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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  • Businesses today recognize the importance of impacting the world in a positive way and are embracing a social purpose beyond simply...
    Donna Wilczek
    Donna Wilczek
    Senior Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Coupa Software

    She is an executive sponsor of the Coupa Executive Advisory Board and an inventor with multiple software patents.

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    How To Mitigate ESG Risk In Your Supply Chain
  • Whether we realize it or not, we have become heavily reliant on community intelligence in our personal lives. Whether it’s picking...
    Sanjeevni Wanchoo
    Sanjeevni Wanchoo
    Sanjeevni Wanchoo is Sr. Manager for the AI Center of Excellence at Coupa Software and resides in the New York City Metropolitan Area. She holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art along with a Master of Science in Analytics from Northwestern University.
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    Introducing Pricing Insights
  • The Forrester Supplier Value Management (SVM) Wave Many businesses know that it’s time for innovation and digital transformation—but there’s a hesitance...
    Odemi Pessu
    Odemi Pessu
    Content & Storytelling Marketing Manager, Coupa Software

    Odemi Pessu is a Content & Storytelling Marketing Manager at Coupa. She is also an author, artist, and women’s rights advocate. Odemi earned her Master of Public Affairs at Brown University, where she also earned her bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Political Economy. Her book, Force of Nature, encourages African women to lean into their vulnerability for strength and to honor their divine feminine energy for spiritual liberation.

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    Coupa’s Innovative Product Suite Named A Leader in the 2022 Forrester Wave for Supplier Value Management
  • The Top 5 Reasons Procurement Leaders Should Attend Coupa Inspire 2022 Our world is evolving faster than we could have ever...
    Coupa
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    5 Reasons Procurement Leaders Should Attend Coupa Inspire 2022
  • In the wake of a year that rocked the world, national governments in the journey towards sustainable business practices are taking...
    Odemi Pessu
    Odemi Pessu
    Content & Storytelling Marketing Manager, Coupa Software

    Odemi Pessu is a Content & Storytelling Marketing Manager at Coupa. She is also an author, artist, and women’s rights advocate. Odemi earned her Master of Public Affairs at Brown University, where she also earned her bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Political Economy. Her book, Force of Nature, encourages African women to lean into their vulnerability for strength and to honor their divine feminine energy for spiritual liberation.

    Read time: 5 mins
    4 Best Practices to Comply with Germany's ESG Mandate
  • The pressure is increasing on organizations to contribute to a more sustainable future. The bar is set high and positive collaborations...
    David Wolstencroft
    David Wolstencroft
    SVP, EMEA Alliances, Coupa

    David is Senior Vice President for Coupa’s Alliances team. He is responsible for driving our partnerships and alliances across our EMEA region. Since joining Coupa in 2014 he has supported our strategic growth through alliances with some of the world's largest global partners and a host of regional systems integrators. In the past 7 years at Coupa he has played an instrumental role in our expansion across the region and has been a fundamental part of our EMEA leadership team. He has more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise software industry.

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    Building Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chains
  • Sustainability is now critical for companies to succeed across an increasingly diverse marketplace. Businesses must set themselves apart from the competition...
    Phil Foti
    Phil Foti
    Director, Product Strategy & Innovation at Coupa

    Phil Foti is Director, Product Strategy & Innovation at Coupa Software, Sustainability Lead, and a Coupa Cares Board Member. He holds Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees in the fields of Management Science/Economics and Computer Science/Mathematics from the State University of New York College at Cortland, and currently lives in the San Francisco bay area.

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    Embracing Sustainability for Better Business Spend Management
  • Business Spend Management (BSM) was never just about reducing the bottom line. And just as the purview of today’s procurement function...
    David Wolstencroft
    David Wolstencroft
    SVP, EMEA Alliances, Coupa

    David is Senior Vice President for Coupa’s Alliances team. He is responsible for driving our partnerships and alliances across our EMEA region. Since joining Coupa in 2014 he has supported our strategic growth through alliances with some of the world's largest global partners and a host of regional systems integrators. In the past 7 years at Coupa he has played an instrumental role in our expansion across the region and has been a fundamental part of our EMEA leadership team. He has more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise software industry.

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    Rethinking Spend Management for Today
  • Change can be hard. Moving from a procurement organization that has historically focused on tactical sourcing metrics to one that is...
    Coupa
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    Why Large Enterprises Are Embracing Strategic Sourcing
  • Originally Published July 13, 2021 – Updated August 31, 2021. According to Accenture, back in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘Leaders’...
    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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    A New Procurement Agenda for the Smarter Together Era
  • The world is changing. With a global community fighting to ascend in the wake of 2020’s health and social upheavals, all...
    Odemi Pessu
    Odemi Pessu
    Content & Storytelling Marketing Manager, Coupa Software

    Odemi Pessu is a Content & Storytelling Marketing Manager at Coupa. She is also an author, artist, and women’s rights advocate. Odemi earned her Master of Public Affairs at Brown University, where she also earned her bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Political Economy. Her book, Force of Nature, encourages African women to lean into their vulnerability for strength and to honor their divine feminine energy for spiritual liberation.

    Read time: 5 mins
    How Procurement Leaders Can Help Drive ESG Strategy
  • Eighteen percent of all U.S. businesses are minority-owned, and 20% are owned by women. Together, that's more than 2 million businesses...
    Vincent Toesca & Scott Harris
    Vincent Toesca & Scott Harris

    Vincent Toesca is Senior Vice President, Products at Coupa Software. With his team, he looks after our Supplier and Risk Management, Supply Chain, Analytics, and Community.ai offerings.

    Scott Harris is the Senior Director of Product Management at Coupa for Supplier Management, Risk, Diversity, and Experiences. He has over 15 years of product management and consulting experience. He has designed and rolled out Coupa's Sourcing module, Coupa's original mobile expenses app, a revised Supplier Portal and Supplier Actionable Notifications (SAN), Supplier Information Management, Coupa Risk Aware, Early Payment Discounts, as well as Supplier Diversity.

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    Supplier Diversity Benefits and Why it’s a Business Imperative
  • Learn how leaders are setting measurable goals and using benchmarks from industry-wide community data to deliver more value to their businesses...
    Coupa
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    The Time is Now for Business Spend Management Transformation
  • I’ve often said that procurement leaders need to come out of their shells. The onus is on us as professionals to...
    Michael van Keulen
    Michael van Keulen
    Chief Procurement Officer, Coupa

    Michael van Keulen (aka “MVK”), Coupa's Chief Procurement Officer, has been in finance and procurement for 20+ years at high growth global companies where he managed procurement transformations and digitized the procurement process, driving significant stakeholder value.  Michael is a procurement fanatic, passionate about elevating the role of procurement by applying best in class practices and enabling business spend management through the power of digitization.

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    Be Accountable: How Benchmarks Enable Smarter Procurement
  • Supplier diversity is a priority for enterprises who want to implement strategic sourcing best practices. Recent survey data found that 74%...
    Coupa
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    Taking the Lead: The Impetus and Infrastructure of Supplier Diversity