Product
SAP Concur
About
SAP Concur is a cloud-based spend management platform that automates expense reporting, travel management, and invoice processing. While primarily used for corporate travel and expense reimbursement across all industries, it serves construction companies through integrations with construction-specific ERP systems (Viewpoint Vista/Spectrum, Sage 300CRE) to streamline field workforce expense management and project-based cost tracking.
How teams use it
By audience
- Accounting & Finance
- Automate expense report submission, approval workflows, and reimbursement processing for all project staff
- Integrate with ERP systems to post approved expenses directly to project cost codes and GL accounts
- Capture and categorize receipts via mobile app and AI-powered receipt recognition to reduce manual data entry
- Generate spend analytics and compliance reports to monitor project budgets and policy adherence
- Streamline accounts payable through invoice automation and supplier payment workflows
- Construction Management
- Track field workforce travel and per diem expenses by project and cost code for accurate project costing
- Link employee expenses to specific construction projects via Concur's project list management feature
- Integrate with construction ERP systems (Viewpoint, Sage) to synchronize project data and expense allocations
- Monitor mobile workforce spending in real-time across distributed job sites and locations
- Reduce administrative burden on project managers by automating expense collection and approval cycles
By phase
- Pre-Construction
- Manage consultant and site visit travel expenses during preconstruction planning and site assessment phases
- Track proposal development and client meeting expenses for accurate project cost estimation
- Construction
- Automate field workforce expense reporting for mobile teams across multiple job sites
- Link daily travel, meals, and incidental expenses to specific construction projects for cost tracking
- Integrate with project ERP systems to post expenses to project cost codes in real-time
- Monitor and control spending against project budgets throughout active construction phases
- Closeout & Operations
- Finalize project expense reconciliation and cost accounting during project closeout
- Generate final project cost reports and variance analysis for post-project review and lessons learned