Ahold Leverages Coupa For Procurement Efficiency
Ahold USA brands encompass significant retail supermarkets, often with delis, pharmacies, or gas stations, as well as convenience stores, and Peapod, the largest online grocery in the US.
Company Overview
Ahold USA is in the retail supermarket, convenience store, and e-commerce business.
Headquarters
Zaandam, The Netherlands
Employees
75,000+
Customer Website
Value Stats
91%
Reduction in Pending Invoices
$36M
Saved with Coupa
1
Requisition and Purchasing System Replacing 6
Challenges
Multiple platforms, including four requisitioning and two purchasing systems, made making informed decisions difficult.
Lack of integration of the platforms with financials, necessitated extra work and muddied visibility Good UX was a must.
Solutions
Results
The new system allows all purchasing to be encased in Coupa Preferred, toward 100% catalog implementation.
Spend is now consolidated and under visible and informed control.
Purchasing now scales to take advantage of volume buying benefits.
"Coupa has transformed our processes throughout the company. We’d like to double the spend in Coupa."
