The great data hunt
13 September 2012
Information on travel spending is spread across many sources and formats, but if organisations can pull it together, they can negotiate better and cheaper deals
What a creator of miracles is management information (MI). Jim DaBell and Chris Reynolds, travel managers at Siemens, told last month’s Supply Management Business Travel Unpacked forum in London how they combed the data generated through expenditure on employees’ corporate payment cards.
The pair discovered the company was spending £250,000 at each of two...