The Economics of Sharing

Examining the efficiencies of shared services to manage spending

If you have operations across the globe, you likely have multiple regions, countries, business units and teams each managing multiple aspects of their finance functions. You’ve also likely considered or have already moved to a shared services model to centralize those efforts, eliminate the costs of redundant functions, and put resources to better use.

You know what shared services can do, in other words, but do you know where they can take you?

In this paper, we’ll:

• Review the shared services philosophy and why T&E fits.
• Highlight how a shared services model for T&E can mature over time to deliver more value to the business.
• Detail four tips from top performing shared services organizations you can put into action today.

Here are additional white papers to guide your performance improvement:

1. The Business Value of Concur Invoice – 505% ROI in 5 Years
   
   
2. How Finance Leadership Pays Off
   
   

3. Getting Better Mileage Out of Your Travel, Expense, and Invoice Solutions

4. IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled T&E Management Applications