Employees are constantly in motion—making sales calls or taking service trips; visiting an international office for a few days or relocating there for a few years; soaring across oceans in the corporate jet or heading across town in the company car. Typically, these activities are administered by an assortment of departments and vendors. But we believe companies can improve efficiency, raise employee satisfaction, and potentially reduce costs by centralizing management of all aspects of employee mobility—the process of getting people from here to there.
A version of this article appeared in the November 2005 issue of Harvard Business Review.