Coupa Blog

The Impact Coronavirus is Having on Corporate Spending

• March 17, 2020
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• Jeff Collins, Ph.D.
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• Business Strategy

Every quarter, we publish the Coupa Business Spend Index (BSI), a leading indicator of economic growth based on analyzing business spend decisions of hundreds of companies that use the Coupa platform. We do this to provide businesses with insights into where the economy is going over the next three-to-six months…Read blog post

Coupa’s Business Spend Index (BSI) – Will It Predict Future U.S. Recessions?

• March 16, 2020
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• Jeff Collins, Ph.D.
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• Coupa

The U.S. has experienced the longest period of economic expansion in history. Prior to the global outbreak of the coronavirus, many forecasters were predicting a recession in the future, but that future was likely at some point in 2021. The coronavirus has significantly altered those predictions. The key questions being…Read blog post

Community Data Is Critical To Effective Business Spend Management (BSM) Benchmarking

• March 04, 2020
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• Avik Ghosh
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• Spend Management

We know that comparing our spend performance to others in our industry offers substantial value. When we compare our company’s performance to reliable industry benchmarks, we can both identify savings opportunities and improve our efficiencies across source-to-contract, procure-to-pay, and expense management processes.  The challenge with business spend benchmarking...…Read blog post

Why Salesforce Is a Bad Choice for Contract Lifecycle Management

• February 03, 2020
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• Mat Calabro
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• Coupa

Companies make enormous investments in CRM and enterprise systems. So, it’s only natural that they would look to stretch their investment by using those systems for as many functions as possible. The more you use it, the higher the ROI. Salesforce CRM & Contract Lifecycle ManagementFor example, CRM system…Read blog post

B2B Payment Management Systems Reimagined for the 2020’s

• January 27, 2020
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• By Rajiv Ramachandran
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• Coupa

For many organizations operating on a global scale, the payments process can bring considerable challenges and risks. With payments made to suppliers in different countries by an assortment of checks, credit cards, and bank transfers, the current processes and systems used by finance teams have led to fraudulent transactions, inaccurate…Read blog post