Per diem command center
Lithko Contracting — replacing Concur Expense for field per diem. Rules-based eligibility auto-clears complete requests on authorized jobs; ~30 payroll admins handle only the exceptions. Pay via Wisely / rapid! up to 3× a week; job-costed GL flows back to Penta.
Per diem (eligible)
$20,700
221 requests evaluated
Auto-eligibility
94%
cleared with no manual touch
Needs review
13
exception queue
Ready to pay
$0
0 requests, not yet funded
Paid (pay cards)
$19,520
208 funded
Taxable portion
$240
over GSA M&IE cap → wages
Demo dataset is a representative slice (221 requests across 12 jobs). At Lithko scale — 7,000 field employees, ~$1M / week — the same engine runs every request through these rules automatically.
Payout run
Nothing waiting to fund right now.
Exception queue by reason
13 opennot assignedNot assigned to job
5terminated employeeTerminated employee
3employee on leaveEmployee on leave
2taxable excessTaxable excess
2job not authorizedJob not authorized
2missing business purposeMissing business purpose
1amount over rateOver job rate
1amount under rateUnder job rate
1duplicate dateDuplicate day
1job closedJob closed
1Per diem spend by job
approved + paid| Job | Reqs | Spend |
|---|---|---|
Data Center Shell — Building C #1955 · Denver, CO | 30 | $3,450.00 |
Tilt-Up Distribution Center #2055 · Dallas, TX | 27 | $2,430.00 |
High-Rise Mixed-Use Tower #2102 · Nashville, TN | 24 | $2,304.00 |
Parking Structure #2120 · Charlotte, NC | 24 | $2,160.00 |
Cold Storage Facility #2110 · Atlanta, GA | 24 | $2,112.00 |
University Slab-on-Grade #1987 · Columbus, OH | 24 | $2,040.00 |
Semiconductor Fab Foundations #2078 · Austin, TX | 18 | $1,764.00 |
Meta Hyperscale Data Center — Phase 2 #2041 · Temple, TX | 19 | $1,748.00 |