How Receipt Scanners Increase Financial Efficiency
A SAP Concur blog explains the role of receipt scanners in expense management. A receipt scanner is a hardware or software tool that converts paper receipts into digital documents via image capture or scanning, with mobile scanning software using smartphone or tablet cameras. Benefits include OCR reducing manual entry errors, cloud-based workflows speeding approvals, improved employee satisfaction, integration with financial systems, enhanced compliance and auditing, and reduced paper use. Selection considerations include hardware versus software, resolution, portability and integration.
Impact and considerations
For finance and expense managers, the article provides a functional and selection framework for receipt digitization tools, useful when evaluating expense automation solutions.
Key points
- A receipt scanner is a hardware or software tool that converts paper receipts into digital documents.
- Mobile scanning software uses smartphone or tablet cameras to capture receipt images.
- OCR capabilities reduce manual data entry and errors.
- Cloud-based workflows allow receipt submission from anywhere and speed approvals.
- Receipt scanning can improve employee satisfaction with expense reporting.
- Integration with financial systems provides a unified mobile travel and expense management experience.
- Receipt scanning enhances compliance and auditing and reduces paper use.
- Selection considerations include hardware versus software, resolution, portability and integration.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
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- First source publication
- 13 Mar 2024, 18:43
- Page published
- 14 Aug 2026, 08:16
- Last updated
- 13 Mar 2024, 18:43
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：How Receipt Scanners Increase Financial Efficiency (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 13 Mar 2024, 18:43