The ROI of BlueBean

Maximize savings. Minimize friction. Earn rebates. Make everyone happier.

BlueBean was built with one simple business question in mind:

“If we make buying and expensing radically easier, how much value can we unlock?”

The answer spans both hard, measurable dollar savings and powerful but often overlooked intangible benefits across procurement, finance, and the wider business.

This page walks through the full Return on Investment (ROI) of implementing BlueBean for both spend management and expense management.

Tangible ROI: Measurable, Dollar-Based Benefits

1. Increased Capture of Negotiated Savings

BlueBean ensures you actually realize the savings your procurement team negotiates — instead of losing them to maverick spend or slow P2P processes.

  • Contracted suppliers, prices and products at employees’ fingertips

  • Faster rollout and faster savings versus traditional P2P

  • Higher adoption, lower bypass rate, more spend compliant with preferred suppliers

ROI lever: A higher percentage of total spend routed through negotiated contracts.

2. Productivity Savings Across the Business

By embedding into the natural online buying process, BlueBean eliminates inefficiencies:

  • No manual purchase orders to create and validate

  • No back-and-forth emails for simple purchases

  • Faster access to needed goods and services

  • Fewer delays on project execution and revenue-impacting activities

ROI lever: Reduced time wasted per purchase + reduced operational delays.

3. Price Savings Through Faster Payments (Without Impacting Cash Flow)

Card-based procurement fundamentally changes how you negotiate with suppliers:

  • Suppliers receive instant cash

  • You keep the payment terms from your card issuer (e.g., American Express)

  • You can trade speed of payment for better pricing

ROI lever: Additional supplier discounts unlocked by instant payment.

4. Accounting & Finance Team Savings

Because BlueBean routes spend through virtual cards:

  • No manual expense reports for card payments

  • Fewer supplier invoices for AP to process

  • Automatic receipt capture

  • Cleaner data at the source, reducing exceptions and reconciliations

ROI lever: Reduced finance and accounting workload and lower cost per transaction.

5. Tail-Spend Savings + Cash Rebate on Every Dollar Spent

This is one of the highest-impact and most frequently overlooked ROI drivers.

Most companies lose money on tail spend because low-value purchases create high processing costs (PO creation, invoice processing, approvals, expense reports). With BlueBean, tail spend becomes a profit center:

✓ Eliminate processing costs on low-value purchases

By enabling employees to buy safely with virtual cards, you avoid the expensive AP workflows typically associated with tail spend.

✓ Earn a rebate on every dollar spent

Since all purchases flowing through BlueBean are paid by card, you unlock rebates on 100% of card-eligible spend — including tail spend that previously only generated cost.

✓ Maximize savings without extra effort

As more spend (procurement + employee expenses) moves to BlueBean:

  • Your rebate grows automatically

  • Supplier compliance increases

  • Manual administrative overhead drops

This turns unmanaged or low-priority spend into a net savings engine.

ROI lever: Rebate revenue + eliminated AP processing cost on low-value tail spend.

Intangible ROI: The Benefits That Don’t Fit in a Spreadsheet (But Matter a Lot)

1. Happier, More Empowered Employees

People feel trusted, supported, and productive when buying what they need is simple.

2. Happier Management & Stakeholders

Managers spend less time policing and more time driving strategy — with better visibility and fewer exceptions.

3. Happier, More Loyal Suppliers

Suppliers get paid instantly, avoid portals, and enjoy working with you — increasing reliability, responsiveness, and service quality.

Where BlueBean’s ROI Shows Up

For Spend Management (Procurement, Finance, IT)

  • Higher savings capture

  • Reduced maverick spend

  • Tail-spend savings + rebates

  • Fewer procurement tickets

  • Faster access to data and controls

For Expense Management (Accountants, Controllers, Treasurers, CFOs)

  • Automated card-based expense process

  • Fewer invoices + fewer reports

  • Fast close cycles

  • Stronger compliance without hurting experience

How to Model Your BlueBean ROI

A simple, practical approach:

  1. Savings Capture

    • % of spend on contracted suppliers now vs. expected with BlueBean

  2. Operational Efficiency

    • Hours spent per purchase/expense today vs. with automation

  3. Payment Optimization

    • Negotiated savings unlocked via instant payment

  4. Rebates on All Card Spend

    • Annual card-eligible spend × rebate rate

  5. Tail Spend Optimization

    • AP processing cost avoided per low-value purchase

Even modest improvements across each dimension typically yield ROI far exceeding the cost of BlueBean.

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