Case Study: German MNC SCHUNK achieves lean, time-saving expense management with Happay

How Happay Worked with German MNC SCHUNK to Invent a Lean Expense Management System

SCHUNK, the German multinational and global leader in clamping technology, faced a gap in its otherwise lean operations: expense management and accounting processes remained manual and time-consuming. To close this gap SCHUNK partnered with Happay to design a lean expense management system (an expense management “bootcamp”) that would align accounting with the company’s broader lean philosophy.

Happay implemented real-time data capture, rebuilt SCHUNK’s accounting workflows to eliminate manual intervention, provided employee training, and integrated the solution across the organizational ecosystem. The result was immediate productivity gains and measurable savings in man‑hours, elimination of monthly/quarterly data‑entry backlogs, and real‑time control of T&E spend—outcomes that SCHUNK says exceeded expectations and brought accounting into its lean framework.

SCHUNK

Satish Sivadasan

Managing Director