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The Total Spend Management Annual Benchmark Report

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P2P automation & the promise of value

Many initiatives envision full P2P automation, but what often materializes is procure-to-invoice automation. Whether it’s due to disconnected systems, integration complexity, legacy manual oversight, or a lack of resources, partial P2P automation is an enormous missed opportunity for procurement to deliver on multiple mandates through payments.

Learn how procurement teams achieve full P2P automation with Coupa's AI-native, unified platform with the embedded payments to:

  • reduce risk across spend
  • build strategic supplier relationships
  • protect margins from fraud

all while positioning procurement as a strategic partner and setting up agentic AI to support better outcomes.

What advantages do embedded payments offer over integrated payments?

Embedded payments offer a native experience, AI-ready data, and streamlined supplier onboarding. Integrated payments offer a fragmented experience, support synchronized data, and deliver a cumbersome onboarding experience.

Why is stopping at "OK-to-Pay" a major risk for modern procurement?

"OK-to-Pay" is procure-to-invoice only, fragmenting the critical payments phase outside the procurement system. This visibility gap undermines strategic control and total spend management. The fragmented process increases compliance risks, complicates audit trails, and creates security gaps that bad actors exploit for fraud.

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