Monday 13th May, 2013

KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, and Coupa have announced a new strategic alliance dedicated to helping clients transform their approach to procurement to achieve bottom-line savings. KPMG works with clients to help them make procurement a source of value and innovation through better spend management, productivity gains and improved internal controls. In partnering with Coupa, KPMG will help clients drive sustainable improvements to capture the full value of the implementations of Coupa’s suite of cloud-based financial applications.

Coupa’s suite of cloud applications helps customers around the globe increase control and maximize savings. Using Coupa, customers typically realize an overall savings of 11 percent and enjoy a convenient and familiar shopping environment.

“Our mission is to make procurement a competitive differentiator for our clients,” said Samir Khushalani, principal for KPMG LLP. “By forming an alliance with Coupa, we are working to help clients drive sustainable improvements to transform the procurement organization and processes into a driver of value and innovation.”

“KPMG and Coupa share a common vision,” said Roger Goulart, vice president, alliances at Coupa. “Together, we are helping companies achieve success using innovative strategies and the latest technologies.”

The announcement follows hot on the heels of other  news of Coupa expansion as they announced the acquisition of Xpenser, new product releases and a technology integration with SnapLogic.