Entitled SupriConecta, the project will connect and digitize the entire purchasing chain of the Brazilian company

Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), a global leader in Business Spend Management (BSM), today announced a partnership with Suzano, a global reference in the manufacture of bioproducts developed from the cultivation of eucalyptus, for the implementation of a digital tool in the area of Supplies of the Brazilian company. SupriConecta, a project titled by Suzano, is a platform that will unify the entire purchasing chain of the company in a process that will cover from the purchase requisition to the final order.

SupriConecta will allow Suzano to obtain better results in the supply chain, ensuring traceability, more competitiveness, compliance, efficiency and agility in its processes, in order to offer excellent service to buyers, requesters and suppliers. This is because, in an automated way, the tool performs the entire process of receiving demands, negotiating, managing operational contracts, issuing and following-up of orders, managing suppliers, among others.

“Suzano's Procurement area is in a process of Digital Transformation, focused on improving the purchasing processes of its requesters, suppliers and buyers. As one of the partners in the delivery of our journey, we hired the Coupa solution, a fully integrated and intuitive platform, which will help us achieve the results we want, optimizing and unifying our processes, providing time and cost savings, in addition to greater visibility and efficiency throughout the supply chain”, says Wellington Giacomin, Suzano's Supply & Logistics Director. The company will start using Coupa’s BSM – Business Expense Management – ​​solution from 2022.

“Suzano's main objective was to gain efficiency in its acquisition process, from capturing demand to issuing the purchase order, in an easy, fully integrated way and with visibility and compliance throughout the process”, says Renato Brisola, Vice President -President and General Manager Latam of Coupa. “We are very pleased to work with Suzano and we are sure that this strategic partnership between our companies will bring real results for Suzano's business.”