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In a global business environment, travel is necessary and expensive. More companies are seeking ways to reduce necessary travel costs in a tight, unpredictable economy. Shrewd companies are discovering that to control costs, they must adopt a travel management policy incorporating an automated solution. The SAP Travel Management application, part of the SAP ERP application, provides software that ensures substantial, immediate, and ongoing savings.

With SAP Travel Management, you can:

• Examine travel planning processes, analyze and redefine your company's travel policy, and increase compliance with that policy. The higher the compliance level, the greater the savings.
• Control spiralling costs before they get out of hand. SAP Travel Management can help expedite the change process and optimize results. It covers your entire travel management process chain and ensures the compliance needed to cut costs.

Integrate Global Travel Management Processes

Tightly integrated with the SAP ERP Financials and SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) solutions, SAP Travel Management integrates all phases of travel management - submitting initial requests, planning, online booking, and submitting and settling travel expenses. The application includes a tailored user interface for all roles involved in processes:

• Web application for travelers, travel arrangers, and managers
• Power-user graphical interface for expense administrators
• Reporting dashboard for travel managers
• Policy configurator for system managers

SAP Travel Management not only supports business travelers around the world, you can implement it around the world. With 30 different language and international settlement versions, it provides a global, end-to-end solution for travel management.