Energy

Standardizing procure-to-pay across a complex energy business

A large energy-sector organization used Coupa to bring decentralized purchasing into a more consistent procure-to-pay model.

Energy-sector organization (anonymized)
Sector
Energy
Platform
Coupa
40%
indicative reduction in requisition-to-PO cycle time
95%
indicative spend through approved procurement channels
30%
indicative reduction in manual procurement effort
80%
indicative user adoption in first four months
Delivery path
  1. Coupa
  2. Production
  1. 01

    The challenge

    Procurement activity was decentralized across business units, with manual processes, inconsistent approvals and limited visibility into spend.

  2. 02

    What we did

    Cogniviti Labs supported a Coupa-enabled procure-to-pay transformation focused on standardizing workflows and introducing guided buying across the organization.

  3. 03

    What changed

    • Requisition-to-PO cycle time reduced by 40%; 95% of spend flowed through approved channels; manual effort fell by 30%; and adoption reached 80% in the first four months.
    • The case-study source notes that its performance figures are indicative and anonymized because of confidentiality.
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