KDS Corporate for total control of your travel and expense

KDS Corporate is the benchmark global solution which drives cost savings and efficiencies in many of the Fortune 500 companies – with over 5,000 customers across 40 countries.

By bringing together all of the Travel and Expense information into one central place KDS Corporate provides transparency right from policy creation, through to expense auditing.

Reduce Costs

The key ways KDS Corporate delivers cost savings include cutting waste and avoidable cost

• A single entry point for all users and approvers removes rogue spending
• Automating process eliminates invoice reconciliation errors and maximises VAT reclaim

Driving down the cost of travel

• One easy-to-read screen displays offers from all major travel distribution systems, travel content specialists, hotel booking systems and direct links to individual suppliers such as low cost carriers and rail networks, to get the lowest price
• Mixing fare type and carriers for a trip will further reduce the cost of travel by up to 39%

Reducing processing and reconciliation times throughout the lifecycle by up to 80% via our expense management software

• Automated expense line creation
• Approval workflow
• Corporate card loading
• Instant expense auditing

Unilever NL estimates in the last 3 years it saved an average of €1 million per year on travel costs as a direct result of using the KDS booking solution. This includes a 15% reduction in the average ticket price despite increased fuel surcharges, security taxes and airport taxes.

 Maximise Adoption

You can completely customise KDS Corporate to fit your organization’s needs. Embedding your travel policies and procedures into the corporate travel management system will ensure full compliance. You can completely automate your workflows to ensure all necessary approvals are obtained, making KDS Corporate the quickest and simplest way to manage all of your T&E needs.

By having a single source for all travel (online and offline bookings) and then integrating this with expense you further drive adoption as the fastest route is always through policy compliance.

Airbus has reached an 80% adoption rate. The tool has also helped Airbus significantly drive bookings to the company's charter flights. Airbus has seen a substantial reduction in average ticket prices. The vast majority of Airbus's travel is intra-European, and on these routes the company estimates it saves €50 per segment.

 Easy Integration

KDS Corporate comes highly recommended by major travel management companies for its front-end ease of use, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction. But the back-end is just as crucial, and TMCs also endorse KDS for its seamless integration with back office systems.

• Profiles: can be continuously synchronized between the TMC and the corporation.
• PNR: KDS Corporate enables users to add notifications for the TMC directly on the PNR.
• Arranger assignment: company-specific groupings can be assigned to a dedicated arranger.
• Guest users: arrangers can quickly create a new profile for a non-employee.
• Travel policy management: travel policies are inherited throughout an organization. The travel manager can stop or reactivate the inheritance as required. Moreover, with KDS Corporate, policy rules can be modified for a part of the company only. Corporations can require the use of an e-ticket and request that users enter a reason when refusing an e-ticket.
• Interface customisation: booking fields can be created and customized, users can modify the interface language and customize its preferences.

Gain True Insight

By bringing together all of your travel and expense information into KDS Corporate you gain valuable insight:

• Know how much a trip will cost before you approve it.
• Know if your policy is delivering the right level of savings.
• Get detail on spending patterns to better negotiate with suppliers.
• Spot trends in spending to proactively manage T&E budget.
• Automate administration to focus time on meeting business objectives.