Coupa Blog

Coupa’s Business Spend Index (BSI) – Will It Predict Future U.S. Recessions?

• March 16, 2020
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• Jeff Collins, Ph.D.
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• Coupa

The U.S. has experienced the longest period of economic expansion in history. Prior to the global outbreak of the coronavirus, many forecasters were predicting a recession in the future, but that future was likely at some point in 2021. The coronavirus has significantly altered those predictions. The key questions being…Read blog post

Why Salesforce Is a Bad Choice for Contract Lifecycle Management

• February 03, 2020
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• Mat Calabro
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• Coupa

Companies make enormous investments in CRM and enterprise systems. So, it’s only natural that they would look to stretch their investment by using those systems for as many functions as possible. The more you use it, the higher the ROI. Salesforce CRM & Contract Lifecycle ManagementFor example, CRM system…Read blog post

B2B Payment Management Systems Reimagined for the 2020’s

• January 27, 2020
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• By Rajiv Ramachandran
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• Coupa

For many organizations operating on a global scale, the payments process can bring considerable challenges and risks. With payments made to suppliers in different countries by an assortment of checks, credit cards, and bank transfers, the current processes and systems used by finance teams have led to fraudulent transactions, inaccurate…Read blog post

Setting a Resolution for Growth in 2020

• January 13, 2020
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• By Kelly Casey and Adam Fleischer
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• Coupa

How Mid-Sized Companies Using NetSuite ERP Manage Growth and Scale Massively with Coupa It’s that time of year when we’re making – or working at keeping – resolutions that will get us where we want to go. And where do mid-sized companies want to go? They want to scale…Read blog post

What Don’t You Know About Your Spend: How Community Intelligence from Peer Group Data Reveals Previously Undiscovered Opportunities to Spend Smarter

• December 10, 2019
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• By Charlene Wang & Adam Fleischer
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• Coupa

In part one of this blog post, Not Just Any Crowdsourcing, we discussed how to take the best of consumer crowdsourcing and adapt the technology and principles to the business world with some critical enhancements. For example, in business, we don’t just want information from any crowd. We want information…Read blog post