How Coupa e-Procurement Works
You might be a 20 person biotech startup that buys research supplies, a 2,000 employee high-tech company that buys hundreds of servers, or a college that buys everything from consulting to cleaning supplies. Whatever you buy, books or bobbleheads, whether you have 20 or 20,000 employees, Coupa helps you achieve big purchasing savings.
Coupa e-Procurement automates the entire procure-to-pay process, from requisitioning, approvals, and purchase order creation to RFQs, receiving, inventory, and invoicing. With pre-built connectivity to major suppliers and hosting and application management performed by Coupa, you won’t need a lengthy IT project to get up and running. Coupa gives you the purchasing controls and automation of the Fortune 500, without costing you a fortune.
Users Love the Experience
All You Need Is a Web BrowserCoupa e-Procurement is a 100% Web-based application that provides a buying experience that rivals the best consumer sites. If you can shop on Amazon.com, you already know how to buy with Coupa e-Procurement.
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Drag-and-Drop Buying Gets You In and Out in SecondsEmployees use an intuitive, shopping cart-based interface to select items from a local catalog, request non-catalog goods and services through Web forms, or “punch out” to access suppliers’ websites like Dell, Office Depot, and VWR. Using Coupa e-Procurement is fast and easy.
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Web 2.0 Collaboration Helps You Make Better Buying Decisions
Only Coupa e-Procurement leverages the collective knowledge of your company to make smarter purchasing decisions, with features like product ratings, “Ask the Expert” Q&A forums, search engine-driven content tagging, and tag clouds.
Finance Loves the Savings
Structured Approvals Stop Inappropriate Spending Before it Happens
When employees hit Check Out, Coupa e-Procurement kicks in by automatically creating a requisition and emailing the right person for approval. Approvers can ok a purchase right from email. No more ask-forgiveness-not-permission purchasing and no more waiting until you see an expense report to find out someone bought something he shouldn’t have.
How-to-Buy Policies Drive Spending to Preferred SuppliersWhatever you buy, basketballs or boxcars, just type in a keyword and Coupa e-Procurement tells you the right process to follow and the right vendor to buy from. With Coupa, your company can realize the full savings it worked so hard to negotiate.
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Complete Procure-to-Pay Automation Slashes Overhead CostsCoupa e-Procurement streamlines the entire procure-to-pay process, with savings every step of the way. Employees save time by simply dragging and dropping items to create requisitions in seconds. Managers approve purchases right from email. Requisitions can automatically flip into purchase orders or RFQs, and then into invoices. Purchases sail through receiving and into inventory with tracking every step of the way. |
IT Loves the Free Time
No Hardware or Software to BuyCoupa e-Procurement is offered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), so you don’t need to buy and install hardware, software, or middleware anywhere in you company. If you’ve got a browser, you’re good to go. 100% Automated Monitoring, Upgrades, and ScalingWe monitor your system, ensure you have immediate access to new features, and scale your system to maintain peak performance whether you have 10 users or 10,000 users. Your IT team is a strategic resource. Treat them that way by freeing up their bandwidth to focus on the important stuff. |
Quick Start Gives IT the Red Carpet TreatmentThe Coupa Quick Start Program ensures your success. As part of the program, you get a dedicated Solution Delivery Expert (that’s right, a real live person) to assist you in collecting the right company information, configuring your system, and providing best practices advice. We’re committed to getting you up and running and seeing value quickly and smoothly.
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