Boehringer Ingelheim includes SaaS system of preparation and expense control of employees

The outsourcing division of BDO and representative office of pharmaceutical concern Boehringer Ingelheim in Russia announced on July 10, 2013 start in operation of the joint project on automation of processing of expense reports on the platform of the Concur software product.

Start

Feature of business of Boehringer Ingelheim in Russia - high mobility of personnel. Entertainment and traveling expenses are the essential budget item of this enterprise. Monthly accounting of Boehringer Ingelheim processes from 600 to 800 expense reports.

The company management made the decision on system implementation of processing of expense reports on the basis of the software solution Concur provided on the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

Olga Moiseyeva, the Head of Department of accounting, taxation and treasury of Boehringer Ingelheim, noted: "When choosing the software product the company was guided by such factors as the accessibility to a system from any place in the world, availability of the Russian-language interface and the settings considering requirements of the Russian legislation and also lack of big initial investments".

Job

Implementation and system testing took about four months. All settings, necessary for Boehringer Ingelheim, were during this time made, data migration and integration of Concur with the system of SAP which is used in Boehringer company for enterprise management and accounting is executed, training of staff of the company is provided.

"We are very happy with project results, - Victoria Smirnova, the chief accountant of Boehringer Ingelheim emphasized, - and we are going to continue implementation of electronic document management for needs of financial service of our company. In particular, in the nearest future with assistance of Bdoplaniruyetsya company implementation of the automated processing of civil contracts that is also volume section in connection with specifics of activity of the company".