Manufacturing travel management solutions for on-site visits and time-sensitive operations
Sticking to your plans starts with crystal clear blueprints on where your team needs to be.
Corporate travel management for manufacturing companies means organizing a range of requirements and complex itineraries - including heading to destinations your team may not have heard of. For over three decades, we’ve worked with manufacturers to ensure that travel is the least of your worries.
Trusted by thousands of companies worldwide
Simplifying business travel for manufacturing businesses
Highly personal, tech-enabled corporate travel experiences, delivered in a way that’s truly refreshing.
Centralized booking and travel management makes it a million times easier for you to track expenses and travel details when you’ve got lots of people traveling at any given time.
How we support corporate travel in manufacturing environments
Corporate travel solutions designed for manufacturing roles
Meet Melon
A travel management platform that makes business travel a breeze. Melon is everything you need to manage your business travel program quicker and easier than ever.
- Ultra-intuitive design
- 5-minute bookings
- On-point reporting for smarter decision-making
- Access to the best rates & perks
- Live-chat with a travel consultant
Melon is the ultimate travel management solution that covers all your bases from booking, reporting, policy, and more.
Why should you partner with Corporate Traveler?
Stop being a number - get a partner instead
When you integrate our expert services and systems for manufacturing travel management, you don’t just become another number in our database, like a part in your production line.
You’ll get a dedicated Travel Manager, who’ll be your single point-of-contact and handles ALL your strategic travel needs. And you’ll be set up in no time, thanks to their expert support and our simple tools.
Caring for people and planet
Here’s how Melon and our expert travel consultants deliver a safe and sustainable travel experience.
- Traveler information and advice is provided ahead of a trip.
- Real-time alerts are sent to travelers for delays, disruptions or disasters.
- Traveler tracking and risk maps allow you to monitor travelers in emergencies.
- Continuous monitoring of global alerts to keep travelers safe.
- Regular reviews of your duty of care program.
- We help you find the most environmentally friendly suppliers, track your carbon footprint, and more.
- Tips and reviews to reduce stress and improve traveler wellbeing.
Manufacturing travel stories
More time and money to invest in your business? Yes, please.
Lower costs with higher quality? I’m in.
Ready to transform manufacturing travel management for your team?
Balance the corporate travel management for your manufacturing company with tech-driven innovations, so you always have the trip support you need, like:
- Melon’s all-in-one platform
- Duty of care dashboard and traveler tracking
- A dedicated Customer Success Manager from our team
- 24/7 instant support and chat
- Searching, booking, and reporting from one place
- Exclusive travel deals that are limited to Melon
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How is business travel management for manufacturing companies different from other industries?
American manufacturers are often stuck dealing with last-minute project requests, which could mean that you need to send out audit teams right away. We’ll give you that flexibility, without it cutting into your project ROI.
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What types of manufacturing businesses benefit most from managed corporate travel?
Common manufacturing industries in the US like companies dealing in chemicals, food and beverages, automotive/aerospace, and machinery can all benefit from easier, more cost-effective business travel for manufacturing purposes.
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Is there support for international travel and complex manufacturing itineraries?
Yes, your dedicated Customer Success Manager will give you up-to-date information regarding your travel itineraries, including any changes that may occur during longer, international trips. Bookings can also easily be done over the phone or through email, depending on what you’d prefer. Plus, you can easily access support anytime through Melon, so you and your team will never be stuck in a bind somewhere away from home.
We’ve got your back, no matter where you are, or what time it is.
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What tools or platforms do travelers and travel managers use to book and manage trips?
You’ll use our innovative travel software called Melon. It lets you book flights, hotels, and rental vehicles all from a single place. It’s super intuitive, and you can use Melon on your phone, tablet, computer - or all of the above! Your account carries over your dashboard to any device that’s convenient to navigate. Melon is designed for ease-of-use, efficiency, and most importantly, guaranteed compliant travel solutions for manufacturing companies.
You read that right, no more compliance troubles!
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How does centralized booking improve travel management for manufacturing companies?
Site inspections, repair techs, trainers or Q/A agents, there are plenty of ways that corporate travel management is useful for manufacturing companies. Not only will you save time, but you’ll save money too! Centralized booking makes it a million times easier to keep track of expenses and travel details when you’ve got lots of people traveling at any given time.
Unless you really like headaches, but we’re guessing you don’t.
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Does Corporate Traveler offer 24/7 support for travelers in different time zones?
You know it!
We’re here 24/7/365 for all our clients, regardless of where your home base or desired destination may be. We’ll never leave you stranded or struggling to find a solution. As long as you’ve got a device with you to reach us, we’ve got your back.
Travel never stops, so we don’t either.
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How does Corporate Traveler track and support travelers during disruptions or emergencies?
Your dedicated Travel Manager will be following each of your travelers on their path to and from each destination, including keeping an eye on nasty headaches like weather disruptions, flight delays (and their impacted connections), or worse, flight cancellations.
They’ll find you alternative arrangements, emergency hotels, replacement rental cars - whatever you need to overcome unexpected travel obstacles.
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How can Corporate Traveler help reduce travel costs for manufacturing businesses?
So many ways!
Enough for a bullet list:
- Flexibility - Not paying outrageously last-minute prices, but getting all the same freedom.
- Affordability - We’ll find you the best deals that are out there. No fluff. No filler. Just savings.
- Tracking - Keep track of everything from the safety of your travelers to their individual spend, all on one dashboard.
- Added Value - Find deals that are just right for you, and bank those extra savings for a rainy day at the office.
- PERKS! - Oh yeah, we almost forgot to mention that there are lots of perks and exclusive deals that help make every trip more comfortable and affordable.
Who says saving money can’t feel luxurious? Not us.