SAP Concur is a comprehensive, cloud-based solution designed for travel and expense management. It enables businesses to manage their employee expenses, travel bookings, and invoice processing efficiently. This system automates many administrative tasks and provides real-time visibility into financial data, helping businesses improve compliance and reduce costs. With the ability to integrate with a wide array of systems, organizations can achieve seamless data exchange and strengthen their end-to-end financial processes.

Business use cases

Automating Expense Reimbursement Processes

Organizations can use Frends to integrate SAP Concur with payroll or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. For example, once employee expenses are approved in SAP Concur, Frends can automatically transfer the approved data to the company's payroll system for reimbursement. This eliminates manual intervention, minimizes errors, and accelerates payment cycles.

Streamlining Travel Booking Management

Frends enables businesses to connect SAP Concur to a travel management system or external booking platforms. When an employee books a trip, the details can be automatically recorded in SAP Concur with the integration provided by Frends. This ensures travel policies and expense tracking are maintained without requiring manual data entry, increasing efficiency and compliance.

Improving Invoice Processing

Frends allows businesses to integrate SAP Concur’s invoice module with accounting software. When invoices are captured and approved in SAP Concur, they can be automatically shared with the financial system for payment processing. This synchronization reduces delays in vendor payments and ensures consistent financial data across systems.

Consolidating Expense Data for Reporting

Enterprises often need a consolidated view of their spending to inform strategic decisions. Frends can integrate SAP Concur with business intelligence (BI) tools, enabling the automatic transfer of expense data. By aggregating and visualizing this data within BI platforms, companies can effectively monitor budgets, identify cost-saving opportunities, and optimize resource allocation.

Ensuring Compliance with Policy Enforcement

Frends can help enforce business policies by integrating SAP Concur with governance tools or compliance software. For instance, expense claims submitted in SAP Concur can be cross-verified against predefined rules or regulations through integration workflows. If any anomalies or violations are detected, Frends can trigger alerts, enabling proactive resolution and maintaining organizational compliance.

Simplifying Multi-System Integrations for Global Operations

For multinational organizations, managing data between multiple systems in different regions can be challenging. Frends can act as a central integration platform, connecting SAP Concur with regional ERP, tax, or regulatory systems. This ensures that expense-related data adheres to local requirements and is consistently updated across all systems, simplifying global operations and compliance obligations.