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  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Blog: Four Small T&E Process Changes for 2020

    A SAP Concur blog post notes that travel-related expenses are often the second-largest line item on a business's budget behind payroll, so efficiencies here can deliver significant returns. It proposes four small T&E process changes that can be made in 2019: first, enable Expense Assistant to automatically create an expense report and fill it with incoming expenses, either monthly or by trip; second, use the Missing Receipt Declaration function to capture missing receipts with a signed affidavit and use the Missing Receipt Audit Report to catch repeat offenders; third, update the receipt policy to disallow submitting an e-receipt or travel reservation without card data, and vice versa, to r…

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    SAP Concur Outlines Four Tools to Rein in Rogue Spend

    A SAP Concur blog post highlights that rogue spend burdens finance teams, with IDC finding roughly 80% of spend managers' time goes to lower-level tasks such as invoice matching, purchase requisition, and vendor management. It recommends rewarding compliant employees (Rocketrip saves an average of 30% on travel expenses), integrating rideshare spend (Uber for Business and Lyft Business save an average of 30% on ground transportation), using financial integrators to connect spend data, and leveraging VAT reclaim solutions (increasing reclaim by up to 50%).

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    Top Considerations for Integrating SAP Concur Solutions

    A SAP Concur blog post outlines key considerations for integrating its spend-management solutions, including four integration methods: on-demand manual login, Secure FTP overnight import/export, Web Services via RESTful APIs, and pre-built connectors. It also stresses data security and compliance audits, future scalability, and says over 48,000 companies connect their financial systems to SAP Concur, with SAP's ecosystem offering more than 21,000 connected partner solutions.

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    How SMBs Build Resilience Through Spend Visibility and Control

    The article says small and midsize companies are hit harder in uncertain times because they hold less cash, and controlling discretionary spending is a key driver of cash flow. An AMI-Partners survey found 66% of businesses want to better track and analyze expense trends to cut costs, 63% want integrated spend management for better cash flow visibility, and 72% want improved operational efficiency and productivity. Concur Invoice users report saving an average of US$42,000 annually and 148 hours per accounting team per week.

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    SAP Concur: Banks Need to Keep Pace with Customers' Accelerating Demands

    SAP Concur argues that the current economic environment has magnified the need for companies to embrace digital transformation, and that corporate clients expect consumer-like user experiences from their banks. It cites IDC that the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the importance of digital transformation for staying agile. It suggests banks consider three things: co-innovation with SAP Concur, an easy and scalable single spend management platform, and extending reach to improve share of wallet, credit utilization, customer churn, and satisfaction. It says SAP Concur solutions serve more than 46,000 customers globally, helping them realize the full value of commercial cards and other payment s…

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    SAP Concur Launches Online Business Agility Assessment for Spend Control

    SAP Concur has released an online Business Agility Assessment tool to help companies evaluate their spend management capabilities. The assessment examines expense management processes, vendor invoice management, tool usability, system integration, spend control levels, and technology provider landscape. It notes that digitalization and integration are prerequisites for effective company spend management, and that gaps in spend visibility can open up unnecessary risks and costs. Upon completion, users gain access to a spend management toolkit with best-practice initiatives, continuity plan templates, and partner app information.

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    Driving Business Agility, Growth, and Employee Engagement Through Transformative Finance and IT

    A SAP Concur blog post discusses how finance and IT leaders can drive business transformation through collaboration. It emphasizes that in rapidly changing markets, finance and IT need to break down organizational silos and leverage technologies like smart automation, AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics to achieve spend management, expense compliance, and cost control. Cloud-based and mobile-ready solutions ensure business continuity and improve employee satisfaction. The article also notes that real-time spend visibility enables companies to optimize supplier contracts and forecast months in advance.

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    SAP Concur: Duplicate Invoice Payments May Cost SMBs $12,000 a Month

    Based on invoice data from September 2015 to August 2016, SAP Concur says duplicate payments are a common and preventable error in accounts payable. Its SMB customers (up to 1,000 employees) process about 450 invoices in a busy month, with a 1.29% duplication rate—roughly six duplicate invoices monthly—and an average duplicate value of $2,034, implying about $12,000 in potential monthly outlay if paid in error. Concur Invoice matches invoice details to identify duplicates and can be configured to alert or automatically halt processing.

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    SAP Concur: Six Ways Automation Can Unlock T&E Savings

    A SAP Concur blog post argues that rapid changes in technology and traveler behavior are reshaping corporate travel, requiring modern solutions to control employee spend. It lists six ways automation can uncover savings, including reducing manual-entry errors, cutting management time, and gaining visibility into mobile spend. It cites a 2015 Oversight Systems study finding one in ten travelers submits at least one duplicate expense in error, at roughly $50 per error, and notes that poor mobile-contract management can mean overpaying by as much as 30% per device.