Moving from manual to mobile is the sound business decision you can make this year

Summer brings more than just sun and warm weather. Often, this is the time for mid-year audits, budget planning and business travel. And if you don’t have an automated spend management system, this tends to mean spending hours reviewing, auditing and reconciling stacks of expense reports and invoices. These countless hours could be saved by moving to an automated, cloud-based solution.

Keep up with the competition with a shift away from manual reporting

Manual reporting usually equates to physical paperwork, conjuring images of overflowing inboxes on the corner of a desk. Advances in technology increase the speed of doing business, making piles of paperwork seem like a bad business practice.

Shying away from automation is not only putting you behind in your work, but also making it harder to keep up with your competition. How so? With automation, your team can spend less time managing expense reports and reconciling invoices, and more time on strategic business matters.

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An automated solution can pay for itself in time savings alone

Automation may seem like a high-tech or big business tool, but that‘s no longer the case. It’s accessible to businesses of all sizes, and smart companies are making the change. Automation brings with it loads of benefits, from time and cost savings, to accuracy and advanced reporting capabilities.

SMBs can sometimes shy away from automation, assuming the start-up costs outweigh the benefits. A quick analysis of the amount of time spent examining and auditing expense submissions, vendor invoices and manually creating reports often shows that an automated system will pay for itself in time savings alone.

Mobile, cloud-based expense management systems keep everyone on track

If automation is good, mobile capabilities are better, and a combination of automation and mobile systems is best. The popularity of mobile devices is growing, and so is the comfort level with using them for business. According to SMB Group’s From Manual to Mobile: Speeding Business Success for SMBs, “57% of SMBs indicate that 50% or more of their employees now use mobile devices for business purposes.” A quick scan around any coffee shop or airport confirms this stat.

The mobile office space increases productivity, meaning business can keep moving inside and outside the office. And with business travel on the rise, mobile apps and software are even more important.

Working with an automated, cloud-based system benefits more than just the employees outside the office. It means information can be accessed from anywhere, giving complete transparency and availability to all team members. For example, expense data can be tracked and reviewed in real time, whether or not the employee is in the office.

Find the right automated expense system for your company

Moving to an automated and mobile process involves finding the right system that works for your company. The solution should not only fit in with your current processes, but improve your business systems. It should be intuitive and easy to integrate. Security is also a major concern, as data and sensitive information must be managed with care.

Learn more in a free Proformative webinar

The first step to making the move from manual to mobile is education. Take advantage of this free Proformative webinar sponsored by Concur: “Make the Move from Manual to Mobile: Spend management for the Modern Era” with Rich Adams, Director, Mobile Spend & ExpenseIt at Concur, on August 9, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. PST. Register today.