UT Health chose Coupa's online supplier portal to automate and increase supplier adoption. This helped end users quickly find preferred suppliers with the best rate.

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Company Overview

UT Health is a dynamic and rapidly expanding health science center with missions of education, clinical care, research and community service.

Headquarters

Houston, TX

Employees

5,000 - 10,000

Website

uth.edu/

Value as a service

76%

first time invoice match rate

80%

staff focused on high value sourcing

50%

reduction in approval cycle time

Challenge

Decentralized culture and procure to pay process

Staff was focused on small dollar transactions and chasing vendors

High duplication of approval and manual data entry processes

No inventory solution to manage direct materials

Solution

Procurement

Invoicing

Payments

Supplier Risk & Performance

Results

Streamlined ordering with a center of excellence

80% of staff now focused on high value sourcing

Digitized 67% of invoice processing to reduce manual work

Saved $6.5 million dollars in FY21

"Coupa was the tool for us to pull our vision together to create a value chain-Four Cornerstones."
— Eric Williams, M.S, C.P.M AVP, Supply Chain Management & CPO - UT Health Houston