Originally published on the SAP Concur blog and reshared with permission
SAP Concur is rolling out Concur Request enhancements that are now available to help with trip planning. First, a new budget authorization capability revolutionizes the way employees and managers use travel and expense budgets. This feature makes it possible to ask for budget that may apply to one or more participants during a defined period of time.
Imagine an employee who visits a client site monthly. Instead of creating separate requests for each trip, the employee can now submit a single request that covers the budget for all trips over a select period. The capability can apply to one person with multiple trips, or teams and departments traveling together. For instance, a manager can request a total budget for a team attending a conference. The approved amount would then be assigned to multiple employees.
Until now, users could only submit requests on their own behalf in Concur Request. With this new capability, the process is greatly simplified and grants flexibility for travelers and managers creating requests for multiple employees or trips.
SAP Concur also continues to invest in consumer travel experiences for business trip planning. Similar to TripIt Pro’s Risk Alerts feature, Concur Request now offers travel advisories to business travelers, providing important information about potential disruptions to their trip, such as airport strikes, natural disasters, or visa requirements. The travel advisory data powered by Riskline helps travelers assess risk about their destination when they make travel-related requests.
Read the announcement on the SAP Concur blog. You can also find coverage in French on L’informaticien.