How Navan Saved One Company $601K in 7 Months

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. 

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.

Read the full Central Garden & Pet case study here.