The market winced. Business spend held firm.
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Las Vegas Valley Water District Modernizes Procurement
The Las Vegas Valley Water District replaced aging, custom-built applications with Coupa's procure-to-pay platform to streamline processes, automate invoicing, and focus on strategic sourcing.
Value as a service
Challenge
Purchasing used 25 custom-built applications.
100% of invoices required manual handling.
Sending a single PO required numerous clicks.
Procurement team focused heavily on transactional work.
Results
100% of spend now flows through Coupa.
80% of invoices are processed with no manual touch.
Requisitions are approved in 1–2 days, down from weeks.
Team transitioned to strategic sourcing projects.
“For over 30 years in my career, I had never seen anything as simple as Coupa. It streamlined our processes so much that our staff was able to focus on other priorities and achieve significant efficiencies...”
— Jim Haining | Purchasing Manager | Las Vegas Valley Water District




