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Rock. Paper. Scissors.
Billing Expenses Back is No Game.

If you bill back project-related expenses to your clients then you know a thing or two about profitability. Profitability starts after you bill back the costs of doing business. Travel, meals, materials. Every cent.

Wait. That’s not true.

Profitability starts after you receive payment for the costs of doing business. And a lot can happen along the way to impact profitability.

The Paper Game

Finding 100 percent of project expenses is imperative. Many companies dedicate staff who manually and painstakingly review expense reports along with receipts and assemble documents for each client to ensure they are accurately billed for project-related costs. Splitting an expense across more than one client or project? More paper please!

Grab the Scissors. And Start the Copier.

Let’s face it. The original expense report and receipt is not enough to go around. Copies are required even if the file is stored electronically. We’ve heard this referred to as an ‘arts and crafts’ project. What a mess. Not to mention the paper cuts.

Knowledge Rocks

Double check if you’re not sure how your team accomplishes invoicing clients for expenses. Manual steps delay the time between spend and payment and increase the error rate.

Get In the Game!

Submitting expenses and billing back expenses are two workflows, often not connected to each other. Streamlining just one is not enough to ensure profitability. Look to improve the overall process with automation and integration from spend to client billing and everything in between.

Want to Win?

Who knew there was so much to this. No really. It’s much easier to win at the automation game than Roshambo!