SAP Concur Conversations

The disruptive environment of the pandemic has unified our workforce through empathy, humility, and resourcefulness, all of which have helped promote business continuity. Communication and work policies around business travel have become more focused on ensuring employee safety in addition to compliance. Managers assessing whether to approve a business trip must determine if it’s worth both the fi...

In this episode we are joined by two implementation specialist Goganjit Sharma from SAP Concur and Paul Carr from EY. They discuss why it is important to have an implementation strategy and how it can improve efficiency, achieve return on investment and enable you to plan for success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many employees are leaning into the work from anywhere lifestyle and organizations are shifting to accommodate these new and evolving expectations. Designing a winning mileage program that is fair, comprehensive, and relevant to the times is no simple feat. Since mileage is a top area of spend for many organizations, how they handle the policies, tracking, reimbursement, and feedback can be instru...

In the fourth and final episode, Hendrik Vordenbaeumen, Global Vice President Product Strategy, SAP Concur, and guest speaker David Johnson, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals, Forrester, discuss the differing priorities of C-level executives: Those who will prioritize employees returning to work in an office as soon as possible, and those who will continue to allow employees to work remo...

In the third episode, Hendrik Vordenbaeumen, Global Vice President Product Strategy, SAP Concur, and guest speaker David Johnson, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals, Forrester, discuss how products of the future will differ from the past based on COVID-19 resiliency, home office expense policy predictions, and how the employee experience influences the way companies rethink policies. Host...

In the second episode, Hendrik Vordenbaeumen, Global Vice President Product Strategy, SAP Concur, and guest speaker David Johnson, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals, Forrester, discuss how travel scenarios differ globally, new travel expectations, and Hendrick shares his experience traveling during the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Throughout this four part podcast series, Hendrik Vordenbaeumen, Global Vice President Product Strategy, SAP Concur, and guest speaker David Johnson, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals, Forrester, discuss traveler safety and the return to business through pandemic reopening phases, expectations around remote office locations, and policy projects customers are focusing on today. In this ep...

In this episode of SAP Concur Conversations, Rachel van der Merwe, Director, Product Marketing EMEA and Mark Woodhouse, Director, EMEA Platform and Product Partnership discuss the complexities of global VAT reclaim and how our latest solution Concur Tax Assurance by VATBox can assist you on your road to compliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Covid presented vast challenges, it also forced organizations to evolve to a more digitized infrastructure that supported employees personally and professionally. “2020 was the perfect opportunity for companies to gut whatever process they had, build some new and exciting, streamline processes, and get the technology in there to support them. That’s what 2020 was about.”   Listen in to...

Transformation of a Travel and Expense program served as a starting point for simplification in other areas of the organization, for medical device company, Smith and Nephew.   Listen in to the empowering and candid conversation between the VP of Customer Improvement for SAP Concur, and the Travel and Expense Lead for Smith and Nephew as they talk through the key elements to a successful tran...

In the third and final episode of our global travel series our experts discuss the impact of Brexit on business travel and how TMC’s and SAP Concur can help and support your organisation. We provide an insight into new technologies and how they are helping TMC’s to service their customers better and finally Tony shares his experience of flying during a pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

In part two of this three part global business travel special, we discuss how TMCs are changing their pricing models in the short-term to assist with pandemic in the long-term. What it means to have management fee over a transactional fee and the value a TMC can bring to your business. The panel also discusses how the pandemic has shifted perception of sustainability, the positive impact on the en...

In part one of this three part global business travel special Alistair Kent interviews Tony McGetrick from BCD and Darryl McGarvey from SAP Concur and they discuss how businesses are readjusting spend and what changes they are making to their travel policies. The key outcomes from two recent travel surveys and how duty of care is taking centre stage for traveller wellbeing. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

n this episode of SAP Concur Conversations Antony Elliott, Senior Director Strategic Accounts EMEA, gives his opinion on what businesses should consider in light of COVID-19 and how they can adapt their operations to navigate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Kirk Hayes and Mark Woodhouse as they showcase our App Centre partners and provide information on how they can support and help your business. From travel to tax, sustainability to traveller safety; SAP Concur has an ecosystem of partners that can solve and enhance all of your business needs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of SAP Concur Conversations we are joined by Julie Oliver from Reed & Mackay to talk about the challenges facing business travel and how they have adapted their business to help and support their customers. Julie is joined by our own Darryl McGarvey and together they discuss how they believe business travel will change in light of COVID-19 and the green shoots they are seeing....

This is a two part special of SAP Concur Conversations where we interview Anthony Elliott, Senior Director of Strategic Accounts EMEA to ask him “Think you know SAP Concur… think again”. In part two Antony explains what makes SAP Concur more than just a travel booking tool, explaining why it is beneficial to book travel through SAP Concur rather than going direct, how the future of travel is chang...

This is a two part special of SAP Concur Conversations where we interview Anthony Elliott, Senior Director of Strategic Accounts EMEA to ask him “Think you know SAP Concur… think again”. In part one Antony explains what makes SAP Concur more than just an expense management solution, discussing the origins of SAP Concur, our product portfolio, how the business has changed in support of our customer...

In this episode of SAP Concur Conversations Nkolika Chikwendu and Emily Gosling talk about Concur Audit and how businesses have used the solution in the current climate to change business process and operate more effectively. They also share with us some funny stories of some of the stranger audit checks they have received. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn how data can be the most powerful asset for your business. Matthew Ditch and Daniel Phillips take you through all of the available information that you can get from your SAP Concur solution and how using that data to inform decision to help you achieve your strategic goals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.