Case Study: Austin Powder achieves 75% faster reimbursements with Emburse

Austin Powder gained time back to focus on growing the business

Austin Powder, a 1,200-employee manufacturer of industrial explosives, struggled with a manual expense process of printed Excel sheets and attached receipts that was slow, error-prone, and hard to enforce—especially for field employees with limited connectivity. To modernize expense management, Austin Powder selected Emburse, deploying products including Emburse Chrome River and Emburse Cards.

Emburse implemented a mobile-enabled expense solution with built-in policy rules and integrations to corporate card, ERP, and HR systems, enabling on-the-go receipt capture, automated validation, and streamlined approvals. As a result, Emburse helped Austin Powder speed reimbursements by 75% (reducing processing from up to a month to about one week), improve compliance and visibility, eliminate duplicate submissions, and free up employee time for higher-value work.

Austin Powder

Shelton Palmer

Expense and Card Administrator