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Sep 25Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Outlines How Finance System Integration Unifies Spend Visibility

    SAP Concur published a blog post outlining the value of finance system integration for travel, expense and invoice data. It notes that such data often sits across ERP, HR, payroll and finance tools, creating friction between teams and slowing decisions. Through pre-built connectors, APIs and partner solutions, SAP Concur says travel, expense and invoice data can flow securely and in real time into existing systems, enabling a single view of spend, reduced manual reconciliation, faster month-end close and greater confidence in reporting and forecasting.

Dec 9Tue
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    SAP Concur Issues Year-End T&E Guide for Admins and Finance Teams

    SAP Concur published a year-end travel and expense guide for admins and finance teams, recommending a focus on high-impact tasks: closing open expense reports and invoice batches, addressing audit-rule exceptions, identifying unsubmitted or noncompliant spend, reviewing budget over- or under-spend, and checking that T&E policies still align with employee behaviour and organizational needs. The guide also recommends expanding automation, simplifying policies, going paperless and integrating systems, and using spend insights to assess budget health.

Sep 3Wed
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    Finance Resilience Strategies: Cost Control + Spend Visibility

    SAP Concur blog post offers four finance resilience strategies for CFOs: controlling costs, building certainty through compliance automation and spend visibility, learning from peers, and aligning finance with business strategy. It notes that 59% of finance leaders are frustrated by lack of spend data visibility and emphasizes measures such as automating invoice processing and centralizing spend data.

Aug 8Fri
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    SAP Concur: Why Spend Visibility Matters in Business Management

    SAP Concur highlights the importance of spend visibility in business management. It says companies with deep insight into how, where and why money is spent have a major advantage in controlling costs, and that spend visibility is the foundation of good financial management, helping identify cost-reduction opportunities, optimize budgets and make strategic decisions. Without visibility, organizations may struggle with low-return or redundant spending and, in increasingly complex regulatory environments, face policy violations, audit red flags, financial penalties and reputational damage. The article also notes challenges from fragmented data, inconsistent cross-department categorization, lag…

Jul 3Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Maximizing Public Funds for State and Local Government Isn't About Cuts — It's About Visibility

    SAP Concur's blog emphasizes that state and local governments should maximize public funds through spend visibility, not just cuts. San Bernardino County case shows self-service increased from 10% to 50% with SAP Concur, and real-time reconciliation eliminated lag. 47% of state and local government spend is categorized as 'miscellaneous' or 'other', posing audit risk. 100% of state and local government leaders plan to invest in new T&E or AP technology in the next year.

Apr 16Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Right Tools and Approach Improve Spend Visibility and Control

    SAP Concur discusses how companies can improve spend visibility and control. The article says that amid recent turbulence and change, controlling and seeing company spending is more important than ever; while many businesses have automated and improved processes, opportunities remain to achieve better visibility, efficiency, compliance, and insight. It lists seven capabilities to look for in spend management solutions: consolidating data into a single platform; capturing every travel booking (such as Concur TripLink); integrating travel, expense, and invoice data into ERP; automating mileage (such as Drive); empowering budget managers (such as Budget and Concur Request); leveraging AI tools…

Nov 6Mon
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    How Procurement Leaders Are Driving Digital Transformation: SAP Concur Conversations with Amazon Bu…

    In the SAP Concur Conversations podcast, Satya Mishra, Director of Product Management at Amazon Business, and Jeanne Dion, Vice President of the Value Experience Team at SAP Concur, discuss procurement's shift from tactical to strategic. E-procurement paired with systems integration can reduce manual reconciliation, improve spend visibility and enhance the employee buying experience. For example, when an employee purchases on Amazon Business, data can flow instantly into Concur and be auto-reconciled.

Nov 2Thu
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    SAP Concur Releases Travel and Expense Performance Benchmark Report

    SAP Concur released a Travel and Expense Performance Benchmark Report based on data from its top 25% best-performing customers worldwide, helping businesses compare metrics such as expense approval time, rejection rates, corporate card usage, and booking channel visibility. Data is broken down by global region and company size (under 1,000 and 1,000+ employees), with a worksheet to help identify gaps and develop improvement plans.

Oct 19Thu
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    SAP Concur eBook: Making Sure Business Spending Matches Growth Priorities

    SAP Concur released a new eBook examining the risks that come as businesses grow or shift, including invoice proliferation, decentralized spending decisions as budgets expand, new tax and regulatory requirements when entering new markets, inconsistent processes across locations, and harder spend analysis. The eBook proposes intelligent automation to improve spend visibility, efficiency, and consistency.

Jul 28Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Managed Travel Programs Are Changing - What to Do in a Multi-Channel World

    SAP Concur published a white paper exploring changes in managed travel programs in a multi-channel environment. The article notes that new supplier distribution strategies bring more content channels, while organizations face challenges including cost, duty of care, and travelers' demands for choice and flexibility. Based on independent research with FESTIVE ROAD, the white paper helps travel managers assess their current state and develop strategies.

Jun 22Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Why Companies Choose SAP Concur: Customer Cases and Data

    A SAP Concur blog presents customer cases explaining why companies choose its travel and expense solutions. 83% of SAP Concur users give the solutions 4 or 5 stars on G2, and 93% say on GetApp they would recommend them to a friend or colleague. More than 48,000 customers worldwide use its solutions to automate travel and expense processes. Customers include PACCAR, Standard Chartered Bank, ASICS Europe, VMware, Merck, and PwC, with key needs including spend visibility, compliance, efficiency, and sustainability.

May 24Wed
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    SAP Concur Pitches Integrated Travel, Expense and Invoice Platform

    SAP Concur published content outlining its integrated platform for travel, expense, and invoice management. Forrester Consulting found 78% of surveyed decision-makers want a single platform for the entire travel and expense process, and 61% say improving innovation and adaptability is a companywide initiative. SAP Concur emphasizes that automating T&E processes frees employee productivity, provides spend visibility, enables dynamic policy controls, and integrates with HR, finance, and payroll systems. The company says it has more than 53,000 customers and over 80 million end users, with Concur Travel and Expense holding 49% market share among corporate T&E solutions.

May 12Fri
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    How CFOs Can Foster Sustainability and Growth Through T&E

    SAP Concur published a CFO insights paper recommending finance leaders look at travel and expense processes and technology to improve both sustainability and growth. The report notes 31% of businesses struggle to put the right sustainability programs and policies in place, and 61% of finance leaders lack near-real-time visibility into spending data. Automated T&E solutions can reduce paper, offer sustainable travel options, free employee productivity, and deliver data to measure sustainability. Gina McNamara, CFO of SAP Asia Pacific and Japan, says measuring financial and non-financial KPIs is critical to turning sustainability into a leading indicator of business health.

Dec 19Mon
Jun 29Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    5 Costs to Uncover to Get Business Under Control and Drive Up Savings

    A SAP Concur blog post explores how businesses can control costs and drive savings by gaining a holistic view of spend data. It notes that employee-initiated spend is difficult to control and fragmented across channels, and timely consolidated reporting to departmental managers is crucial for managing actual spend against budget. Automating travel and expense processes is a critical first step but not the only action. Integrating all employee spending, from p-cards to invoices, helps align spending with strategic priorities, stay nimble, and redirect funds. SAP Concur solutions capture and consolidate all travel, expense, and invoice data, providing real-time transparency to forecast costs,…

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    SAP Concur: Cash vs. Credit Card Spend: Does it Really Impact Corporate Savings?

    SAP Concur published a blog post discussing the impact of cash versus credit card spending on corporate savings. The article notes that non-compliant cash spending is difficult to track and can lead to fraud and waste. In contrast, card payments are cheaper, easier to track, and provide better data quality and corporate rebates. It cites Harvard Business Review data indicating that organizations can almost always find 15% to 20% of spending that hasn't been managed closely.

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    SAP Concur Examines Challenges and Opportunities of UK SMB Travel

    A SAP Concur blog post notes that UK SMBs make up more than 99% of private sector businesses and employ more than 60% of private sector workers, yet the business travel industry has been geared toward large enterprises. It discusses SMB travel challenges such as flexibility needs, lack of dedicated travel managers and overlooked domestic trips, and describes responses including Triplink and a Booking.com partnership.

  4. SAP Concur Blog

    How to Maximize Visibility of Low Level and Travel Spend

    A SAP Concur blog post discusses how to maximize visibility of low-level (tail) spend and travel spend by focusing on spend channels. It notes that travel and expense spend is often one of the largest for organizations, typically second behind payroll. Tail spend generally accounts for 20% of a company's total spend but is spread across 80% of suppliers. By using digital technologies to track across all spend channels, companies can create a complete map of committed spend, improving forecasting, cost savings, and compliance.

  5. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: How to Control Cash Flow with Expense Management Automation

    SAP Concur states that managing cash flow is about clear visibility into where money goes. By automating expense and invoice processes, organizations can reduce manual errors, improve accuracy, and make more informed spending decisions. The post recommends automating expense management for near real-time spend visibility, eliminating manual entry, human error, and compliance blind spots; and automating expense audits and invoice-to-PO validation to control spend before money leaves accounts. SAP Concur says its cloud solutions connect spending data from suppliers and credit providers, automatically audit transactions, apply spending controls, check for duplicate invoices, and provide detail…

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    SAP Concur Says SMBs Are Closer to Travel Management Than They Think

    SAP Concur published an article noting that small and midsize businesses, despite limited budgets, can achieve travel management through appropriate technology. It describes a seven-step process: employees book freely, the system captures itinerary details, data flows into the system, expense reports auto-populate with categorized charges, employees avoid receipts and reports, and businesses gain spend visibility and employee location information. The article emphasizes savings in work hours, reduced paperwork, and lower hard costs.

  8. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: How Global Clients Can Leverage Preferred Care Experts in Disruptive Outsourcing

    SAP Concur argues that as companies expand into international markets, their financial and IT systems become increasingly complex and decentralized, making it hard to gain the visibility and control needed to manage SAP Concur solutions. It cites Deloitte's Global Outsourcing Survey (2018, more than 500 executives) that the focus of outsourcing has shifted from traditional work transfer to upfront transformation and automation, and that organizations see 'buying' capabilities in the marketplace as generally faster and more scalable than developing them internally. It describes the Preferred Care service, which offers Authorized Support Contact training, tailored release support, product roa…

  9. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Corporate Cards and P-Cards for Better Insight into Employee Spend

    SAP Concur explains the role of corporate cards and purchasing cards (P-Cards) in managing employee spend. It says many organizations have done away with pre-approvals for employee spend and instead rely on organizational and departmental policies to guide spending behavior, but this reduces visibility. Corporate cards are issued by a bank or financial institution to employees and are associated with an employee name or number, aiding tracking; P-Cards are account numbers issued to an organization, accepted by suppliers through the existing credit card system, with controls such as purchase thresholds, monthly limits, and merchant category codes. It recommends combining corporate-card and P…

  10. SAP Concur Blog

    Three Benefits of Native SAP ERP Integration with SAP Concur

    SAP Concur published an article outlining three benefits of native integration between its solutions and SAP ERP: improved spend visibility, reduced manual work and integration complexity, and synchronized systems. The article states that native integration connects travel, expense, invoice, and financial data, helping IT and finance teams reduce manual work, improve spend visibility, support compliance, and make faster decisions. The integration supports near-real-time financial posting and can manage access via SAP Cloud Identity Services.

  11. SAP Concur Blog

    What Every CPO Should Know About Employee Spend

    An SAP Concur blog post notes that the pandemic accelerated finance digital transformation and significantly shifted employee spending patterns. In 2020, SAP Concur customers saw a 58% increase in the 'Other' expense category, signaling reduced spend visibility. The article advises CPOs to address three questions: whether travel and expense data are connected, which channels employees use to spend company funds, and how to capture rogue spend outside traditional travel channels. It stresses that procurement executives should not focus solely on cost reduction when renegotiating travel supplier agreements, but must ensure key suppliers are adequately compensated for traveler health efforts.

  12. SAP Concur Blog

    A Quick Win for CIOs in Financial Transformation

    SAP Concur blog notes that CIOs can achieve a quick win by modernizing travel and expense systems, opening the door to more complex cloud transformation in finance. 66% of senior executives believe a strong IT-finance partnership enables agility. An IDC report found roughly 80% of AP managers' time is spent on lower-level tasks. 53% of respondents manage different spending types with separate applications. An ACFE report says it takes on average 14 months to detect a fraud scheme.

  14. SAP Concur Blog

    Tackling Expense Chaos with Automated Solutions Built for SMBs

    A SAP Concur blog post notes that SMB growth brings more employee spending and expense reports, while manual processes are inefficient and risky. Studies show automated travel and expense users save an average of US$30,000 annually, or about $600 per year per employee using the application, and $20 per expense report. The post recommends choosing cloud expense management solutions with automation, spend visibility, data consolidation, and scalability.

  15. SAP Concur Blog

    Survey: 81% of UK Finance Leaders Have T&E Spend Blind Spots

    SAP Concur published an article citing a survey of UK finance leaders, finding 81% have blind spots in their company's travel, expense and invoice spend. A typical company spends more than 10% of its annual budget on T&E. The article lists sources of blind spots: retrospective expense claims prevent cash-flow forecasting; around half of employees prefer to book independently even when the company has an online booking tool; supplier spend is fragmented across channels; more than two-thirds of finance leaders lack confidence in employee T&E policy compliance; and 77% of UK finance leaders lack confidence their business could quickly and accurately locate business travelers in an emergency.

  16. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Automated Expense and Travel Management Is the Right Move

    SAP Concur argues that an automated travel and expense management system can help companies control costs that have historically been difficult to manage. It notes that travel and expense costs were the second most difficult cost to control in corporate settings, and that outdated budgeting systems and misplaced documents make consolidation and reporting hard. A cloud-based system lets employees track spending on the go and maintain reports in one place, and submitting spending as it occurs helps avoid year-by-year losses. Immediate tracking and consolidated reporting also improve spend visibility, helping companies better understand budgets and reallocate savings. Companies can use this da…

  18. SAP Concur Blog

    What Does Visibility Look Like for a Growing Business?

    SAP Concur blog highlights that growing businesses need a single, real-time view of spending to effectively control budgets and drive growth. The article recommends centralized finance teams obtain integrated travel, expense, and invoice data analytics, use role-based dashboards and reports, set up spending alerts, and address challenges like VAT reclaim, mobile spending, and tax compliance.

  19. SAP Concur Blog

    Concur TripLink and American Airlines Integration Now Available, Connecting Over 400,000 AAdvantage…

    SAP Concur announced that the Concur TripLink integration with American Airlines is now available. Customers can connect their SAP Concur account via the American Airlines App Center or by enrolling their AAdvantage number. SAP Concur will connect more than 400,000 AAdvantage accounts via TripLink, allowing travel managers to capture data from bookings made on AA.com. Bookings automatically appear in the SAP Concur account without email, providing immediate spend visibility and policy monitoring. The TripLink network now includes 28 partners across airlines, hotels, rail, and car rental.

  20. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: How Automated Expense Management Frees Finance to Focus on What Matters Most

    SAP Concur argues that manual and spreadsheet-driven processes have an even bigger impact on the efficiency and growth goals of small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs) given their resource constraints. It cites research that 41% of businesses have a paper-based expense process, 26% use spreadsheets to manage expenses, and 73% do not use automated expense management systems at all. It lists four categories of reasons SMBs have not automated, and cites AMI-Partners data that automated spending solutions deliver significant savings: improved tracking saves finance firms US$28,000 per year and retail businesses $33,000 per year; more-accurate data saves professional services firms $39,000 per year;…

  21. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Use Expense Category Summaries to Keep Spend on Track

    SAP Concur published a blog recommending that businesses use expense category summary data to manage budgets. The article cites a Forrester report that 60% of IT decision makers are unsatisfied with T&E reporting and analytical capabilities, and notes that 75% of finance leaders say their business often exceeds expense, travel, and invoice budgets. SAP Concur recommends a single platform, employee education, and audit rules to improve spend visibility, and regularly running spend-by-expense-category reports.

  23. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Explains What T&E Means and Its Business Impact

    A SAP Concur blog explains that T&E stands for travel and expense, a major operational cost. It says T&E expense management is considered the second-most difficult operating cost to control, 80% of organizations still rely on manual processes, and almost 20% of T&E expenses fall outside policy. Knowing real spend can help negotiate lower supplier prices, avoid duplicate or fraudulent expenses, and speed employee reimbursement.