First time post and would greatly appreciate any feedback/insight. Could be as simple as a yes and no, or feel free to elaborate.
I started at a new organization this summer and I am confused with the current organizations process compared to my last organization.
Does your organizations GPC/policy team review every single micro purchase made by cardholders? They had me fill in for a teammate that went on leave and my task was to watch an email org box and assign these requests to reviewers on our team and put these request into an excel file. (There are packages submitted for pens/pencils, staples, stamps etc...many purchases under $100.00). They are pretty pessimistic about the card holders that's why they want to review everything, but to me it seems to defeat the purpose of the program. They take the training required and are authorized to make these purchases.
From my experience its the same anywhere, its inevitable that there will be negligent card holders but that shouldn't mean holding up the entire program.
My previous organization did not do this as there are hundreds of card holders and thousands of transactions made each year making reviewing every purchase unrealistic. There were audits and random reviews of the files to ensure compliance, IOD for split purchases etc...
I am trying help the program and save a handful of contracting bodies that do this all day. Anything I could provide to show that there is a better way to do this?