Automated T&E reports cut costs. (Optimal Finance).(Necho Systems Corp.'s NavigatER;, Concur Technologies Inc.'s Concur Expense and Metastorm Inc.'s e-Work suite)

From: Internet World | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Zipperer, John | Copyright information

ENTERPRISES REQUIRED TO CUT COSTS WITHOUT REDUCING SERVICES TO employees should examine the automation of their travel and entertainment (T&E) expense process. It touches everybody in an organization who travels, and companies find they can use Internet-based technology to enforce policies, mine data to find future savings, and speed up the process. And employees benefit by receiving reimbursement checks sooner.

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