Coupa Supports Userbase's Procurement Reform

Coupa K.K. (Reading: Kūpa, Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: Koichiro Sorimachi, hereinafter "Coupa"), a provider of the leading platform for autonomous spend management that optimizes corporate spending with the power of AI, announced that it is supporting Userbase Inc. (Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Representative Director and CEO: Yusuke Inagaki, hereinafter "Userbase") in strengthening its procurement management foundation through the utilization of its platform.

Background of Implementation

Under its mission to "Change the world with economic information," Userbase provides business information infrastructure that supports corporate decision-making, including its major services such as NewsPicks and Speeda. To build a scalable system capable of supporting future business expansion and a globally integrated procurement platform, Userbase has been gradually implementing and utilizing Coupa since 2024.

Deciding Factor for Adopting Coupa

The adoption was largely decided by Coupa's alignment with Userbase's requirements for future business expansion, such as being a globally capable SaaS with a simple architecture, and its ability to cover the entire group and all expenditures. The platform also aligned with Userbase's policy of aiming to build advanced systems that serve as a benchmark for other companies in the Corporate IT domain.

Agile Phased Release and Expansion

An agile methodology is being employed, with the project starting in January 2024, followed by a release with the minimum viable use case in June of the same year, and subsequent phased releases to expand to all processes and domestic subsidiaries.

A system has been built that enables end-to-end execution of ordering, receiving, and invoice matching based on agreed-upon information from upstream processes such as quotations and purchase requests, promoting automation and efficiency in operations. Efforts are also underway to utilize AI for further efficiency gains.

Future Outlook

In the future, in addition to system expansion and improvement, Coupa will continue to work on further strengthening procurement through strengthening the procurement organization, planning procurement strategies, and utilizing data. They are also working on advancing related operations such as "budget management," "revenue management," and "supplier management," which go beyond the scope of procurement management.

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Details of Coupa "Why Coupa" can be found here.

Case study "Learn about the effects of Coupa implementation" can be found here.

About Userbase

Company Name: Userbase Inc.

Location: Marunouchi 2-5-2 Mitsubishi Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Representative: Representative Director CEO Yusuke Inagaki

Business Activities: Providing business information infrastructure that supports corporate decision-making

URL: https://www.uzabase.com/jp/

Group Mission: Change the world with economic information

About Coupa

Coupa is the leading platform for autonomous spend management that optimizes corporate spending with the power of AI.

With 20 years of experience, Coupa integrates over 110 million buyers and suppliers through AI agents trained on over $10 trillion in transaction data generated by its community of over 3,200 customers, supporting an agent-based transaction network as a fully integrated platform for corporate spend management. Coupa functions as a "Margin MultiplierTM" that drives corporate profit growth. For more information, visit coupa.co.jp or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X (Twitter).