Coupa is an international technology platform for business spend management that was founded in 2006 and is built on AWS ( Amazon Web Services ) infrastructure . This allows for it to be cloud-based and therefore accessible to all customers . Coupa manages indirect purchases , invoices and expenses in realtime for its customers . Its invoicing software is aimed to get rid of paper and increase savings .

With features such as an Accounts Payable email inbox to communicate with suppliers - as well as touchless invoice processing - companies gain better visibility into outstanding tasks . Three Gartner reports all recognised Coupa as a leader among P2P suite vendors .

Ivalua was founded on the idea that procurement can unlock significant strategic value from a company ’ s spend and supply chain . Ivalua is a single platform to efficiently manage all supplier relationships and spend . Ivalua ’ s suite provides : digitalisation of procurement and supply chain processes ; management of all spend categories ; and improved transparency and data quality .

The company says its solution : “ Brings the consumer shopping experience that your users recognise to a B2B platform .” It adds that it “ allows your users to engage in an intuitive shopping and search experience to find what they need on an existing contract or catalogue ”.

146 June 2022