7 reasons for IT leaders to consolidate T&E with SAP Concur

Running more than one travel and expense (T&E) system isn’t just an inconvenience — it’s a source of compliance risk, IT overhead, and fragmented spend data. Whether you’re managing multiple instances, legacy platforms, or a mix of tools after a merger, the issues compound quickly. Consolidating onto a single platform has a cascading impact across IT, finance, and every employee.

What does IT gain from a single T&E platform?

Maintaining one integration architecture — instead of separate feeds, SSO configurations, and vendor contracts for each system — reduces resource strain and budget overhead. And when your business grows, a single T&E instance scales with it: Concur Travel and Expense customers are 1.5x more likely than users of competing solutions to expand into new countries with limited additional IT support.

How does travel and expense consolidation improve policy, visibility, and AI?

With one platform, policy applies at the moment of booking — automatically, across every business unit and newly acquired team. Finance gets a complete picture of corporate card spend and T&E costs in one place, with dashboards that reflect the whole organization.

Better AI starts with unified T&E data

A unified data set gives AI the foundation to detect spending trends, flag policy exceptions, and guide employees more reliably. 49% of Concur Travel and Expense users completely trust their AI capabilities, compared to 37% of users of competing solutions.

Download the eBook to explore all 7 reasons to consolidate travel and expense — and why organizations using Concur Travel & Expense report $1.6M in average annual savings, 406% ROI over three years, and a 5.1-month payback period.