How Navan Saved One Company $601K in 7 Months
Samantha Shankman
•17 Dec 2024•
Central Garden & Pet, a leading supplier of garden and pet products, has a diverse and distributed operation with some 7,000 employees across multiple locations in North America.
The company’s structure, which includes multiple business units with unique needs and operations, required a sophisticated travel and expense (T&E) management solution to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
Seeking a comprehensive solution, Central Garden & Pet turned to Navan’s all-in-one platform.
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There’s no other solution bringing together all these pieces like Navan.
Becky E.
Principal Data Analyst
Navan’s platform stood out for its user experience, integration capabilities, and ability to handle complex accounting needs.
“Navan’s interface was intuitive and forward-thinking and offered the integrated solution we needed," said Summer P., Senior Accounts Payable Manager at Central Garden & Pet.
Results with Navan
Time Savings: Before Navan, a finance team member had to extract and upload data to the different ERP systems daily. Now, what used to take an hour each day takes just a couple of hours each month.
Better Data and Strategic Focus: Since implementing Navan, Central’s team has had more time to focus on analysis and make faster, more informed decisions based on the real-time data coming out of Navan. Instead of doing manual work, the team can help provide insights into the business and foster meaningful conversations to move forward.
Travel Efficiency: On the travel side, the average booking time is down considerably from what Central estimates was 35 minutes with previous tools.
Looking Forward
By adopting Navan, Central has significantly streamlined its T&E management, resulting in substantial time savings and improved efficiency across its operations. This partnership sets a solid foundation for future growth and success.
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I would select Navan as our travel, expense, and credit card solution 100 times over.
Summer P.
Senior Manager, Accounts Payable
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