Coupa e-Procurement for MRO

Coupa’s highly usable e-procurement software is perfect for the no-nonsense Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) environment manufacturers face – offering quick and simple ordering of repair items, but with tight financial controls.

Companies that manufacture goods have many of the same concerns and issues that non-manufacturing business have.  They want more visibility into and control over both inventory and non-inventory related spend.  Manufacturers expect their e-procurement platform to:

• streamline MRO purchasing and the materials management process;
• provide better visibility into MRO spending patterns;
• Reduce payroll and non-payroll MRO costs.

Coupa has experience helping manufacturing organizations standardize and control supplier base for MRO, improve visibility into spending, and cut operational and materials costs.

Coupa supports complex MRO activities that may require several approvals and orders with multiple suppliers.

MRO activities are typically handled by several suppliers, even for a single machine.  Managing the disparate vendor base and spend associated for each machine is a daunting task for many companies.  Organizations like Hitchiner and Avnera leverage Coupa to tackle some of these problems.  They use Coupa’s web forms to create machine-specific questionnaires for capturing and sharing all relevant information with repair vendors.  Coupa’s reporting capabilities helps companies consolidate their MRO vendors, driving efficiencies and cost savings.

Eliminate lost deliveries and delayed projects with Coupa e-Procurement.

It’s a fact of life.  Items get lost on delivery, and projects get delayed as a result.  Many companies require on-time shipment of products for both their manufacturing and non-manufacturing goods.  Any delay or misplacement of material can have a large impact on the bottom line.  Companies can avoid these costly mistakes by using Coupa’s receiving and reporting functions.  Coupa provides instant access to orders that have not yet been received, allowing project and department owners the information they need to ensure their goods are received by the required date.  Companies can also accelerate the requisition, approval and order process with punchout to supplier sites and automated ordering.

Manage non-manufacturing inventory with Coupa.

Most complex employ complex systems for managing inventory on manufacturing inputs, but struggle with how to manage non-manufacturing inventory items like tool cribs, assets, and other materials.  Companies can use Coupa’s inventory system to track assets and non-manufacturing inventory items.  They can utilize the on-hand balances report to conduct an inventory walk through and then make the appropriate inventory transfers in Coupa, with full audit history of each transaction.  Coupa can also help companies value their on-hand inventory with inventory valuation reports.