TechValidate Research on Emburse Chrome River

15 Case Studies


Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

CSG International Saves 20-40 Hours Per Month By Switching to Emburse Chrome River

Introduction

This case study of CSG International is based on a December 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Emburse Chrome River provides all the global, enterprise feature functionality CSG needed from an expense management platform at a very competitive price point. Utilizing Chrome River allowed us to expand upon processes, extend service to more employees, and generally improve the expense management experience in areas where we were limited by our previous vendor.“

Challenges

Prior to switching to Emburse Chrome River, the CSG International team used a combination of Concur and their ERP solution to manage their expenses. They sought to standardize their processes globally and evaluated Concur, Expensify and their ERP solution, before ultimately selecting Chrome River as the top solution for all their expense management needs.

They chose Chrome River as the best choice to:

  • Automate the expense management process
  • Enforce expense policy compliance
  • Improve the reconciliation process for corporate cards
  • Have end-user accessibility
  • Have transparent pricing/costs

Use Case

CSG International uses Chrome River to reimburse both non-traveling and traveling employees for expenses, and to view spend analytics.

When compared to the competition, CSG International rated the following Chrome River features as best-in-class:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • ERP integration
  • Ease of use
  • Mobile capabilities
  • Best-in-class support & training
  • OCR
  • System reliability

CSG International very strongly agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies
  • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud
  • Chrome River gives us the visibility into our business to better manage our cash flow
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction

The CSG International team finds the following Chrome River features extremely valuable

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • OCR
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Ease of Use
  • Mobile Capabilities
  • Support & Training
  • Integrations with existing vendors
  • System Reliability

Results

By using Chrome River, CSG International has been able to:

  • Save finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increase productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Improve employee satisfaction and work-life balance
  • Reduce stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
  • Mitigate risk from fraud

CSG International has been extremely satisfied with Chrome River’s ability to:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Provide better oversight into costs and expenses
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Make corporate card reconciliation easier
  • Increase employee satisfaction

CSG International estimates their finance team has saved 20- 40 hours per month by using Chrome River, and they began seeing a return on their investment within 6-12 months.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Large Enterprise Healthcare Company (32,000 employees)

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise healthcare company is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Saves time, allowing folks to focus on more important things. Additionally the compliance rule enforcement is great. It puts the issues in front of approvers.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Emburse Chrome River:

  • Said that they evaluated and selected Chrome River in order to do the following:
    • Enforce expense policy compliance
    • Improve reconciliation process for corporate cards
    • Have end-user accessibility
  • Also evaluated the following before selecting Chrome River:
    • Concur
    • ERP Solution (PeopleSoft)
  • Also used the following before selecting Chrome River:
    • ERP Solution (PeopleSoft)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Chrome River by Emburse that the surveyed company uses:

  • Said they use Chrome River to the following:
    • Reimburse traveling employees for expenses
    • For analytics
    • For spend analytics
    • We use Chrome River to reconcile Corporate liable P Card spend
  • Rated the following Chrome River capabilities in comparison to the competition:
    • Approval Workflow Configurability: best-in-class
    • Built-in Business Rules Engine: best-in-class
    • Credit Card Reconciliation: significantly better
    • Ease of Use: best-in-class
    • Mobile Capabilities: best-in-class
    • Best-in-Class Support & Training: significantly better
    • OCR: significantly better
    • System Reliability: better
  • Said to what extent they agree with the following statements:
    • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process: Agree
    • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes: Agree
    • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies: Very strongly agree
    • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud: Agree
    • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction: Agree
  • Said how valuable the following Chrome River capabilities are for them:
    • Approval workflow configurability: Very valuable
    • Built-in business rules engine: Extremely valuable
    • OCR: Very valuable
    • Credit card reconciliation: Very valuable
    • Ease of Use: Extremely valuable
    • Mobile Capabilities: Very valuable
    • Support & Training: Valuable
    • Integrations with existing vendors: Valuable
    • System Reliability: Extremely valuable

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Emburse Chrome River:

  • Said how satisfied they are with Chrome River’s following capabilities:
    • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry: Satisfied
    • Provide better oversight into costs and expenses: Satisfied
    • Ensure policy compliance: Very satisfied
    • Reimburse expenses faster: Satisfied
    • Make corporate card reconciliation easier: Very satisfied
    • Increase employee satisfaction: Very satisfied
  • Said that using Chrome River has the following:
    • Increased productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
    • Improved employee satisfaction and work-life balance
    • Reduced stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
    • Mitigated risk from fraud

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Large Enterprise Healthcare Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise healthcare company is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Chrome River by Emburse that the surveyed company uses:

  • Said they use Chrome River to the following:
    • Reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses
    • Reimburse traveling employees for expenses
    • Reimburse non-employee expenses (interview candidates, consultants, other) for expenses
  • Rated the following Chrome River capabilities in comparison to the competition:
    • approval workflow configurability: significantly Better
    • built-in business rules engine: significantly Better
    • credit card reconciliation: better
    • eRP integration: significantly Better
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • mobile capabilities: significantly Better
    • best-in-class support & training: better
    • oCR: better
    • system reliability: significantly Better
  • Said to what extent they agree with the following statements:
    • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process.: Agree
    • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes.: Strongly agree
    • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies.: Strongly agree
    • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud.: Agree
    • Chrome River gives us the visibility into our business to better manage our cash flow.: Agree
    • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster.: Agree
    • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction.: Agree
  • Said how valuable the following Chrome River capabilities are for them:
    • Approval workflow configurability: Very valuable
    • Built-in business rules engine: Very valuable
    • OCR: Valuable
    • Credit card reconciliation: Valuable
    • Ease of Use: Very valuable
    • Mobile Capabilities: Very valuable
    • Support & Training: Valuable
    • Integrations with existing vendors: Very valuable
    • System Reliability: Very valuable

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Chrome River by Emburse:

  • Said how satisfied they are with Chrome River’s following capabilities:
    • provide better oversight into costs and expenses: Satisfied
    • ensure policy compliance: Very satisfied
    • reimburse expenses faster: Satisfied
    • make corporate card reconciliation easier: Satisfied
    • increase employee satisfaction: Satisfied
  • Said that using Chrome River has the following:
    • Increased productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
    • Reduced stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
    • Enabled remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions
  • Estimates their finance team has saved less than 5 hours per month by using Chrome River.
  • Said they began seeing a return on investment within 18 -24 months.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Enterprise Insurance Company (Fortune 500)

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise insurance company is based on a December 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Chrome River by Emburse:

  • Said that they evaluated and selected Chrome River in order to do the following:
    • Automate the expense management process
    • Enforce expense policy compliance
    • Have end-user accessibility
  • Also EVALUATED the following before selecting Chrome River:
    • Concur
    • ERP Solution
    • Certify
  • Also USED the following before selecting Chrome River:
    • Spreadsheets/Manual
    • Wells Fargo Commercial Card Expense Reporting

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Chrome River by Emburse that the surveyed company uses:

  • Said they use Chrome River to the following:
    • Reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses
    • Reimburse traveling employees for expenses
  • Rated the following Chrome River capabilities in comparison to the competition:
    • approval workflow configurability: best-in-class
    • built-in business rules engine: best-in-class
    • credit card reconciliation: better
    • eRP integration: better
    • ease of use: best-in-class
    • mobile capabilities: best-in-class
    • best-in-class support & training: better
    • oCR: significantly Better
    • system reliability: significantly Better
  • Said to what extent they agree with the following statements:
    • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process.: Agree
    • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes.: Very strongly agree
    • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies.: Agree
    • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud.: Do not agree
    • Chrome River gives us the visibility into our business to better manage our cash flow.: Agree
    • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster.: Agree
    • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction.: Agree
  • Said how valuable the following Chrome River capabilities are for them:
    • Approval workflow configurability: Valuable
    • Built-in business rules engine: Valuable
    • OCR: Very valuable
    • Credit card reconciliation: Valuable
    • Ease of Use: Very valuable
    • Mobile Capabilities: Extremely valuable
    • Support & Training: Valuable
    • Integrations with existing vendors: Very valuable
    • System Reliability: Valuable

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Chrome River by Emburse:

  • Said how satisfied they are with Chrome River’s following capabilities:
    • reduce errors caused by manual data entry: Satisfied
    • provide better oversight into costs and expenses: Satisfied
    • ensure policy compliance: Very satisfied
    • reimburse expenses faster: Satisfied
    • make corporate card reconciliation easier: Satisfied
    • increase employee satisfaction: Satisfied
  • Said that using Chrome River has the following:
    • Increased productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Estimates their finance team has saved less than 5 hours per month by using Chrome River.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Global 500 Insurance Company increases employee satisfaction with Chrome River

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 insurance company is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Chrome River is a great tool to use and has helped us in many ways. " – Procurement Vice President

Challenges

Prior to selecting Chrome River, this Global 500 Insurance Company said they struggled to:

  • Automate the expense management process
  • Enforce expense policy compliance
  • Increase visibility into company T&E spend
  • Improve reconciliation process for corporate cards
  • Have end-user accessibility

Before selecting Chrome River, they evaluated Concur and used Ariba.

Use Case

For this Global 500 Insurance Company, Chrome River helps them to:

  • Enable remote work
  • Reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses
  • Reimburse traveling employees for expenses
  • Leverage analytics

Compared to the competition, this customer said Chrome River was significantly better or best in class in the following areas:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Ease of use
  • Mobile capabilities
  • Best-in-class support & training
  • OCR
  • System reliability

This Global Fortune 500 Company said they said they strongly agree with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process.
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes.
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction.

They found the following capabilities very valuable to their business:

  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Ease of Use
  • Mobile Capabilities
  • Support & Training
  • System Reliability

Results

The surveyed company said they were satisfied with following results using Chrome River by Emburse:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Provide better oversight into costs and expenses
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Make corporate card reconciliation easier
  • Increase employee satisfaction

This customer said that using Chrome River has:

  • Saved finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Enabled remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions

This customer estimates their finance team saves between 10-20 hours a week by using Chrome River.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Chrome River Saves the Gladstone Institutes Team 10+ Hours/Month

Introduction

This case study of Gladstone Institutes is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“We went from an all paper process to online. Built in compliance rules and workflow allowed us to automate all of the signatures and track progress. Literally went from crawling to running a marathon. "
- James Delaney, Enterprise Systems Manager, Gladstone Institutes

Challenges

Before choosing Chrome River, Gladstone Institutes struggled with a tedious and time-consuming manual-based process.

After evaluating Chrome River, Concur, and Expensify, Gladstone Institutes selected Chrome River as the best choice to:

  • Automate the expense management process
  • Extend ERP Capabilities

Use Case

Gladstone Institutes uses Chrome River to:

  • Enable remote work
  • Reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses
  • Reimburse traveling employees for expenses
  • Reimburse non-employee expenses (interview candidates, consultants, other) for expenses

When evaluating Chrome River, Gladstone Institutes found the following Chrome River features extremely valuable:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Ease of Use
  • System Reliability

Compared with other vendors, Gladstone Institutes ranked the following Chrome River capabilities as best-in-class or significantly better:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • ERP integration
  • Ease of use
  • Best-in-class support & training
  • System reliability

Results

Gladstone Institutes very strongly agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction

Gladstone Institutes was extremely satisfied or very satisfied with Chrome River’s ability to:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Make corporate card reconciliation easier
  • increase employee satisfaction

By using Chrome River, Gladstone Institutes has been able to:

  • Save finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increase productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Improve employee satisfaction and work-life balance

Gladstone Institutes estimates their finance team has saved 10-20 hours per month by using Chrome River and saw a return on their investment in less than 3 months.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

McInnes Cooper saw a return on investment with Chrome River in under 3 months

Introduction

This case study of McInnes Cooper is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“The time gained from not having to manually enter expense reports and invoices has been huge! And when expenses and invoices are now received through CR, all the approvals and coding have been done so there’s no need to go back to the user had this not been done correctly.”
- Theresa Caissie, Accounting Manager, McInnes Cooper

Challenges

Before choosing Chrome River, McInnes Cooper used a spreadsheets/manual expense management process.

After evaluating both Concur and Chrome River, McInnes Cooper chose Chrome River as the best option for:

  • Automating the expense management process
  • Enforcing expense policy compliance
  • Having end-user accessibility

Use Case

McInnes Cooper uses Chrome River to reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses, reimburse traveling employees for expenses, and to view spend analytics.

McInnes Cooper said they found the following Chrome River capabilities extremely valuable:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Ease of Use
  • Mobile Capabilities

When compared to other vendors, McInnes Cooper ranked Chrome River as best-in-class in the following categories,

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • ERP integration
  • Ease of use
  • Mobile capabilities
  • System reliability

Results

McInnes Cooper said they were extremely satisfied with Chrome River’s ability to:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Provide better oversight into costs and expenses
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Make corporate card reconciliation easier
  • Increase employee satisfaction

McInnes Cooper very strongly agreed or strongly agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies
  • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud
  • Chrome River gives us the visibility into our business to better manage our cash flow
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction

Chrome River has enabled McInnes Cooper to:

  • Save finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increase productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Reduce stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
  • Mitigate risk from fraud

McInnes Cooper estimates their finance team has saved 20- 40 hours per month by using Chrome River and saw a return on their investment in under three months.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Chrome River helps the British Columbia Safety Authority enable remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions

Introduction

This case study of British Columbia Safety Authority is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

Prior to choosing Chrome River, the British Columbia Safety Authority used Concur and a spreadsheets/manual based process.

After evaluating Chrome River, Concur, and Expensify, the British Columbia Safety Authority selected Chrome River as the best option to:

  • Automate the expense management process
  • Enforce expense policy compliance
  • Increase visibility into company T&E spend
  • Have end-user accessibility
  • Have transparent pricing/costs

Use Case

The British Columbia Safety Authority uses Chrome River to enable remote work, reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses, reimburse traveling employees for expenses, and to view spend analytics.

The British Columbia Safety Authority found the following Chrome River features as * very valuable*:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Ease of Use
  • Mobile Capabilities
  • Integrations with existing vendors
  • System Reliability

When compared to other vendors, The British Columbia Safety Authority ranked Chrome River as significantly better on the following features:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Ease of use
  • Mobile capabilities
  • Best-in-class support & training
  • System reliability

Results

The British Columbia Safety Authority said they were very satisfied with the Chrome River’s ability to:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Provide better oversight into costs and expenses
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Make corporate card reconciliation easier
  • Increase employee satisfaction

The British Columbia Safety Authority agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies
  • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud
  • Chrome River gives us the visibility into our business to better manage our cash flow
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction

By using Chrome River, the British Columbia Safety Authority was able to:

  • Save finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increase productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Improve employee satisfaction and work-life balance
  • Reduce stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
  • Enable remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions
  • Mitigate risk from fraud

The British Columbia Safety Authority estimates their finance team has saved 5-10 hours per month since using Chrome River and saw a return on investment in 6-12 months.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Chrome River helps Manhattan College Save 10-20 Hours Per Month

Introduction

This case study of Manhattan College is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

Prior to selecting Chrome River, Manhattan College struggled with a spreadsheets/manual -based expense management process.

After evaluating both Chrome River and Concur, Manhattan College selected Chrome River as the best choice to:

  • Automate their expense management process
  • Enforce expense policy compliance
  • Increase visibility into company T&E spend
  • Improve reconciliation process for corporate cards
  • Have end-user accessibility
  • Have transparent pricing/costs

Use Case

Manhattan College uses Chrome River to:

  • Enable remote work
  • Reimburse traveling employees for expenses
  • Reconcile credit cards

Manhattan College finds the following aspects of Chrome River very valuable:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Ease of Use
  • Mobile Capabilities
  • Support & Training
  • Integrations with existing vendors
  • System Reliability

Compared to other vendors, Manhattan College ranked Chrome River as best-in-class or significantly better in the following categories:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Ease of use
  • Mobile capabilities
  • Best-in-class support & training

Results

Manhattan College is extremely satisfied with the Chrome River’s ability to reduce errors caused by manual data entry and ensure policy compliance.

Manhattan College strongly agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies
  • Chrome River gives us the visibility into our business to better manage our cash flow
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction

By using Chrome River, Manhattan College has been able to:

  • Save finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increase productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Improve employee satisfaction and work-life balance
  • Reduce stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
  • Enable remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions

Manhattan college estimates their finance team has saved 10-20 hours per month by using Chrome River and saw a return on investment within 3-6 months.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Chrome River helps Arnall Golden Gregory Save Over 10 Hours Per Month

Introduction

This case study of Arnall Golden Gregory is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

Prior to selecting Chrome River, Arnall Golden Gregory used a spreadsheets/manual method for managing their expenses. When looking for new solutions, they evaluated both Concur and Chrome River, but ultimately selected Chrome River as the best choice to:

  • Automate the expense management process
  • Have end-user accessibility
  • Have transparent pricing/costs

When evaluating solutions, Arnall Golden Gregory found the following Chrome River capabilities as very valuable or extremely valuable for their team:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • OCR
  • Ease of Use
  • Support & Training
  • Integrations with existing vendors
  • System Reliability

Use Case

Arnall Golden Gregory uses Chrome River to enable remote work, reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses, reimburse traveling employees for expenses, and reimburse non-employee expenses (interview candidates, consultants, other) for expenses.

When compared to the competition, Arnall Golden Gregory rated these Chrome River features as significantly better than or best-in-class:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • ERP integration
  • Ease of use
  • System reliability

Results

Arnall Golden Gregory strongly agreed or very strongly agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies
  • Chrome River gives us the visibility into our business to better manage our cash flow
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction

Arnall Golden Gregory said they were very satisfied or extremely satisfied with Chrome River’s ability to:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Provide better oversight into costs and expenses
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Increase employee satisfaction

By using Chrome River, Arnall Golden Gregory has achieved the following results:

  • Saved finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increased productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Reduced stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
  • Enabled remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions

Arnall Golden Gregory estimates their finance team has saved 10-20 hours per month by using Chrome River, and saw a return on their investment within 6-12 months.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Husch Blackwell increases productivity and efficiency with Chrome River

Introduction

This case study of Husch Blackwell is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Chrome River has had a great impact on the AP team at our firm. It has decreased the amount of data entry handled by the AP team. We no longer have to make sure we are retrieving the correct approvals with the approval routing setup in Chrome River. We have the capability to run just about any report we need to calculate our spend. "
- Kenya Loving-McNamee, Accounting Manager, Husch Blackwell

Challenges

Prior to using Chrome River, Husch Blackwell struggled with a manual and tedious expense management process.

They evaluated and selected Chrome River in order to do the following:

  • Automate the expense management process
  • Enforce expense policy compliance
  • Increase visibility into company T&E spend
  • Improve reconciliation process for corporate cards
  • Extend ERP Capabilities
  • Have transparent pricing/costs

Use Case

When evaluating Chrome River, Husch Blackwell found these Chrome River features to be extremely valuable:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • OCR: Extremely valuable
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Ease of Use
  • Support & Training
  • System Reliability

When compared to the competition, Husch Blackwell rated Chrome River best-in-class in the following areas:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • ERP integration
  • Ease of use
  • System reliability

Husch Blackwell selected Chrome River as the best choice to:

  • Enable remote work
  • Reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses
  • Reimburse traveling employees for expenses
  • Reimburse non-employee expenses (interview candidates, consultants, other) for expenses
  • For analytics for spend analytics

Results

Husch Blackwell very strongly agreed or strongly agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies
  • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud
  • Chrome River gives us the visibility into our business to better manage our cash flow
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction

Husch Blackwell is extremely satisfied with the following Chrome River capabilities:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Provide better oversight into costs and expenses
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Make corporate card reconciliation easier
  • Increase employee satisfaction

According to Husch Blackwell, using Chrome River has helped them:

  • Save finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increase productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Reduce stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
  • Enable remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions
  • Mitigate risk from fraud

Since using Chrome River, Husch Blackwell estimates their finance team has saved 5-10 hours per month and they saw a return on their investment within 3-6 months.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Chrome River Helps Shine Lawyers Save 20+ Hours/Month

Introduction

This case study of Shine Lawyers is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Chrome River has driven accountability for credit card and travel spend. They’ve also reduced loss from unrecovered client disbursements due to a faster card reconciliation process.”
- Alex Scott, Finance Manager , Shine Lawyers

Challenges

Before selecting Chrome River, Shine Lawyers used an ERP Solution and a spreadsheets/manual method to manage their expenses. While they evaluated both Concur and Chrome River to replace this process, they ultimately selected Chrome River as the best choice.

They selected Chrome River to help them:

  • Automate the expense management process
  • Enforce expense policy compliance
  • Increase visibility into company T&E spend
  • Improve reconciliation process for corporate cards
  • Have end-user accessibility

Use Case

Shine Lawyers primarily uses Chrome River to reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses, reimburse traveling employees for expenses, reimburse non-employee expenses (interview candidates, consultants, other) for expenses and spend analytics.

Shine Lawyers said they find the following Chrome River features and functionality very valuable or extremely valuable for their organization:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • OCR
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Ease of Use
  • Mobile Capabilities
  • Support & Training
  • Integrations with existing vendors
  • System Reliability

In comparison to the competition, Shine Lawyers rated Chrome River significantly better or better in these areas:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • ERP integration
  • Ease of use
  • Mobile capabilities
  • Best-in-class support & training
  • OCR
  • System reliability

Results

Shine Lawyers saw a return on investment in under 3 months with Chrome River and strongly agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes.
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies.
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster.

Shine Lawyers is very satisfied with Chrome River’s ability to:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Make corporate card reconciliation easier
  • increase employee satisfaction

Overall, using Chrome River has helped Shine Lawyers:

  • Save finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increase productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Reduce stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
  • Enable remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions

By using Chrome River, Shine Lawyers estimates their finance team has saved 20- 40 hours per month.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Chrome River Helps Dinsmore & Shohl’s Finance Team Save 40+ Hours/Month

Introduction

This case study of Dinsmore & Shohl is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“The biggest impact is the reduction of time needed to submit, audit, enter and pay expenses, not just for the accounting group but for the attorneys and their assistants as well. No more lost forms or delays on approvals. The attorneys and their assistants love it, definitely speeds up the reimbursement process.”

- Alice Trammel, Accounting Manager, Dinsmore & Shohl

Challenges

Prior to Chrome River, Dinsmore & Shohl managed expenses using a manual/spreadsheets based system. While they evaluated both Chrome River and Concur, they ultimately selected Chrome River as the best choice for automating their expense management process.

Use Case

Dinsmore & Shohl uses Chrome River to:

  • Enable remote work
  • Reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses
  • Reimburse traveling employees for expenses
  • For analytics for spend analytics

Dinsmore & Shohl values the following aspects of Chrome River:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • OCR
  • Ease of Use
  • Mobile Capabilities
  • Support & Training
  • System Reliability

They rated these Chrome River features as better or significantly better than other vendors:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Ease of use
  • Mobile capabilities
  • OCR
  • System reliability

Results

Dinsmore & Shohl’s finance team has saved 40+ hours/month since using Chrome River and saw a return on investment in 6-12 months.

Dinsmore & Shohl agreed or strongly agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process
  • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction

Dinsmore & Shohl is very satisfied with Chrome River’s ability to:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Increase employee satisfaction

By using Chrome River, Dinsmore & Shohl was able to:

  • Increase productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Enable remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

Schiff Hardin LLP sees ROI in less than 3 months

Introduction

This case study of Schiff Hardin LLP is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

Before using Chrome River, Schiff Hardin LLP struggled with the following challenges:

  • Automate the expense management process
  • Enforce expense policy compliance
  • Increase visibility into company T&E spend
  • Extend ERP Capabilities

Prior to selecting Chrome River, Schiff Hardin LLP used Concur.

Use Case

Schiff Hardin LLP uses Chrome River to reimburse non-traveling employees for expenses, reimburse traveling employees for expenses, and spend analytics.

Compared to the competition, Schiff Hardin LLP rated Chrome River as best in class or significantly better in the following areas:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • ERP integration
  • Ease of use

Schiff Hardin LLP said they strongly agree with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process.
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes.
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies.
  • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud.
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster.
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction.

Schiff Hardin LLP find the following functionality extremely valuable or very valuable to their organization.

  • Approval workflow configurability:
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • OCR
  • Ease of Use
  • Integrations with existing vendors
  • System Reliability

Results

Schiff Hardin LLP saw ROI in under 3 months with Chrome River.

Schiff Hardin LLP said they were very satisfied with the following Chrome River capabilities to:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Increase employee satisfaction

Using Chrome River has:

  • Saved finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increased productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Reduced stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
  • Enabled remote work with cloud-based, paperless solutions
  • Mitigated risk from fraud

Schiff Hardin LLP estimates their finance team has saved 20- 40 hours per month by using Chrome River.

Chrome River by Emburse Case Study

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith saves 20-40 hours a month with Chrome River

Introduction

This case study of University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is based on a September 2020 survey of Chrome River by Emburse customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“One impact is that Chrome River has made approvals so accessible and streamlined. No more waiting on paperwork to come through campus mail, then thumbing through pages and pages of paper receipts. Also, the way it drives compliance and makes the traveler more accountable, has taken away the stress and frustration of the Travel Office tremendously!” – Rhonda Caton, Procurement Director

Challenges

Prior to using Chrome River, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith struggled to:

  • Automate the expense management process
  • Enforce expense policy compliance
  • Increase visibility into company T&E spend
  • Improve reconciliation process for corporate cards

Before selecting Chrome River, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith used a manual process that was keyed into their Ellucian Banner ERP.

Use Case

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith uses Chrome River to enable remote work and reimburse traveling employees for expenses.

Compared to the competition, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith rated Chrome River best-in-class or significantly better in the following areas:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • ERP integration
  • Ease of use
  • Mobile capabilities
  • Best-in-class support & training
  • OCR
  • System reliability

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith said they very strongly agreed with the following statements:

  • Chrome River’s service level and accessibility was an important factor in the decision-making process.
  • Chrome River’s configurability and integrations have given us greater visibility into our business processes.
  • Chrome River helps by extending our accounting software and ERP capabilities to regulate expense policies.
  • Chrome River helps us to prevent fraud.
  • Chrome River has improved our ability to reimburse faster.
  • Using Chrome River has helped us to increase employee satisfaction.

When asked which features and capabilities the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith found valuable, they rated the following extremely valuable or very valuable:

  • Approval workflow configurability
  • Built-in business rules engine
  • OCR
  • Credit card reconciliation
  • Ease of Use
  • Mobile Capabilities
  • Support & Training
  • Integrations with existing vendors
  • System Reliability

Results

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith saw a return on investment within 6-12 months.

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith said they were extremely satisfied with Chrome River’s ability to:

  • Reduce errors caused by manual data entry
  • Provide better oversight into costs and expenses
  • Ensure policy compliance
  • Reimburse expenses faster
  • Make corporate card reconciliation easier
  • Increase employee satisfaction

By using Chrome River, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has:

  • Saved finance teams time so they can focus on more meaningful and strategic work
  • Increased productivity by automating mundane, manual tasks
  • Reduced stress associated with expense and/or invoice management
  • Mitigated risk from fraud

When asked how much time the finance team saves per month, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith estimates they save 20- 40 hours per month by using Chrome River.




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