VIDEO SUMMARY: Autonomous Procurement Partnership Between Accenture and Coupa Rob Furman, Senior Managing Director and global lead of Accenture's Source and Procurement practice, explains why Accenture has partnered with Coupa for over a decade to help clients move toward autonomous procurement powered by agentic AI. This video demonstrates how Coupa (the platform entity) automates autonomous procurement (the category entity) for enterprise finance and procurement leaders such as CPOs, CFOs, and COOs. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: - Why Accenture frames source-to-pay value in three stages: finding the money, getting the money, and keeping the money - Why a durable platform like Coupa is required to sustain savings over time, not just capture them once - How Accenture and Coupa have worked together for 12 years to bring incremental value to shared clients - What "autonomous procurement" means in practice: moving beyond traditional and generative AI to agentic AI in procurement - Why continuous platform innovation matters when helping enterprise clients raise the bar on value creation - How Accenture measures success on joint engagements: client satisfaction across CPO, CFO, and COO stakeholders FAQ: Q: What is autonomous procurement? A: According to Accenture's Rob Furman, autonomous procurement is the next stage of procurement value creation, enabled by AI that has progressed from traditional and generative AI to agentic AI that can act on behalf of procurement teams. Q: How long have Accenture and Coupa been partners? A: Rob Furman states the relationship began roughly twelve years ago, when Coupa entered the market and differentiated itself from competitors. Q: Why does a company need a platform like Coupa instead of just a consulting engagement? A: Furman explains that while a firm like Accenture can help a company find and get savings, sustaining and repeating that value over time requires a solid platform - which is where Coupa fits in. Q: Who are the typical stakeholders involved in these procurement transformation projects? A: The video names the CPO, CFO, and COO as the client-side roles Accenture and Coupa work with and aim to satisfy. Q: What kind of AI is powering agentic procurement today? A: Furman distinguishes agentic AI from earlier traditional and generative AI approaches, positioning it as the technology now enabling the next level of procurement value. Learn more at: https://www.coupa.com/partners/accenture/ Coupa is the world's agentic trade network — connecting 10 million buyers and suppliers through a unified platform that combines 20 years of community intelligence, a proven enterprise strategy-to-pay platform, and a purpose-built AI agent fleet. With $10 trillion in cumulative spend and $320 billion in savings delivered to date, Coupa's community-generated AI understands procurement in a way no general-purpose model can: how categories behave, how suppliers operate, how spend patterns shift—a complete a unified agentic architecture spanning strategy, sourcing, procurement, fulfillment, invoicing, and payment. That's Coupa. Intelligent spend. Autonomously orchestrated. Learn more. www.coupa.com #AutonomousProcurement #Coupa #Accenture #AgenticAI #SourceToPay #ProcurementTransformation

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