Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Session Descriptions

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• Redefining Fleet: The Customer Experience
  This data driven session will share comprehensive findings from Comdata’s recent research in the fleet marketplace. Join us to learn more about the industry landscape and changing expectations for fuel card data, insight and support. Recommended for fleet users.
  
  

• Show them the Money
  Better employee adoption is key to realizing maximum savings with an electronic pay program. In this session you will learn about the latest employee enrollment Best Practices, and marketing tools available to you, including: Enhanced Employee Communications, Cardholder Training website, Print On-demand Employer Tools, and much more. Recommended for prepaid users.
  
  

• 12 Hard Hitting “Best Practices” for Your Corporate Payments Program
  In this session, even the most experienced veterans of MasterCard travel, purchasing, fleet, e-payables and debit cards will learn new ideas to optimize their payment process programs.  You will take away actionable tasks, gain access to industry best practices and understand how to effectively apply them to drive business performance.
  
  After completing this course you will be able to:
  • List best-in-class program management tools
  • Identify risk management best practices
  • Apply key performance indicators that will help your organization exceed your automation goals.
  Recommended for corporate payments users.
  
  

• ICD Hands-on Workshop: ReportQ
  During this hands-on training, we will teach you how to run transactional, card holder, T&E and vehicle reports. This workshop will also contain a Q&A segment about report development, and be prepared to share your reporting feature wish list.
  
  In order to jog your memory on what you learn in this session, we will introduce you to the Comdata Resource Center (RC) as it provides educational content and technical documents to teach you how to use iConnectData features. The RC allows you to choose your own path to useful product information, search the quickest answer or register for an upcoming training opportunity.
  
  In this session, you’ll take home new reporting knowledge as well as resources to help you use ICD to its fullest!
  
  

• Fuel Merchants Futurescape: A Product Roadmap for Tomorrow
  To remain competitive in today’s retail fuel market, you need tools that can help you stand out from the crowd. In this session, you will explore the direction the industry is headed, as well as the business challenges you face and solutions to overcome those challenges. Join us as we share our product roadmap, as well as recent product updates available to you to help you increase efficiency and profitability at your retail fuel location. Recommended for retail fuel customers.
  
  

• Prepaid Client Panel
  Hear from your peers! This interactive session will feature Comdata Payroll MasterCard clients from various industry verticals like retail, healthcare, B2B, and food & beverage. Each had a unique business challenge or strategic goal to meet and each found success with an effective paycard program. Come hear from business leaders and finance leaders, and find out how a paycard program can work for you. Recommended for prepaid users.
  
  

• Streamlining AP Processes with Virtual Payments
  Payment delivery and the value for acceptance of various transaction methods is not a one size fits all solution. Payees have multiple reasons they presently prefer checks over electronic methods. Comdata helps drive adoption by providing vendors with a range of choices for transitioning from check to lower operation costs for your accounts payable department.
  

In this session you will learn about proven customer strategies for offering electronic payment solutions to vendors. We will also share research results that show by providing an ACH discount, virtual card, and BIP solutions, payers can eliminate paper check as an option for vendor payment. Recommended for corporate payments users.



• ICD Hands-on Workshop: Card Maintenance
  Did you know Comdata's new card maintenance application is 85% more efficient?  Join us for our Card Maintenance Workshop to learn about our new search, sort and filter capabilities. You’ll receive hands-on training to update multiple cards at one time and review the one-page card detail screen.  You will also have the opportunity to experience the Comdata Resource Center (RC) as it provides educational content and technical documents to teach you how to use iConnectData features. The RC allows you to choose your own path to useful product information, search the quickest answer or register for an upcoming training opportunity.  You will leave this session fully armed with Comdata know how!
  

• The Road Ahead: Emerging Industry Trends
  This session will feature a lively discussion around current industry topics, such as regulatory requirements, driver turnover, alternative fuels management, enhanced data and much more. Engage with your peers to share tips and best practices for managing your fleet in an evolving industry landscape. Recommended for fleet users.
  
  

• Paper or Plastic: Paycard 101 
  The Comdata Payroll MasterCard is a feature-rich electronic pay solution, combined with focused, proactive, and bi-lingual cardholder training which drives higher employee adoption rates and maximum savings for your organization! Hear more in this high level overview of the benefits of achieving 100% electronic payroll – and payroll cards – the low cost, on time, secure, and flexible alternative to paper checks. Recommended for prepaid users.
  
  

• Virtual is the New Reality: Optimizing Virtual Payments to Improve Your Bottom Line
  While virtual card payment advantages may be obvious to an accounts payable professional looking to simplify processes, the question of supplier acceptance still comes up. How does a vendor benefit from accepting virtual payments from its customers, especially considering the interchange fee present with each transaction? In addition to cutting down on paper and reducing the time associated with sorting, posting and depositing checks, accepting virtual cards can come with financial benefits that offset the fees.
  
  During this information session, we will present research results highlighting the benefits of accepting virtual cards and reasons why companies elected to accept virtual cards from its customers.  Learn how our customers have successfully converted their receivables processes and enhanced cash flow despite incurring card transaction fees. Recommended for the corporate payments users.

• Capitalizing on Alternative Fueling Methods
  Many fleets are shifting to fueling their vehicles with compressed and liquefied natural gasses, creating opportunity for CNG and LNG fueling sites across the country. Hear first-hand from industry professionals who have successfully planned, implemented and executed these sites to determine how you can capitalize on this demand by building out your own natural gas fueling site. Explore the equipment and tools needed to successfully operate both natural gas and unattended fueling sites to maximize opportunity and value. Recommended for retail fuel customers.

• Hands-on Training Workshop: FleetAdvance
  Do you want to learn how you can plan routes for your drivers more efficiently and help save money on fuel in the process? Join us in this hands-on FleetAdvance training to learn how FleetAdvance helps you drive behavior change and capitalize on opportunities for your business. Practice tracking day-to-day fueling decisions on the Console, influencing driver behavior with the Opportunity Analyze, and planning the best possible stops for your routes with the Advisor.
  
  We’ll also guide you through the Comdata Resource Center (RC) within iConnectData to access these training materials once you return to work.
  
  In this session, we’ll teach you to become a FleetAdvance pro! Recommended for fleet users.

• Save Time and Money with MasterCard Business Network from Comdata

  We partnered with MasterCard to bring you an integrated online tool designed specifically to address key expense management issues faced by many small and mid-size companies.  During this session, we will present trends in mid-size company spending and highlight opportunities to reduce costs. We will also showcase various tools within the MasterCard Business Network from Comdata that provide your company with the purchasing power, cost savings and management tools you need to run a better business. If you are a small or mid-size company, you do not want to miss this session!