“Create. Submit. Attach receipts. It's that simple. We don't wait now for receipts to show up in the mail. We don't have to chase after employees to sort out problems and inaccuracies. The solution couldn't be easier or more efficient on a domestic and an international level.”
- Company:Zarlink Semiconductors, Inc.
- Implementation:Concur Travel & Expense
- Industry:Technology
- Company size:400 employees
As a global technology leader, Zarlink Semiconductors, Inc. headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, selects the best market-leading solutions to satisfy its own technology needs. Four years ago, Zarlink replaced a - online expense management & reporting tool that was not meeting their needs with Concur® Travel & Expense, and never looked back.
"We wanted the most robust solution we could find," says Naeem Ahmad, global administrator for corporate travel. "Concur Travel & Expense has been ideal. It's a powerful tool that is also amazingly easy to use and efficient." For Zarlink, ease of use has translated into impressive time savings both for users and finance staff. "Everybody in the organization benefits," says Ahmad.
Concur's robust global capabilities enable Zarlink to maintain uniform processes across the company, boosting value added tax (VAT) recovery, expediting the payment cycle and keeping even complicated international reports error free.
"Create. Submit. Attach receipts. It's that simple. We don't wait now for receipts to show up in the mail. We don't have to chase after employees to sort out problems and inaccuracies. The solution couldn't be easier or more efficient on a domestic and an international level," says Ahmad.
- Zarlink finance staff hours devoted to uploading expense reports for processing have been dramatically reduced from four hours weekly to 15 minutes.
- Flexible reporting capabilities enable company departments to customize reports to suit their distinct needs.
- A uniform system of expense reporting keeps Zarlink's global accounting operations functioning with maximum efficiency.
- Integration of Zarlink's travel policies, travel booking and billing, and expense reporting has significantly boosted compliance.
- Dramatic time savings have resulted in huge cost savings for Zarlink.
"Concur Travel & Expense would bring great benefit to any organization of any size," says Ahmad.
"Tremendous ease of use and flexibility save a lot of time. Saving time reduces costs and boosts the bottom line, and that's key for every company."