| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 61.1 | Staple it. | SOLVIT::BKING | | Sat Jan 04 1992 13:46 | 5 |
| Not to be "cute", but the "need" for a pocket is questionable. What's
wrong with a staple? Expense reports got processed a long time before
someone "invented" the pocket.
BAK
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| 61.2 | | JMPSRV::MICKOL | Greetings from Rochester, NY | Sat Jan 04 1992 23:13 | 6 |
| Well, when I started using the automated expense report program I tried
stapling the receipts to the expense report. After a few months I got a form
letter from the FMC (Financial Management Center) telling me that although
they had no problem with the postscript document, it needed to have the pocket
just like the standard expense report forms.
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| 61.3 | I put receits in an envelope and staple to form | ODIXIE::WALLS | Beautiful Atlanta, GA | Sun Jan 05 1992 14:53 | 6 |
| I use the automated expense form but I place my receits in an envelope
with my name, badge number, w/e date, cc and then staple it to the
printed postscript form. I have yet to receive any letter from finance
that this was not acceptable.
CW
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| 61.4 | Use an envelope | NEWVAX::PAVLICEK | Zot, the Ethical Hacker | Wed Jan 08 1992 13:13 | 14 |
| re: .3
The staple-the-envelope-to-the-form technique is in use by our entire
district (Digital Services, but it should make no difference). We used
to waste time with the glue-the-form-into-a-pocket business, but then
we received the word that someone in Finance had decided to make the
change for the better.
So, staple an envelope to the form and drop in the receipts. If
finance complains, check the name. I'll bet it's some local person who
hasn't found out that streamlining overhead processes is crucial to our
business success!
-- Russ
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| 61.5 | How about a workstation interface? | USRCV1::SOJDAL | | Wed Jan 08 1992 14:14 | 11 |
| The automated expense forms are nice but using this s-l-l-o-o-w-w.
In fact, except for the row and column addition, I can do these faster
by hand. However, doing things like this manually is a giant step
backwards and we should be moving the other way.
Does anyone have a point-and-click workstation or PC based tool
instead? I realize this won't help everyone but for those who have
access to a windowing device it would really help!
Isn't this the kind of solution we try to sell to our customers?
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| 61.6 | Why deal with a paper form at all? | HTBPAS::SNAZZY::DUANE | Send lawyers, guns & money | Wed Mar 11 1992 16:59 | 14 |
| My big question is why must we deal with the paper form at all? I mean if a
dinosaur of an organization like the IRS can provide electronic tax return
filing, it would seem that electronic expense reporting should be possible.
What would be needed would be a user interface like the current EXPENSE program,
with a feature for a tracking number added. The user would fill in the
electronic expense form, then mail it to the group responsible for processing.
Additional documentation such as receipts and the like could be sent in under
separate cover or filed in special envelopes with a space provided to write in
the tracking number. If the receipts are only required in the event of an audit
or for clarification, they should probably remain in the local office. With the
big push to drive decision-making down to where the rubber meets the road, it is
really only logical that the receipts should stay local.
d
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