ScottMadden Insight: International Travel and Expense

ATLANTA - June 18, 2013 - PRLog -- ScottMadden, Inc., a general management consulting firm, recently published, “Keys to International Travel and Expense (http://www.scottmadden.com/insight/627/International-Travel-and-Expense.html).” This report discusses our best practices for implementing international travel and expense administration.

In a global business service model, travel and expense services typically fit in a transactional center, which can serve the global population. Many challenges exist with international travel and expense due to the complexities that come with a global process including policy standardization, regulatory and data protection compliance, system choices, and design options, among others. ScottMadden provides best practices for planning and preparation, requirements and design, and training and audit when implementing a global travel and expense program.

This report addresses the following topics:

• Expanding the use of your travel and expense system globally
• How to choose a system and vendor
• How you can get more from your current system and your audit group

“The process of adminstering travel and expense in today’s world can be burdensome, complex, and time consuming, but we’ve seen companies be creative in service delivery and gain real efficiencies in the process,” said Molly Donofrio, director at ScottMadden.

To learn more about our approach for implementing the best practices for international travel and expense, please contact Jerred Crosby, partner at ScottMadden, at jcrosby@scottmadden.com or Molly Donofrio at mollydonofrio@scottmadden.com.

ScottMadden has been helping clients create greater value for their corporate and shared services organizations, including finance and accounting, human resources, information technology, and supply chain functions, for 30 years. ScottMadden is a recognized leader in corporate and shared services and has completed thousands of corporate and shared services design, build, implementation, and improvement projects. ScottMadden’s highly efficient, collaborative teams employ measurable, award-winning methodologies and deep cross-functional expertise to improve corporate and shared services performance and efficiency. ScottMadden: an exceptional consulting experience.

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