Concur unveiled Trip Maximizer for Concurforce, the Concur travel and expense management offering designed for Salesforce. Trip Maximizer enhances the entire process of planning, booking and conducting business travel for employees who need to visit with prospects and clients in the field. Trip Maximizer will be previewed at salesforce.com’s Dreamforce and is expected to be generally available for all Concurforce clients by the end of 2012. Trip Maximizer will also be available to Concur clients using the Concur Connector for Salesforce.Â
With Trip Maximizer, a salesperson using Concurforce can start a business trip by opening a record within Salesforce Sales Cloud, enter initial travel plans, and automatically be shown recommendations for additional sales opportunities to visit during the trip. With just a few clicks, the selected opportunities are added to the traveler’s calendar and itinerary, eliminating countless emails and toggling between applications. And because the typical salesperson is busy enough preparing for those meetings, Trip Maximizer provides dining recommendations and automatically shares itinerary details with relevant colleagues through Salesforce Chatter, enhancing collaboration and supporting the needs of the enterprises.
“Since implementing Concurforce we have increased visibility into our T&E spend, with a deeper understanding of the cost vs. opportunity for each account,” said James Mayfield, Business Analyst for Cascade Orthopedic Supply, Inc. “As Concur continues its partnership with salesforce.com with improved features and integrations we anticipate getting even more value from the product by maximizing every account visit and making that data visible to upper management with Salesforce reports and dashboards.”
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