Expense Report Integrated With Expense Approval

From a financial perspective a business trip has two distinct processes, these are:

• Expense Approval Process
• Expense Report Process

Some may argue that business trip in itself also a seperate the process. However, there are a lot of grey areas in that argument. I have to admit that I am also confused from time to time about this subject. Recently I came up with an idea which will clarify the muddy waters in my mind. Here is the revelation.

Think of business trip or any other Travel and Entertainment (T&E) expense as a product you would like buy. In a regular business process you create a purchase request to purchase the product and you get an approval to purchase the item. After your purchase you submit the invoice to get reimbursed or the the vendor automatically gets reimbursed.

There are no differences from a process perspective whether what you buy is a widget or a business trip. Just with one exception, the business trip is much more complicated product to buy.

That is why in Web2Expense – Travel Expense Report Management Software there is only one integrated process. With that one integrated process we eliminate the complexity and the ambiguity associated with expense approvals and expense reports.

You can watch the following videos to learn more.

• Employee Expense Approval Process
• Employee Expense Report Process

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