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  1. SAP Concur Blog

    How Expense Process Improvement Boosts Productivity: SAP Concur Analysis

    A SAP Concur blog post discusses the impact of expense process improvement on productivity. It notes that manual expense processes consume significant employee time, create cognitive load, and affect team collaboration and organizational efficiency. It recommends automated expense management solutions, such as ExpenseIt, to automatically capture and categorize receipts, streamline approvals, and provide real-time data visibility.

Aug 5Mon
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    SAP Concur: To Fuel Productivity, Focus on the System, Not the Employee

    A SAP Concur blog post argues that meaningful productivity gains happen at the organizational level through efficient systems and the right tools, not by focusing on individual employees. It cites McKinsey data that more than half of surveyed employees say they are relatively unproductive, potentially costing a company $228 million to $355 million a year. The post outlines how T&E tools boost organizational productivity through digitization (ExpenseIt receipt capture), automation (Concur Request approvals, Verify audits), and integration to eliminate data silos.

Jun 26Wed
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    The connection between T&E tools and organizational productivity

    A SAP Concur blog post cites survey and IDC analysis data on how travel and expense (T&E) tools affect productivity. IDC's analysis of select SAP Concur customers found the time needed to book a trip fell 54% with Concur Travel, employees completed expense reports 43% faster with Concur Expense, and reimbursement time was cut in half. The post says organizations adopting SAP Concur solutions saw a 48% reduction in user time costs, saving about $777,000 annually in travel- and expense-related costs.

Jun 24Mon
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    SAP Concur Webcast: How AI Is Redefining Business Productivity

    SAP Concur released an on-demand webcast on AI and productivity, moderated by Brian Veloso with guests Deborah Maynard and Harsehaj Dhami. The discussion cites the CFO Insights Report: 98% of CFOs believe AI threatens them, while 61% see it as an essential tool for managing the unexpected. Guests said AI should be seen as a complementary tool to support staff and suggested measuring adoption via quantitative metrics such as task completion time. On regulation, they noted the private sector has more freedom and less regulation than the public sector, and that regulation can ensure public trust. A KPMG Canada report shows 72% of U.S. companies use AI in operations versus only 35% of Canadian…

Jun 4Tue
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    Employee Incentive Strategies to Increase Engagement

    This SAP Concur blog post discusses employee incentive strategies to boost engagement and productivity. It covers various incentive types, including financial, travel, and recognition programs, and provides steps for creating effective incentive plans, such as defining objectives, understanding employee preferences, setting realistic goals, choosing appropriate incentives, establishing transparent rules, tracking progress, and delivering as promised.

May 29Wed
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    Introducing Premium Assistant: Your Trusted Support Solution

    This SAP Concur blog post introduces Premium Assistant, a support service designed to help businesses optimize their use of SAP Concur solutions. The service provides expert assistance to streamline processes, improve productivity, save time, scale flexibly, and offer direct support to employees. With personalized service, Premium Assistant ensures investments continue to deliver value.

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    SAP Concur eBook Highlights Five Business Outcomes for Finance Leaders

    SAP Concur released an eBook, "The 5 Most Important Business Outcomes for Finance Leaders and How to Maximize Them," focusing on productivity, employee experience, flexibility, visibility, and reduced risk. It cites Analysys Mason 2022 research: finance and AP teams using SAP Concur T&E solutions save an estimated 148 hours weekly; 65% identify improving efficiency and productivity as a top cost containment goal; 71% consider user experience and time savings important in choosing an automated expense or invoice solution; 69% think T&E solutions improved data-driven decision-making; 72% agree an automated T&E solution allows a better response to business challenges; and 53% call reducing exp…

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    SAP Concur eBook Shares Six Strategies to Boost Business Productivity

    SAP Concur released an eBook, "The Very Best Productivity Workarounds for Small Business," featuring six productivity strategies from Steve Strauss, author of "The Small Business Bible" and a longtime USA Today columnist: set SMART goals, apply the 80-20 rule, adopt the Eisenhower Box, use time blocking, leverage technology, and outsource and delegate. It says small businesses using Concur Expense save 13 hours per finance or accounting employee weekly.

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    More Productivity, Less Paperwork: How AP Automation Revolutionizes Business Operations with AvidXc…

    SAP Concur podcast features Chris Elmore, Chief Evangelist of AvidXchange, discussing the transformative power of AP automation. The conversation notes that although AP automation can increase efficiency, visibility, and control, fewer than 20% of businesses have fully automated AP processes, and 70% of invoice processing is still paper-based. The discussion covers the evolution of the AP profession, automation opportunities, and how to drive change by focusing on mission, purpose, and outcome.

Jun 29Wed
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    It's Stress Awareness Month. How is Your Team Coping?

    SAP Concur blog post discusses workplace stress, citing American Psychological Association data: 61% of Americans cite work as a significant stressor. It notes 44% of working adults say their job affects overall health, and 36% of workers suffer from work-related stress costing U.S. businesses $30 billion a year in lost workdays. The article suggests assessing stressors, managing health, creating a positive work environment, and mentions automating expense processes to reduce finance team stress.

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    Five Very Good Reasons to Automate Your Accounts Payable Management

    A SAP Concur blog post cites International Data Corporation (IDC) research analyzing the costs and benefits of switching to a cloud-based accounts payable solution. It lists five reasons: cloud AP solutions redefine how businesses engage with stakeholders, with average time to pay vendors accelerating by 51% and late payments cut by 67%; manual AP processes are slow, inefficient, fragmented, and prone to error, with one business reducing its error rate by 90% after automation; invoice management software provides a more accurate picture of finances; automation improves user productivity, with line-of-business employee productivity up to 11% and IT staff productivity gains equivalent to $23,…

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    SAP and Oxford Economics Survey: Finance and IT Leaders' Post-Pandemic Path

    SAP and Oxford Economics surveyed 500 finance and IT leaders from SMBs on digital transformation and company culture. 47% saw their role grow in strategic importance over the past year; 57% anticipate an even greater role. 47% found the pandemic brought inefficient business processes to light. Fewer than half named the other as a key strategic partner. 27% are assessing whether spend management digitalization is permanent; 25% plan to revert to manual processes within two years. 42% of companies that digitalized expense management report increased productivity.

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    Aberdeen Survey: Digital Spend Management Helps Best-in-Class Businesses Boost Productivity and Pro…

    SAP Concur cites an Aberdeen survey of 606 finance leaders across 27 industries and six countries, finding best-in-class businesses capture 74% of company spend with digital expense and invoice management solutions (vs. 57% for others) and can access spend data when needed 80% of the time (vs. 61% for others). Best-in-class respondents reported 26.1% productivity improvement and 24.3% profitability improvement over the past two years, compared to -2.4% and -1.7% for others. Best-in-class companies are 31% more likely to use spend data to track and manage budgets and more likely to integrate expense and invoice management tools with budgeting, payroll, ERP, and financial systems.

  5. SAP Concur Blog

    How Workplace Distractions and the Multitasking Myth Hurt Productivity and Focus

    Digital analyst Brian Solis argues collaboration tools have not replaced email but added distraction. A 2019 Adobe study found employees spend an average of 209 minutes daily checking email. Multitasking is really task-switching, potentially costing two or more hours a day, with about 23 minutes to regain focus after a distraction. McKinsey, The Economist, and others quantify the cost.

  6. SAP Concur Blog

    Employee Experience: The New Key to Retention

    A SAP Concur blog post notes that employee expectations about jobs and workplace experiences have dramatically changed. A survey by Oxford Economics and SAP Concur found that 60% of U.S. employees say the pandemic caused them to reevaluate what they value in a workplace; an Accenture survey found 78% of employees believe employers are responsible for their job satisfaction and well-being. The article offers four tips to improve employee experience: improve onboarding and training, empower employees to work from anywhere, streamline and simplify the technology stack, and improve software application experiences. Gallup data shows only 12% of employees feel their organization does a great job…

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    IDC Report: Automating AP Management Offers Greater Visibility and Cost Savings

    SAP Concur published an article citing an IDC study of several businesses, finding that companies deploying Concur Invoice saw multiple benefits: greater visibility into business performance driving smarter decisions; 505% return on investment over five years; a five-month payback period; 99% of employees using a cloud-based system complied with company procurement policy; and productivity increased an average of 11% due to mobile enablement. IDC said automating the invoice process not only improved efficiency and productivity but also provided big-picture data visibility and increased employee satisfaction.

  8. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Optimizing T&E Management Can Improve Both Employee Satisfaction and Financial Control

    A SAP Concur blog post argues that by adopting modern travel and expense (T&E) management solutions, companies can cut costs while improving employee satisfaction. Citing Gallup and Gartner research, the article shows that exceptional employee experiences are linked to higher productivity, profitability, and retention. By automating processes, providing easy-to-use apps, and giving employees more choices, companies can achieve expense transparency, enhance policy compliance, and ultimately improve financial control.

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    Creating a Healthy Balance of Work and Life Can Propel Your Business Forward

    A SAP Concur blog post by former Chief Revenue Officer Christal Bemont discusses how small business owners can balance work and life by automating financial processes. The post notes that automation eliminates tedious tasks, provides real-time spend visibility, and helps forecast the future. SAP Concur is sharing resources through National Small Business Week.

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    The Employee Experience Isn't All About Employees

    Gallup research shows organizations with exceptional employee experience see 17% higher productivity, 21% higher profitability, and 24% lower turnover. Deloitte reports 84% of leaders prioritize employee experience, but only 9% feel ready. Automating travel, expense, and invoice processes boosts engagement, productivity, and savings. Forrester recommends reframing expense management as an investment in employee experience and aligning finance, IT, and HR.

  13. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Shares Expense Management Benchmarks to Boost Workforce Productivity

    SAP Concur article states that many customers have observed an uptick in workforce productivity by encouraging corporate card usage and leveraging automation tools to submit, review, approve, and pay expenses. It provides expense workflow benchmarks: if employees take longer than 22 days to submit an expense, managers longer than two days to approve, and accounts payable longer than three days to pay, adjustments to policies and timelines may be needed. Best practices include implementing card feeds, reviewing expense workflow reports, soliciting feedback, adjusting policies, and educating teams.

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    Top 3 Reasons Why Small Businesses Must Go Mobile

    A SAP Concur blog post notes that small businesses are actively adopting mobile business solutions due to their agility. An SMB Group report shows that 67% of SMBs agree that mobile solutions are changing how they work and collaborate, with top benefits including improved employee productivity, better access to information, and time savings. Mobility also expands the talent pool and attracts younger workers. The article cites Concur Expense and Concur Invoice as examples of mobile spend management enabling real-time tracking, approvals, and receipt capture, saving time and costs.

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    SAP Concur: A Guide to Wellbeing and Productivity for Remote Workers

    SAP Concur, in collaboration with Telegraph Spark, published a guide on remote-worker wellbeing, drawing on experts from SAP Concur, Unmind, Global Leadership Associates and others. The article notes that remote work during the pandemic brings loneliness, stress and family challenges, and recommends that employers clarify expectations, offer flexible hours, build team connections and address home-office ergonomics. A Gallup meta-analysis found companies with highly engaged workforces are 21% more profitable. A global survey by SAP Concur and Forrester found more than 60% of respondents named T&E management software, accounts payable and automation tools as the most important tools enhancing…

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    Public Sector Wastes 3,000 Hours Monthly on Expense Processing

    A survey by SAP Concur and Kelton Global shows public sector organizations lose over 3,000 hours monthly processing expense reports and invoices manually, with higher education losing over 2,000 hours. The survey of 300 financial decision makers found about two-thirds still use at least partially manual systems. Manual systems add five hours per expense report and two hours per invoice. About one-third reported increased inaccurate submissions, and one-fourth had reported incorrect budget data due to errors. Automation improves efficiency and accuracy.

  18. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Employee Well-Being Is Key to Sustainable Business Growth

    SAP Concur argues that sustainable growth goes beyond financials and means prioritizing employee well-being. It cites data that 39% of workers would be willing to work harder if they were happy in their current role or workplace, and Gallup data that 70% of employees lack engagement due to dissatisfaction, estimated to cost $450 billion to $550 billion in lost productivity per year. It uses RXBAR as an example: a surge in demand drove rapid growth, more employee travel led to a flood of expense reports, and the finance team spent extra hours compiling and reviewing submissions. By automating its expense process, RXBAR gained the insight and flexibility needed for fast, data-driven decisions.

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    SAP Concur: Seven Tips to Manage Productivity When Working from Home

    A SAP Concur blog post offers tips for managing productivity while working from home, including setting designated work times, creating a routine, setting rules with family or roommates, communicating reasonable expectations, scheduling regular check-ins, taking regular breaks, and knowing when to switch off. It cites Time data that half an hour of light activity per hour is associated with an estimated 17% lower risk of early death.