The pandemic continues to unfold and evolve in unpredictable directions. With work from home and social isolation still being enforced, business leaders need to come up with novel protocols and policies for the business to run smoothly with complete visibility and control. With several key industries such as travel and aviation being reconfigured, business operations…
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Going Cashless to Simplify Employee Expenses and Payments
Managing daily employee expenses can be a daunting task. From reimbursable costs (such as local conveyance, flights, hotel bookings, meals, etc.) to payments like canteen and parking to employee performance rewards, employee expenses constitute a significant portion of the total business expenditure. While a travel and expense management system made it easier to manage expense…
Understanding per diem allowance: benefits, cost, and implementation
In many companies, employees travel extensively for work, be it client meetings, conferences, or training. As a result, companies spend a lot of money reimbursing the staff for all kinds of expenses, including airfare, meals, and lodging. While a few employers reimburse actual expenses, some organizations have started using the per diem allowance method that…
Automate expense approvals to speed up reimbursement
A typical organization incurs hundreds of expenses daily. Consequently, manual expense approval becomes a cumbersome task, and employees are kept waiting for their reimbursements. An expense approval workflow consists of a series of sequentially-laid out tasks to approve and process the expense. When such workflows are automated, it removes bottlenecks, streamlines processes, enhances productivity, and…
10 reasons why expense reports are a drain on time and money
Old-fashioned expense reports bring with them a host of pain points. Labour-intensive, time-consuming, and stressful they were efficient several decades ago. In today’s digital ecosystem, manually managing expenses with paper reports is stressful and cumbersome for employees and finance teams alike with a high potential for fraud risk for the company. With technology streamlining operations,…
Business spends in the new normal
With social isolation being the only way to combat the spread of the virus, working from home has emerged as the new normal. This shift offers organizations a chance to design expense programs that have more scope than travel and expense. Such a system helps shape the comprehensive, all-inclusive company culture moving forward. Maintaining relevance…
Why You Should Stop Paper-based Expense Reporting
Despite being in the 21st century several organizations and companies rely largely on paper-based and manual expense reporting. While this might have been the norm several years ago, continuing to process expenses the same way leads to companies missing out on key aspects of the strategy that allows them to maintain relevance while saving time,…
Tips for Reducing Business Travel Costs
Business leaders across the globe corroborate that business travel costs are hard to predict and control. The Global Business Travel Association predicts that corporate travel is expected to rise to $1.7 trillion globally by 2022; it’s imperative that businesses optimize and spend smarter. In this blog, we will discuss some tips that can help companies gain…
5 Common Mistakes in Expense Management
Traditional expense management practices can not only lead to inefficiencies in the process but also expose the organization to risks of fraud and non-compliance. As business travel increasingly becomes indispensable, it’s imperative that the businesses figure out better ways to manage travel expenses among other employee expenses. The process of managing receipts and submitting expenses…