Finance & AP

7 (of more than 70) Ways You’re Already Using AI with Coupa
AI is not just a buzzword – it’s fundamentally transforming the way people do business. But did you know Coupa...
Coupa
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  • Company leaders across industries are looking at the macro environment with concern: With persistent inflation and rising rates, consumers are already...
    Jake Adger
    Jake Adger
    Director of Product Marketing, Coupa Software

    Jake is a Product Marketing leader with extensive software experience including product strategy, customer needs, requirements, positioning, collateral, technical marketing, pricing, and field enablement.

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    Recession Survival: How Procurement and Finance Teams can Prepare for a Recession
  • When market conditions become difficult and unpredictable, companies understandably look at cost reduction as a way to maintain profitability and business...
    Vanessa Cisz
    Vanessa Cisz
    Content Development Manager, Coupa

    Vanessa Cisz is a B2B storytelling professional with more than 15 years of experience in helping organizations convey the real value of their technology solutions. She holds degrees in creative writing as well as English and German literature.

    Read time: 21 mins
    10 Ways Businesses Can Contain Costs in Uncertain Times
  • Originally Published May 26, 2015 – Updated August 24, 2022. In today’s turbulent market, most mid-market companies are focusing on ways...
    Vanessa Cisz
    Vanessa Cisz
    Content Development Manager, Coupa

    Vanessa Cisz is a B2B storytelling professional with more than 15 years of experience in helping organizations convey the real value of their technology solutions. She holds degrees in creative writing as well as English and German literature.

    Read time: 5 mins
    10 Important KPIs for Accounts Payable Automation
  • Originally Published June 5, 2020 – Updated August 4, 2022. With economic shocks growing more frequent and severe, businesses around the...
    John Callan
    John Callan
    Sr. Director, EMEA Product & Segment Marketing, Coupa

    John Callan is responsible for product marketing and go-to-market strategies for the Coupa Spend Management platform. John earned his Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a dual degree in Engineering and Mathematics from University of Dublin, Trinity College.

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    Why Cost Control is More Important than Ever
  • Today's post is written by guest author Paul Recchia, Head of Product at Relish. Prior to Relish, he spent nearly two...
    Paul Recchia
    Paul Recchia
    Product Manager, Relish

    Paul Recchia is the head of product at Relish. Prior to Relish, he spent nearly two decades in e-Procurement research, design, development, and deployment.

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    AI-Powered Automated Invoicing from Relish
  • Originally Published October 12, 2020 – Updated August 2, 2022. Cutting costs and mitigating risk is top of mind for many...
    J.R. Robertson
    J.R. Robertson
    Vice President, Coupa Pay, Coupa Software

    J.R. Robertson is Vice President, Coupa Pay, and an entrepreneurial enthusiast and culture builder at Coupa. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Marketing Management from California State University, Chico, and currently resides in the smoky state of California.

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    How Virtual Cards for B2B Payments Improve Cash Flow, Capture Efficiencies, and Reduce Fraud
  • How can you predict future revenue in a world that’s changing at a faster pace than ever before? How will inflation...
    Nari Viswanathan & Stephanie Buck
    Nari Viswanathan & Stephanie Buck

    Nari Viswanathan is currently Sr. Director of Product Segment Marketing at Coupa, where he helps bring products to markets in the areas of Supply Chain Design and Planning. Over the past 20 years, Nari has held VP and Director of Product Management, Research and Marketing roles at Aberdeen Group, River Logic, Steelwedge and E2open. He has significant experience building products from the ground up and managing the P&L for a product suite. He is a proven B2B marketer with expertise in content marketing, competitive intelligence, and positioning. He has published numerous thought leadership articles, whitepapers, blogs and delivered dozens of webinars during his career. Nari Viswanathan is a five times SDCExec Supply Chain Pro to Know award winner. Nari holds a master’s degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.

    Stephanie Buck is passionate about storytelling and helping leaders, businesses, and organizations transform the way they connect with their customers, prospects, and others. At Coupa, she leads storytelling and content production efforts for supply chain. She brings over a decade of experience supporting marketing and communications with impact-oriented enterprises and mission-driven organizations. She earned her Master's degree from the London School of Economics and her Bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University. She grew up in the Chicago area, but currently calls Washington, D.C. home.

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    How To Generate Accurate Long-Term Demand Forecasts and Add Value to FP&A
  • Today’s blog post is by guest author, David Sentongo, Product Strategy Leader at Kofax. David is responsible for roadmap direction, product...
    David Sentongo
    David Sentongo
    Director of Commercial Product Management, Kofax

    As Director of Commercial Product Management at Kofax, David leads the direction of the Finance & Accounting portfolio, driving innovation and providing customers with solutions — allowing them to digitally transform their finance and accounting organizations. Kofax, a CoupaLink technology partner, enables organizations to digitally transform document-intensive workflows.

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    Empowering the Ecosystem: Kofax, Coupa, and the Future of Financial Functions
  • The last time you paid a supplier in Europe, did you pay via an electronic bank transfer? If you answered “yes,”...
    Sebastian Niemeyer
    Sebastian Niemeyer
    Senior Director, Strategic Bank Partnerships, Coupa
    Sebastian is responsible for defining and executing the Go-to-Market strategy for Coupa Pay in EMEA. He also manages the strategic partners in the region including card issuers, global transaction banks, and leading financial service providers. Prior to joining Coupa, he spent 14 years at SWIFT, holding various positions from executing Global Key Client Management responsibilities to leading the Go-to-Market activities around initiatives like SWIFT KYC and global multi-bank connectivity for Corporates.
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    How to Help Suppliers in Europe See the Value of B2B Credit Card Payments
  • Earth Month may be over, but the responsibility for your organization’s environmental performance (the ‘E’ in ESG) is here to stay...
    Vanessa Cisz
    Vanessa Cisz
    Content Development Manager, Coupa

    Vanessa Cisz is a B2B storytelling professional with more than 15 years of experience in helping organizations convey the real value of their technology solutions. She holds degrees in creative writing as well as English and German literature.

    Read time: 6 mins
    3 Steps CFOs Can Take Right Now to Achieve Sustainable Finance
  • Some questions never change: How much cash do we have now? What projects can we pause so that we can maintain...
    Coupa
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    5 Reasons Why Coupa Inspire is the Finance Conference For CFOs and Treasury Leaders
  • Today, financial agility means having the assets available to act quickly. For many businesses, a lack of visibility into financial assets...
    Coupa
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    What is Liquidity Management?
  • Originally Published September 14, 2021 – Updated October 6, 2021. When procurement teams source prospective suppliers, they work diligently to ensure...
    Tamir Shafer
    Tamir Shafer
    Vice President of Coupa Contingent Workforce (CCW)

    Tamir Shafer is responsible for strategically growing this segment of Coupa’s business. Tamir holds a BSc in Finance from the University at Albany, SUNY, and resides in Boca Raton, Florida.

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    When It Comes to Bank Fees, It Pays to Act Like Procurement
  • The invoice-to-pay-to-reconciliation accounts payable process is essential for your business — but it takes a tremendous amount of time to get...
    Coupa
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    AP Automation: Stop Processing Paper, Start Controlling Your Payments Today
  • At its core, working capital management is a corporate strategy designed to ensure a company is operating as efficiently as possible...
    Coupa
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    The Fundamentals of Sound Working Capital Management