Studs consolidates four expense management platforms into Ramp's single centralized platform
The problem
Studs managed expense operations across four separate, non-integrated platforms for credit cards, employee reimbursements, accounts payable, and travel, creating time-consuming inefficiency and poor employee compliance.
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Four-platform fragmentation identified
Trigger
Studs operated with four separate, non-integrated platforms covering credit cards, reimbursements, accounts payable, and travel.
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“We were using one platform for credit cards, another for employee reimbursements, a third for accounts payable, plus managing travel”
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Consolidation into Ramp
Integration
Studs partnered with Ramp to consolidate all four expense platforms into one single centralized, automated platform.
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“With Ramp, we were able to consolidate four platforms into one”
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Automated invoice coding
Output
Automated coding for recurring invoices takes 95% of expense reimbursement work out of business owners' hands.
▾ source quote
“automated coding for recurring invoices. "That takes 95% of expense reimbursement work out of business owners' hands"”
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Integrated travel booking
Integration
Ramp Travel automatically finds the cheapest alternative and best flights, with invoice attachment already handled.
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“It's a platform that finds the cheapest alternative and finds the best flights for time and place automatically. You don't need to do any invoice attachment, because it's already done.”
5
Price insights and recommendations
Output
Ramp's price insights highlight spend inefficiencies and make recommendations to optimize payment structures and utilize discount codes.
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“Ramp's price insights highlight spend inefficiencies and make recommendations to optimize payment structures and utilize discount codes”
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Lean team, faster close
Output
The accounting team can get things done quicker and with fewer people by working within one system.
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“With Ramp, we can get things done quicker, and we can get things done with fewer people”
Reported outcome
Studs consolidated four platforms into one, automated 95% of expense reimbursement coding work out of business owners' hands, achieved significant accounting time savings, and enabled faster monthly book close with fewer people.
Reported metrics
Expense reimbursement work automated95%
Accounting time savingssignificant time savings
Book close speedclose its books more quickly each month
Platforms consolidatedfour platforms into one
Show all 5 reported metrics
expense reimbursement work automated95%
accounting time savingssignificant time savings
book close speedclose its books more quickly each month
platforms consolidatedfour platforms into one
accounting headcount efficiencyget things done with fewer people
Reported stack
RampRamp Travel
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Studs consolidated four platforms into one, automated 95% of expense reimbursement coding work out of business owners' hands, achieved significant accounting time savings, and enabled faster monthly book close with fe…
What tools did this team use?
Ramp, Ramp Travel.
What results were reported?
Expense reimbursement work automated: 95%; Accounting time savings: significant time savings; Book close speed: close its books more quickly each month; Platforms consolidated: four platforms into one (source-reported, not independently verified).
How is this expense management AI workflow structured?
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