvals

quotes

procurement

01. Treat procurement as a workflow

Section 1 of 3

Enterprise B2B buyers often need quote negotiation, approval routing, purchase order validation, budget checks, and audit trails. Use Commercetools B2B resources where they match the workflow and integrate external procurement systems where finance ownership requires it.

text

Procurement flow:

Buyer creates Cart
  -> submit Quote Request for negotiated items
  -> seller creates Staged Quote
  -> buyer accepts Quote
  -> approval rule evaluates threshold
  -> finance approver approves
  -> order is created with purchase order evidence

B2B Business Units and Associates

Multi-Region, Multi-Brand Governance

Back to Course