Amazing Efficiency for the App

We widely use an in-house system of Excel sheets with a workflow through SharePoint and email. Our department started using Concur for conference travel a couple of years to better track our travel expense and budget. I often travel between office locations, so I use it to log that travel mileage as well. The end amounts are then submitted to our in-house systems developed and maintained by the Finance department.

We loosely integrated Concur with Oracle with a custom workflow. This integration has allowed us to at least submit expense reports that can be shared with the Finance department for processing. We still have to use their Excel sheets, so sometimes this is double-work.

The mobile app has been the biggest game changer. The habit of tracking expenses when they come in the field has greatly improved efficiency. Tracking traveling distances automatically has been a wish of mine for years, so I have been pushing that feature greatly. However, receipt scanning is the the most effective innovation.

The relatively small users of this solution have seen a great increase in efficiency and faster results when compared to or in-house developments. Managers and directors are sharing that they see a direct increase in the speed at which expenses are reported and marked difference in the accuracy of those reports.