Manufacturing Companies That Use Expense Tracking Software Are Saving Thousands : This post is part of a series on T&E best practices for manufacturing companies. You can check out their free eBook here.

Manufacturing decision makers should always be looking for opportunities to increase profitability and reduce financial risks.

Switching from manual to automatic expense reporting is key to achieving better spend visibility and reducing inefficiencies. Decision makers who can leverage electronic systems better understand where spend is going and have the opportunity to keep their company financially viable.

Here are a few ways finance teams can leverage all that new data:

Conduct audits to confirm expenses and invoices are in policy

High-quality expense tracking software automatically performs audits on out-of-policy expenses, so you can catch erroneous expenses that your team may not have otherwise had time to.

For example, Certify’s client Saddle Creek Logistics Services discovered $40,000 (=over £30,000) in duplicate and out-of-policy charges after automating.

This freed up the company to create and enforce better expense policies and decide where to channel all of those saved expenses.

Analyse newly automated and digitised data

According to a 2019 survey conducted by Certify, 29% of organisations manually check each expense to enforce T&E policies. Tracking company expense trends with an analytics dashboard will allow your team to make strategic decisions. It gives you unprecedented visibility into the habits of employees, allowing for a birds eye view.

Suss out common trends where overspending occurs

Easily pinpoint where overspending occurs and course correct accordingly.

For example, you may be surprised to find that your team is spending more on hotel and airfare than the industry standard. As a result, you may decide to implement expense tracking software that only allows employees to book from a policy-compliant travel app.

Create and integrate new policies that ensure your company’s financial future

Switching to an automated system will reduce time spent on manual inputting and allow your team to work on important initiatives. It also gives unprecedented new levels of visibility into spend, and offers the hard data you need to integrate new T&E expense policies.

With improved capacities across the board, you’ll have the opportunity to be seen as a strategic safeguard, someone who’s able to protect the company from unnecessary risks.

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