Procurement

RFI vs. RFQ vs. RFP: Which Does Your Company Need?
Originally Published December 25, 2017 — Updated February 22, 2024. You’d never buy an expensive laptop online without doing some...
Coupa
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  • Third-party risk management has been a complex challenge for companies of all sizes within many industries for years. The COVID-19 pandemic...
    Brian Shaw
    Brian Shaw
    Third-Party Risk Management and Compliance, Coupa Software

    Brian Shaw oversees Coupa’s Third-Party Risk Management and Compliance practice, ensuring customer success, focusing on results and striving for excellence through value as a service. He was formerly Director, Financial Services Sales for Opus Global (Hiperos and Alacra), which Coupa acquired in 2018.

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    3 Key Elements to Effective Third-Party Risk Management
  • Over the past few years, a rise in regulatory activity related to third-party and supplier risk management was already making it...
    Brian Shaw
    Brian Shaw
    Third-Party Risk Management and Compliance, Coupa Software

    Brian Shaw oversees Coupa’s Third-Party Risk Management and Compliance practice, ensuring customer success, focusing on results and striving for excellence through value as a service. He was formerly Director, Financial Services Sales for Opus Global (Hiperos and Alacra), which Coupa acquired in 2018.

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    EERM Survey: Businesses Unprepared to Manage Third-Party Risk During COVID-19
  • Analyzing vendor data is an essential component to optimizing vendor management and maintaining the integrity of an organization’s service and product...
    Daryl Hammett
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    The Importance of Validating Vendor Data
  • Every industry faces unique challenges in these uncertain times. For online retailers, ensuring customer orders are fulfilled while keeping the business...
    Coupa
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    Zalando Purse, a Scarf and a Watch
  • Big businesses source vendors through directory-type databases known as supplier registration portals and vendor registration portals. These portals, which among the...
    Daryl Hammett
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    Big Businesses use Supplier Registration Portals
  • Every business has contracts. They form the foundation of any enterprise, influencing revenues, expenses, workflows and virtually every other operational aspect...
    Mat Calabro
    Mat Calabro
    Product Marketing Manager, Coupa Software

    Mat Calabro specializes in Coupa's CLM and S2C solutions. He lives in the Greater Boston area with his wife and son.

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    What is Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)? | Coupa
  • The Hackett Group, CrossCountry Consulting, and Acquis Consulting Group are seasoned experts at helping businesses implement e-procurement and digital procure-to-pay (P2P)...
    Suhas Sreedhar
    Suhas Sreedhar
    Senior Content Marketing Manager, Coupa Software

    Suhas Sreedhar is a writer, journalist, and content marketer who loves telling stories about complex ideas to make them digestible. He also really enjoy storytelling through different media like articles, infographics, podcasts, videos, and interactive apps.

    Read time: 10 mins
    Lady with a Shopping Cart Trending Upwards
  • Procurement (buyer) is simply the opposite of sales (seller). They are on the opposite side of a transaction. The buyer typically...
    Daryl Hammett
    Read time: 6 mins
    How Procurement Professionals Can Support Sales Success
  • As organizations move to adopt leading technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual and augmented reality, the question arises as to...
    Sean Park
    Sean Park
    Group Practice Lead, Procurement and Strategic Sourcing, Acquis Consulting Group, an accredited Coupa implementation partner

    Sean Park's mission is to provide clients with strategy, organization design, process and implementation support.

    Read time: 12 mins
    A Light Bulb Inside a Cloud
  • In March of this year, Italy made waves in the world of e-invoicing by announcing that as of January 1, 2019...
    Markus Hornburg
    Markus Hornburg
    VP, Global Product Compliance, Coupa

    Markus Hornburg has more than 20 years' experience in Business Process Design, Change Management, Product Management and Business Consulting. Prior to Coupa, he held positions in compliance at Tungsten Corporation and SAP.

    Read time: 11 mins
    Miniature Italian flag over a pile of Euros.
  • More than ever, companies need actionable insights from their data to improve performance in every part of the organization. Procurement is...
    Alison Detwiler
    Alison Detwiler
    Global Data Management and Analytics Lead, Accenture

    Alison is an innovative data strategy and analytics consultant with 13+ years of experience in the Business Services outsourcing Industry.

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    Procurement Management and Data Analytics
  • What do we mean by procurement transformation, and how do you accomplish it in an organization with a multi-million dollar spend...
    Coupa
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    8 tips for a successful procurement transformation
  • Many procurement organizations face a dilemma: They dream about an emerging future in which analytics, artificial intelligence, bots, and other technologies...
    Tom Fahey
    Tom Fahey
    Business and Technology Innovation Principal Director, Accenture

    Tom is responsible for developing and driving the technology enablement vision for the Procurement BPS business. He leads a global team responsible for strategy development, innovation, technology delivery, and IT service management.

    Read time: 13 mins
    Collect More Data for Effective Procurement
  • Digital technology is changing the face of procurement as we know it. For some, that’s a scary prospect, but I believe...
    Amanda Prochaska
    Amanda Prochaska
    Vice President of Sourcing Program Management, MGM Resorts, a Coupa customer

    Amanda is responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining new, best-in-class programs and technologies to reduce costs or increase value for the company.

    Read time: 9 mins
    Notes with Now, Next, Later and Tomorrow
  • It’s widely believed that digital transformation will drastically change procurement over the next few years. It’s an overwhelming prospect, but it’s...
    Amanda Prochaska
    Amanda Prochaska
    Vice President of Sourcing Program Management, MGM Resorts, a Coupa customer

    Amanda is responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining new, best-in-class programs and technologies to reduce costs or increase value for the company.

    Read time: 6 mins
    Group of people thinking through problem.