{"id":178,"date":"2016-10-10T06:44:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T06:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/?p=178"},"modified":"2016-10-10T06:44:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T06:44:01","slug":"erp-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/2016\/10\/10\/erp-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"ERP &#8211; Procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The general processes involved in the Procurement process follow the general steps: Creating a Requisition on Business Requirements, converting the Requirement into a Purchase Order and sending it to a Vendor. The Vendor then receives the PO and ships the necessary materials, and when the warehouse receives the materials, they then receive an invoice from the vendor. The company then sends the payment to the vendor. The procurement process can be optimized to reduce costs, and effectively planned to increase return on investment.<\/p>\n<p>I also saw that about a month ago, a company called Coupa Software, filed for an IPO. Coupa Software is a cloud based spend management that helps customers optimize their procurement processes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company connects nearly 500 companies with some 2 million suppliers. Businesses can hereby see and measure value which can be obtained from making the best procurement decisions.\u00a0Coupa&#8217;s customers have already used the platform to decide on a cumulative $250 billion worth of spending, resulting in estimated savings of $8 billion.\u201d E<\/p>\n<p>The above excerpt was quoted from the website: <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/4010834-coupa-software-strong-ipo-market-leaves-high-flier-relatively-expensive\">http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/4010834-coupa-software-strong-ipo-market-leaves-high-flier-relatively-expensive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coupa.com\/software\/procurement\/\">http:\/\/www.coupa.com\/software\/procurement\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/coupa-startup-worth-1-billion-files-to-go-public-2016-9\">http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/coupa-startup-worth-1-billion-files-to-go-public-2016-9<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The general processes involved in the Procurement process follow the general steps: Creating a Requisition on Business Requirements, converting the Requirement into a Purchase Order and sending it to a Vendor. The Vendor then receives the PO and ships the necessary materials, and when the warehouse receives the materials, they then receive an invoice from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/2016\/10\/10\/erp-procurement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ERP &#8211; Procurement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1713,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"rayanrao","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/author\/rayanrao\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"The general processes involved in the Procurement process follow the general steps: Creating a Requisition on Business Requirements, converting the Requirement into a Purchase Order and sending it to a Vendor. 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