What is OCR?

🤓 OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a critical technology for streamlining the process of managing travel expenses by converting physical receipts and invoices into digital data automatically.

🔑 Key Points:

1. Definition 📝 : OCR converts text from images of receipts and documents into machine-readable digital data.

2. Application 🤖 : Automates data capture and processing for travel expenses.

3. Process :

   1. Capture: Employees scan or photograph receipts.

   2. Extraction: OCR software reads and extracts key data.

   3. Integration: Data is uploaded to the expense management system.

Example:

Sarah, a sales manager on a business trip, takes a photo of her dinner receipt using an expense app. The OCR technology extracts the details—restaurant name, date, and amount—and automatically uploads this information into her expense report, making the process quick and paperless.

Benefits:

• Efficiency: Saves time by eliminating manual data entry.

• Accuracy: Reduces errors in expense reporting.

• Speed: Accelerates reimbursement processes.

• Convenience: Allows expense submission from anywhere.

• Cost Savings: Cuts down on administrative costs.

• Compliance: Ensures accurate and auditable expense data.

If you would like to discover how to perform several of the tasks mentioned above, including how an expense report can be created, kindly check the articles below:

• How to upload an expense using OCR

• Use OCR to scan your receipts in seconds