For any organization whose employees travel on business, employee travel and expense management can be a big hassle, especially if they use manual processes and spreadsheets. The main problems with this approach are that there is very little visibility into spending and the amount of time it consumes. Using expense report software, these problems can be solved convincingly, with organizations getting complete visibility and reducing the time spent on expense management. In this post, we'll see how beneficial this software can be for organizations.
Centralized solution: One of the most important benefits of this software is that it is a centralized platform that can be accessed by everyone who needs it. All the work pertaining to travel and expense management can be handled with just this software. Additional capabilities can be gained by integrating the software with third party solution providers or other ERP systems that are in place or will be in future. For example, if the organization wanted travel booking capabilities with the expense management solution, they can integrate a travel booking automation portal with the software and have seamless data exchange between them. Same is the case with accounting software if the organization intends to add finance capability to the software.
Centralization of the process with adequate access points ensures that the solution allows for as much flexibility and control as necessary.
Visibility: Having visibility into a business process is very important from the organizational point of view. From making important decisions that affect the entire organization to ensuring that unwanted practices like reimbursement fraud don't take place, visibility plays an important role for any organization. In a decentralized system where each business unit or location has its own expense management approach, organizations can have at best limited visibility. This kind of half-based visibility does no one any favors.
In contrast, because of its centralized nature, expense software affords you complete visibility into every aspect of expense management. Whether it is amount of the allocated budget that is being spent or the number of employees making a particular expense, you get the whole picture with this software.
Policy enforcement: Perhaps no other benefit exclusive to expense software can be bigger or better than policy enforcement. It is no secret that every organization has a travel and expense policy that they find very hard to enforce. Employees who know the ins and outs of the organization and the policy always find clever ways to avoid the company policy and still get reimbursed.
Instead of making your company travel and expense policy as an afterthought, how would it be if your expense policy led the way for your travel and expense management? With expense report software, this is what you can get. Using the software, you can ensure complete enforcement of your policy. This software, which is essentially a set of rules, practices, and procedures, will reflect your travel and expense policy.
