Value as a service
Challenge
Managing spend across 14 ambulance companies in 21 states
Having duplicative suppliers and no oversight into the buying process
Day-to-day buyers lacking knowledge about spend management best practices
Solution
Educating their medical professionals in buying and spend management best practices
Create hosted catalogs with Coupa to realign spend with best value suppliers
Get rid of duplicative purchasing by gaining oversight into SKUs through Coupa
Results
Consolidated to 3 suppliers for disposable medical supplies who represented $4 million in spend.
Saved $750k in spending in the first year of using Coupa.
Reduced their SKUs by 39% with insight into duplicative purchasing.
“Without Coupa, I do not know how we would’ve been able to merge all of these brands together.”
— Carlene Sifford, Global Purchasing Manager, Priority Ambulance