Quick answer
Spreadsheet-based field operations cost enterprises 12–18 hours per week in reconciliation for every 50 field employees — plus compliance exposure when audits cannot reconstruct approval chains. A unified platform replaces five disconnected workflows with one tenant-isolated system.
What spreadsheets cannot do
Migration path
1. Pilot one team on shift-session GPS
2. Enable expense categories matching current spreadsheet codes
3. Configure approval thresholds mirroring email rules
4. Run parallel month — compare totals
5. Cutover payroll export to structured rollups