• In yesterday’s post, I explained why it’s become a competitive imperative for companies to get smarter about sourcing contingent labor. Today...
    Jack Miles
    Jack Miles

    Jack is an advisor known for his experience developing and executing business strategies and his ability to deliver operational excellence in functions which typically under perform in most companies. He has lead procurement teams in both the public and private sector and is a member of Coupa's Visionary Council.

    Read time: 6 mins
    Three People Having a Meeting
  • The September announcement that Concur's formal Rob Bernshteyn company sale process has culminated in them finding a home at SAP sent...
    Rob Bernshteyn
    Rob Bernshteyn
    CEO & Chairman, Coupa Software

    Rob Bernshteyn previously served as part of the executive management team at SuccessFactors (now part of SAP), running product marketing & management for this leader in HCM SaaS software. He also worked in product management at Siebel Systems, management consulting at McKinsey, and SAP systems integration consulting at Accenture. Bernshteyn holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Systems from the University of New York at Albany.

    Read time: 8 mins
  • Through Coupa's cloud platform, we track hundreds of metrics to both continually improve our platform and help our customers be successful...
    Ravi Thakur
    Ravi Thakur
    Senior Vice President, Business Acceleration, Coupa Software

    Ravi Thakur has more than 20 years of experience in Enterprise software, holding executive level positions from support, development, professional services, operations, pre-sales, and more.

    Read time: 3 mins
    Percentage of POs Sent Via CXML and EDI
  • As CFO of Coupa, a high-growth, pre-IPO Software as a Service (SaaS) company, I frequently have conversations with finance groups at...
    Mark Verbeck
    Mark Verbeck
    Chief Financial Officer, Coupa Software

    Mark is an experienced technology-focused CFO with a demonstrated track record of success. His background includes working on Wall Street as well as in management consulting.

    Read time: 10 mins
    Predicting Vendor Financial Viability
  • Through Coupa's cloud platform, we track hundreds of metrics to both continually improve our platform and help our customers be successful...
    Ravi Thakur
    Ravi Thakur
    Senior Vice President, Business Acceleration, Coupa Software

    Ravi Thakur has more than 20 years of experience in Enterprise software, holding executive level positions from support, development, professional services, operations, pre-sales, and more.

    Read time: 6 mins
    Visible PO Spend on Contract Benchmark
  • What does pizza have in common with software? It comes in four different delivery models, as outlined in this brilliant infographic...
    Coupa
    Read time: 3 mins
    Everything Pizza
  • In my last post, I talked about how timely access to data can help procurement organizations avoid embarrassing moments with suppliers...
    Dipan Karumsi
    Dipan Karumsi
    Managing Director, Procurement Advisory Services, KPMG

    Dipan Karumsi is a Practice Leader with more than 20 years of supply chain and procurement optimization experience. He has served 50+ organizations across multiple industries and helped to develop robust procurement transformation strategies and execute complex operational improvement initiatives.

    Read time: 4 mins
    Spend Analytics Chart
  • Through Coupa's cloud platform, we track hundreds of metrics to both continually improve our platform and help our customers be successful.
    Ravi Thakur
    Ravi Thakur
    Senior Vice President, Business Acceleration, Coupa Software

    Ravi Thakur has more than 20 years of experience in Enterprise software, holding executive level positions from support, development, professional services, operations, pre-sales, and more.

    Read time: 3 mins
    Invoice Ok To Pay Hours and How Many Hours It Takes
  • How do you get widespread adoption of your spend management initiative? It's critical to have an easy to use tool, but...
    Coupa
    Read time: 4 mins
    Man Putting Out a Fire on a Ledge
  • In the 2014 CPO Rising Report from Ardent Partners, the analyst firm announces a bold, year- long initiative to work toward...
    Coupa
    Read time: 10 mins
    Coupa Flower
  • Through the Coupa cloud platform, we track hundreds of metrics to help us continually improve our platform and help our customers...
    Ravi Thakur
    Ravi Thakur
    Senior Vice President, Business Acceleration, Coupa Software

    Ravi Thakur has more than 20 years of experience in Enterprise software, holding executive level positions from support, development, professional services, operations, pre-sales, and more.

    Read time: 3 mins
    Average Number of Approvers Per Requisition
  • Through the Coupa cloud platform, we track hundreds of metrics in order to help us continually improve our platform and help...
    Ravi Thakur
    Ravi Thakur
    Senior Vice President, Business Acceleration, Coupa Software

    Ravi Thakur has more than 20 years of experience in Enterprise software, holding executive level positions from support, development, professional services, operations, pre-sales, and more.

    Read time: 3 mins
    Req-To-Order Cycle Time
  • Everyone, myself included, knows or has known someone stuck in a bad relationship. It was all roses for a while, but...
    Gabe Perez
    Gabe Perez
    VP, Enterprise West at Coupa Software

    Gabe Perez has over a decade of leadership experience in Procurement and Spend Management.

    Read time: 6 mins
  • Working with organizations in various sourcing and procurement roles over the past 17 years, one of the common challenges I see...
    Dipan Karumsi
    Dipan Karumsi
    Managing Director, Procurement Advisory Services, KPMG

    Dipan Karumsi is a Practice Leader with more than 20 years of supply chain and procurement optimization experience. He has served 50+ organizations across multiple industries and helped to develop robust procurement transformation strategies and execute complex operational improvement initiatives.

    Read time: 5 mins
    Awkward Moment Sign.
  • A punchout site is a connection from within your own catalog or procurement system to a supplier’s website. The punchout catalog...
    Coupa
    Read time: 5 mins
    Punchout Catalogs and Coupa