Case Study: Austin Powder achieves up to 75% faster reimbursements with Emburse (Chrome River)

How Emburse Chrome River saves Austin Powder time so they can focus on their core mission of powering global communities

Austin Powder, a nearly 200-year-old explosives and blasting services company, faced a manual, paper-based expense process that left employees in remote locations saving receipts for months and waiting up to a month for reimbursement. To modernize and mobilize expense reporting, Austin Powder selected Emburse’s Chrome River expense management solution to replace printed spreadsheets and improve policy enforcement and visibility.

Emburse implemented Chrome River with mobile SNAP receipt capture, automated approvals and integrations to ERP, HR and corporate card systems, enabling quick on-the-go submissions and centralized controls. The result: reimbursements are up to 75% faster (typical processing now about one week vs. up to a month), validation and data entry time fell from hours to minutes, compliance and spend visibility improved, and the company gained a scalable, multi-currency solution to support global growth.

Austin Powder

Shelton Palmer

Expense and Card Administrator