Coupa Blog

Why Insight Into Corporate Travel & Expense Is More Valuable Now Than Ever Before

• September 30, 2020
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• By Tracy Gao
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• Coupa

Placing tighter reigns on Travel and Expense (T&E)—which is second only to payroll as the most controllable expense for most companies—is a common Business Spend Management (BSM) practice. But in the pandemic era, where companies are navigating uncharted waters and the winds of economic change blow swiftly, corporate travel managers now…Read blog post

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AT COUPA: TAPPING INTO THE POWER OF SPEND AND OUR COMMUNITY

• September 29, 2020
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• By Sandy Eapen
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• Coupa

The potential for collective economic, environmental, and social impact that Coupa can have across global supply chains, communities, and business operations is significant. Why? As a company that provides organizations comprehensive solutions to manage their business spend activities—from procurement and strategic sourcing to supplier risk assessments and prescriptive data insights—we have the…Read blog post

3 Key Elements to Effective Third-Party Risk Management

• September 18, 2020
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• By Brian Shaw
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• Resilience

Third-party risk management has been a complex challenge for companies of all sizes within many industries for years. The COVID-19 pandemic has created even more pressure and increased urgency on managing third party and supply chain disruptions, and forced a paradigm shift from “just in time” procurement and inventory strategies…Read blog post

How to Free Accounts Payable from Tactical Work

• September 11, 2020
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• By Ariane Lindblom
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• Finance & AP

Accounts Payable (AP) managers often lament how they’re viewed by their executive team: "We aren’t seen as strategic to the business!"  In most cases, AP is so bogged down with administrative tasks – validation of invoice data, chasing down approvals, and manual matching of invoices to purchase orders…Read blog post

Join Coupa CEO Rob Bernshteyn and World-Renowned Epidemiologist Dr. Larry Brilliant for a Complimentary Virtual Event This Week

• September 08, 2020
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• Coupa
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• Coupa

In this difficult business environment, how can leaders resist the impulse to adopt a defensive stance? We must look to our company’s most valuable resource—its community—to help shape the organization's future and thrive in the new normal. Join us for an exclusive 60-minute conversation this weekwith Rob Bernshteyn, chairman…Read blog post