In 2021, Barkers announced a collaboration with Coupa, aimed at supporting mid-market businesses to cut costs and drive efficiencies through the successful implementation of cutting-edge technology and strategic procurement insight.
Coupa is the leading cloud platform for Business Spend Management (BSM), helping companies around the world gain visibility and control over all spend, increase efficiency, track and manage supplier risks, and improve the bottom line. Today, Barkers continues to offer a Coupa Implementation Service, combined with expert analytical assessments and a team of seasoned procurement practitioners. This ensures our clients receive first-class Coupa implementation and delivery that is pragmatic, practical, and grounded in real-world experience.
“We’re thrilled to have partnered with Coupa and continue to showcase the technology available to help organisations see, understand, and control their spend. Clients can leverage a single, intuitive interface for all their spend activities across Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Invoicing, Risk, and Expense Management.
“The interface’s user-friendly design facilitates industry-leading adoption rates, empowering users to make a greater impact on their organisation’s bottom line. It strikes the perfect balance between self-service, strategy, and control.” – Matthew Hardaker, Senior Delivery Director, Barkers
It’s not only the exceptional interface and smarter decision-making opportunities that encourage strong adoption among users. Barkers excels in delivering change effectively. The team includes behavioural science specialists who understand how best to motivate, engage, and enable users.
It is this focus on both the human element and the technological element of that sets Barkers apart from other providers.
“Often, when we speak to clients, we find procurement functions are using clunky, outdated systems that offer little or no analytical insight. Processes take longer, and smarter decision-making is impaired. Teams often recognise the need for change, but there can be reticence about shifting working practices and a fear of the unknown.
When we introduce Coupa technology that will revolutionise working practices, we consider the factors that drive change and those that create friction. Using our knowledge of behavioural science, including cognitive biases and personality traits, we support clients to implement Coupa effectively, encouraging both high adoption and satisfaction rates.” – Matthew Hardaker, Senior Delivery Director, Barkers
The collaboration between Coupa and Barkers is strengthened by the companies’ mutual commitment to sustainable solutions. Recognised in the procurement sector for delivering social value and adhering to strong ethical principles, Barkers is culturally aligned with Coupa, which helps businesses leverage their spend to drive responsible and measurable impact.
Supplier diversity insights enable businesses using the Coupa BSM platform to evaluate supply chain diversity. Digitising processes also supports a company’s pledge to lessen its environmental footprint.
Director at Barkers, Warren Kozera said ‘Coupa and Barkers share the same unerring outlook to driving sustainable solutions for our clients. We are excited to help more businesses to make smarter decisions, improve their financial performance and strengthen their ESG focus through the use of this exceptional spend management technology.’
“Coupa and Barkers share the same unerring outlook on driving sustainable solutions for our clients. We are excited to help more businesses, through effective Coupa implementation, make smarter decisions, improve financial performance, and strengthen their ESG focus using this exceptional spend management technology.” – Warren Kozera, Executive Director, Barkers