Cycle time in days to approve and schedule T&E reimbursements

This measure calculates the number of days to approve and schedule travel and entertainment (T&E) reimbursements. T&E expenditures are the reimbursable expenses employees incur on behalf of the company (e.g., rental car, hotel, airfare, etc.). It is a Cycle Time measure that helps companies analyze the duration of the "process expense reimbursements" process from beginning to end.

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Measure Category:
Cycle Time
Measure ID:
100587
Total Sample Size:
5,039 All Companies
Performers:
25th Median 75th
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Key Performance Indicator:
Yes

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Units for this measure are days.

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Cycle time in calendar days from the receipt of an expense report to its approval and scheduling for payment

Key Terms

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Cycle time is the total time from the beginning of the process to the end. This includes both time spent actually performing the process and time spent waiting to move forward.

T&E expenditures are the reimbursable expenses an employee incurs on behalf of the company (e.g., rental car, hotel, airfare).

The metric value which represents the 50th percentile of a peer group. This could also be communicated as the metric value where half of the peer group sample shows lower performance than the expressed metric value or half of the peer group sample shows higher performance than the expressed metric value.

Measure Scope

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Cross Industry (7.4)

  • 9.6.2.1 - Establish and communicate expense reimbursement policies and approval limits (10880)
  • 9.6.2.2 - Capture and report relevant tax data (10881)
  • 9.6.2.3 - Approve reimbursements and advances (10882)
  • 9.6.2.4 - Process reimbursements and advances (10883)
  • 9.6.2.5 - Manage personnel accounts (10884)