2026-06-14 · 7 min
When Your Approval Workflows Are Actually Decision Bottlenecks: How to Measure the Real Cost of Broken Sign-Off Processes
Manual approval chains, unclear authority, and email-based sign-offs don't just slow decisions. They cost you 5+ hours a week in management overhead and compound errors that nobody catches until it's expensive. Here's what that actually costs, and when a proper workflow system pays for itself.
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