How Coupa is Powering Procurement Transformation for Uzabase

Cloud AI spend management platform, Coupa, announced it is strengthening the procurement management infrastructure at Japanese business intelligence and media company Uzabase. 

Coupa says that Uzabase selected it due to its nature as a global-ready SaaS solution with a simple architecture, capable of covering all types of spend across the entire group.

Many procurement professionals are looking to streamline financial processes in line with recent technological developments in AI and cloud software. 

According to Deloitte, a more integrated, end-to-end, process-driven approach to procurement and finance operations can result in a 20% to 40% uplift in realised savings and  10% to 30% improvement in operational efficiency.

Coupa and Uzabase

Coupa says its newly established system with Uzabase seamlessly automates end-to-end workflows from upstream processes like sourcing estimates and purchase requisitions to downstream actions including ordering, receiving and invoice matching. 

It says the integration has significantly automated and streamlined day-to-day operations, adding that Uzabase is also leveraging Coupa’s advanced AI capabilities to unlock further efficiency gains.

The partnership between Coupa and Uzabase initially kicked off in January 2024, followed by a rapid, minimum-viable-product release in June of the same year. 

Adopting an agile methodology, Uzabase minimised front-line friction by rolling out features and expanding the scope to domestic subsidiaries in stages. 

How they will work together

Uzabase says it is working to elevate interconnected business functions beyond procurement management, integrating Coupa with budget management, profitability management and supplier management.

Uzabase will continue to drive procurement maturity by expanding system capabilities, strengthening its procurement organisation, executing strategic sourcing and leveraging data analytics with Coupa’s platform. 

On its website, Uzabase says its data and insights on Asia are trusted by industry leaders such as Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, McKinsey, BlackRock and Microsoft. 

What does Coupa do? 

Coupa is a leading platform for autonomous spend management. It says its US$10tn dataset and autonomous AI agent bring evidence-based intelligence to a network of more than 10 million buyers and suppliers on a unified platform. 

Its platform allows users to track, control and optimise how they spend money. It is increasingly integrating AI technologies within its platform under its rapidly expanding Coupa AI banner. McKinsey says that bringing together proven best practices with new AI capabilities can help make procurement more efficient.

Coupa is used by a variety of procurement professionals spanning some of the world's biggest and most recognisable companies. 

On its website Coupa lists some of the world leading brands it says trust it as Amazon, Google, Lear Corporation, Ups, Toyota, the New York Times as well as Johnson and Johnson. 

Accounts payable recognition

Coupa was recently recognised as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Accounts Payable Applications. 

Leagh Turner, Coupa’s CEO wrote in a post on LinkedIn, celebrating the news: “Being recognised as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Accounts Payable Applications for the second consecutive year is a strong validation of the capabilities our teams continue to deliver for customers around the world.

“At the same time, we haven't stood still. We're continuing to innovate with new capabilities that will define the future of I2P, from AI-powered decision-making to intelligent document processing through Rossum - building into Coupa Compose, our full agentic framework.

“The pace of change isn't slowing down, and I'm proud that Coupa continues to help organisations drive resilience, productivity and confidence in what's next.”