There are many people who 'struggle' with paper receipts once a month.
Taxi fare. Entry fee for the seminar. Stationery money that when the equipment ran out and rushed to the store. Employees enter the price on of the receipts into Excel. And when all the entering is finished, the employee prints it, and signs it, then submits it to the Boss. The Boss vaguely looks over the paper, and signs it, then a person in Accounting Department re-enters the numbers into Excel again. When you think about it, you will find it is quite ridiculous.
Settlement out-of-pocket money, has become a "traditional business" in the company of many.
Reimbursement of out-of-pocket money, has become a "traditional operation" in many companies.
So, there often is a large room for operating efficiency.
However, expense reimbursement operation is also a sensitive operation that is directly linked to handling cash. So-called "the internal control system" is also very important. The result of operating efficiency improvement must not end up with raising the probability of occurrence of fraud or mistake. I say the business process is indescribably profound. Returns on investment in improvement activities is very large, but commensurate BPM skills are required for people in charge of the improving.
The Business Process Sample below has a trick that generates [Expense Reimbursement Claim Form.pdf] automatically in the middle of the Workflow.
[Expense Claim flow-Form Auto-Generation]