Time & Expense Management for NetSuite

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Prevent the loss of billable hours and gain faster control over billing, margins, and project hours.

In many project-based organizations, 1 to 5% of billable hours are consistently lost because employees submit their time too late or because hours are tracked in Excel or separate overviews. What may seem like an administrative issue at first glance directly impacts revenue in practice: invoicing is delayed, project margins become visible too late, and finance has to make corrections afterwards.

As long as time and expenses are not processed directly in the right place, there is no up-to-date view of project hours, costs, and progress. That makes time tracking more than just a minor user issue. It is a challenge that directly affects revenue, margin, cash flow, and control over projects.

Where does it go wrong?

The situation is often familiar. Employees enter their hours only at the end of the week, expenses are saved up, and part of the information remains scattered across Excel files, emails, or separate overviews. That information then has to be manually transferred or checked before it can be used for project management or invoicing.

What may still seem manageable at team level can quickly grow into an organizational issue. Project managers make decisions based on incomplete information, finance has to chase missing hours and expenses, and only at a late stage does it become clear how much time was actually billable.

With Time and Expense Management, you get:

The impact is often greater than expected. When hours are submitted late or incompletely, 1 to 5% of billable hours are typically lost in practice. Invoicing is pushed back, margins only become visible when there is hardly any room left to adjust, and finance spends unnecessary time on corrections and checks afterwards.

  • loss of billable hours and revenue
  • delays in invoicing and cash flow
  • late insight into project margins and budget deviations
  • more manual correction work for finance
  • less reliable management information for project managers

Why standard NetSuite time tracking does not always solve this

Many organizations already use NetSuite, but find that the standard time tracking functionality does not always fit employees who only need to record time and expenses. The solution can quickly feel cumbersome, requires additional user licenses, and offers a lot of functionality that is not always needed for such a task.

As a result, adoption lags behind and the same pattern continues: late entries, information being tracked outside the system, and corrections afterwards. So the issue is not only about behavior, but also about the way the process is set up.

The solution: Time & Expense Management

Instant control over hours, expenses, and project data

Time & Expense Management is a mobile app for time tracking and expense management, fully integrated with NetSuite. The app makes it easy to register hours and expenses, without cumbersome screens or additional NetSuite licenses. Users record their time and expenses through an intuitive interface with minimal effort. Everything is directly linked to NetSuite projects, so there is no delay and no separate administration outside the system.

This removes the barrier to time entry and creates a process in which registration becomes a natural part of daily work.

What are the concrete benefits?

  • less loss of billable hours
  • faster invoicing
  • earlier insight into project margins
  • fewer manual corrections
  • less dependence on Excel or separate tools
  • lower costs because additional NetSuite user licenses are not required

What Are the Benefits?

Time and Expense Management provides significant advantages for businesses looking to streamline time tracking and integrate it with NetSuite:

  • Cost savings – No additional license costs for every user, unlike standard NetSuite implementations.
  • Efficiency – No more manual time tracking via Excel or other systems. Fewer errors mean lower costs.
  • Simple integration – No API issues or third-party apps that might fail. The solution is fully natively integrated within NetSuite.

Who is this relevant for?

The pricing structure is simple and transparent:

  • €10 per user per month, billed annually (€120 per user per year)
  • 5% discount when paying two years in advance
  • 10% discount when paying three years in advance

Because the investment remains relatively low and additional NetSuite user licenses are not needed, the business case is easy to make. For many of our clients, a 1 to 5% loss of billable hours already amounts to tens of thousands of euros per year.

Integration with NetSuite

Time & Expense Management is not a separate tool alongside NetSuite, but connects directly to the existing environment. Through token-based authentication, users get access to the projects and data relevant to them, while entries are updated directly in NetSuite.

This allows you to work with one consistent source of information instead of extra apps or separate integrations, and removes the need to transfer data manually.

Implementation and Support

Implementation is fast and manageable. The solution can be installed and configured within one day, allowing you to go live without a lengthy implementation process.

In addition, key-user training is available to ensure employees adopt the new way of working quickly and do not continue recording hours outside NetSuite. Support also remains available after go-live, so the solution stays practical and manageable in the long term.

Why choose Time and Expense Management ?

Ease of use
An intuitive interface that gives you instant access to your time tracking. Within a few clicks, you can review your logged hours and submit expenses.

Mobile availability
Works as a browser-based app, which you can add to your home screen to open in full-screen mode—just like a native app.

Laptop / desktop support
Also accessible via a URL on your laptop or desktop.

Project budget and actuals insights
Always have a clear overview of your project’s progress, including logged hours and costs.

Simple expense claims
Submit expenses by taking a photo of your receipt. Supports multiple currencies.

Fast & efficient
Log in with facial recognition and complete time and expense entries in just a few steps.

Edo Huizinga

Account Executive NetSuite

Knowledge Center