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Route Budget Proposals to Multiple Reviewers with eSignature and Status Tracking Using Forms+

This blog explores how Forms+ helps organizations streamline their budget proposal process with smart digital forms, automated multi-level approvals, integrated eSignatures and real-time status tracking. Learn how to reduce delays, eliminate manual errors and ensure compliance with a structured, transparent workflow.

Avishek Roy Chowdhury Aug 11, 2025

Route Budget Proposals to Multiple Reviewers with eSignature and Status Tracking Using Forms+

Introduction

Budget approvals are critical to every organization’s planning cycle yet they often involve tedious email threads, paper-based sign-offs, unclear ownership and delays in execution. For finance, procurement and department heads, ensuring that budget proposals reach the right people, are approved on time and maintain an auditable trail is a challenge.

Forms+ offers a smarter, faster and more accountable way to route budget proposals using digital forms with embedded approval logic, multi-level review chains, eSignature support and real-time status tracking.

Let’s explore how you can simplify and streamline your budget approval process using Forms+.

Why Traditional Budget Approvals Don’t Work Anymore

    • Manual Routing Delays: Excel templates or PDF forms need to be downloaded, filled, printed, signed, scanned and emailed across departments. Each handoff risks delay or loss.

    • No Clear Approval Chain: Finance and department heads often don’t know who has approved or where the proposal is stuck—leading to back-and-forth communication.

    • Lack of Security or Version Control: Anyone can alter a shared spreadsheet or PDF. There’s no centralized system to track who edited what, or when.

    • No Audit Trail: When it's time for compliance checks or financial audits, tracing the full approval history becomes nearly impossible.

Enter Forms+: A Smarter Way to Route Budget Proposals

Forms+ is a powerful no-code form builder and approval engine that helps teams digitize, automate and track critical business workflows—including budget proposals.

Key Features That Make Forms+ Ideal for Budget Approvals

Custom Digital Budget Forms

Create digital budget request forms with fields for:

    • Department
    • Budget period
    • Line-item details
    • Justification notes
    • Uploads (e.g., quotations, supporting documents)

These forms can be standardized across departments to maintain consistency and ensure that all required data is submitted before routing.

Multi-Level Routing with Predefined Logic

Set up approval chains based on rules, such as:

    • Value thresholds (e.g., under ₹1L goes to Finance Manager; over ₹1L routes to CFO)
    • Departmental heads for cross-functional approvals
    • Budget owners for final authorization

Each reviewer is notified and can approve or reject based on permissions, with the system automatically moving the form to the next stage.

Integrated eSignature Support

Approvers can digitally sign the proposal right within the form—no printing or scanning required. Signatures are secure, time-stamped and compliant with IT Act and DPDP standards.

Example: A CapEx proposal above ₹5 lakh may require three signatures—Department Head, Finance Controller and COO. Forms+ routes and collects all these signatures digitally.

Live Status Tracking for Transparency

Everyone involved—submitter, reviewers and finance—can view real-time status:

    • Who has approved?
    • Who is next in the chain?
    • Where is it pending?

No more chasing via email or wondering if the form was lost in someone's inbox.

Complete Audit Trails

Every action is logged:

    • Who submitted, approved, rejected, or commented
    • Timestamps and remarks
    • Changes to any fields or uploaded attachments
    • Perfect for internal audits and financial compliance

Real-World Example

A manufacturing firm was struggling with quarterly delays in budget approvals due to email-based forms and unclear workflows. After implementing Forms+:

    • Budget request cycle time reduced from 10 days to 2 days
    • Every proposal had a verified eSignature trail
    • Real-time dashboards helped leadership approve 4x faster
    • Finance team had access to complete historical audit logs

Benefits at a Glance

    • Digital Budget Form: Eliminate paper and manual data entry
    • Smart Routing Logic: Ensure right people approve at the right time
    • eSignature Integration: Legally compliant and hassle-free sign-offs
    • Status Dashboard: Transparency for all stakeholders
    • Audit Logs: Support internal/external compliance reviews
    • ERP/Finance Tool Integration: Push approved budgets directly to SAP, Tally, or other systems

Why Choose Forms+ for Budget Workflow Automation?

Forms+ offers:

    • No-code configuration for forms and workflows
    • Cloud or on-premise deployment
    • Secure encryption and access controls
    • Seamless integration with ERP and DMS systems
    • Scalability across departments and geographies

Whether you're in finance, operations, procurement, or IT, Forms+ empowers your team to take control of budget workflows without IT dependency.

Conclusion

Routing budget proposals shouldn’t be a bottleneck. With Forms+, you eliminate paperwork, reduce approval time and gain complete control over the budgeting workflow—while ensuring compliance and visibility.

Ready to simplify your budget approvals?

Book a free demo of Forms+ today and experience how digital forms, smart routing and eSignatures can transform your financial workflows.

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