Slow procurement processes had hampered product launches, while difficult-to-use legacy systems required costly maintenance. With Coupa, P&G was able to quickly match invoices and POs, reducing cycle time from days to hours and creating incalculable cost savings.

Company Overview

Procter & Gamble, founded in 1837, is an American multinational consumer goods company operating in beauty, grooming, health care, fabric & home care, and baby, feminine & family care.

Headquarters

Cincinnati, OH

Employees

75,000+

Website

pg.com/

Value as a service

65%

Fewer Mismatched Invoices

$1B+

Total Savings

Hours

PO Cycle Time

Challenge

Non-intuitive legacy procurement systems were difficult to use and costly to maintain.

Long PO cycle times due to 1M+ mismatched invoices.

Slow procurement processes hampered product launches.

Solution

Invoicing

Supplier Risk & Performance

Sourcing

Fraud Detection

Results

Reduction of PO cycle time from days to hours.

Swiftly access suppliers to quickly meet new business needs, such as PPE and hand sanitizer in just days after the COVID outbreak.

Streamlined operations to enable faster product launches.

Control & visibility of spend across multiple, disparate global locations.

"Coupa has given us the agility to procure quickly with the right controls so that we can launch products faster."
-- April Cielica Director, Global Procurement & AP