NTT DATA-WITH and Coupa Sign Partnership Agreement

NTT DATA-WITH Corporation (Head Office: Koto-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yasuyuki Wada; hereinafter "NTT DATA-WITH") and Coupa Corporation (Japan Branch: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Koichiro Sorimachi; hereinafter "Coupa") have entered into a partnership agreement with the aim of improving productivity and accelerating business transformation in procurement and purchasing departments. The two companies will combine Coupa's cutting-edge autonomous spend management platform, which optimizes corporate spending with the power of AI, with NTT DATA-WITH's business reform support (IT/BPO) to provide comprehensive services that support everything from visualizing procurement operations to operational adoption.

[Background]

In recent years, against the backdrop of rapid changes in the business environment surrounding companies and the increasing severity of labor shortages, procurement and purchasing departments are required not only to reduce costs but also to advance entire business processes and contribute to management through data utilization.

On the other hand, the reality is that purchasing operations are often individualized and fragmented in many companies. Furthermore, in recent times, many companies struggle with the introduction of new AI technologies and the associated implementation and ROI assurance, resulting in complex system interconnections that become an operational burden, further complicating the situation. Against this backdrop, simply introducing a system often does not yield sufficient results.

NTT DATA-WITH has supported business reforms and DX promotion utilizing IT and BPO (Note 1) in back-office operations, including the procurement domain. Coupa, with its track record of over 3,200 global companies and a cutting-edge autonomous spend management platform that optimizes corporate spending with the power of AI based on $10 trillion in spend data, globally realizes the automation of the entire process from purchasing to payment and the optimization of spending.

By combining the strengths of both companies, they have reached this partnership agreement to achieve improved productivity and business transformation for the procurement and purchasing departments of Japanese companies more quickly and reliably.

[Overview and Features]

Through this partnership agreement, NTT DATA-WITH and Coupa will provide comprehensive support with the following features to companies engaged in procurement and purchasing business reforms:

● Integrated Support from Implementation to ERP Integration

For Coupa implementation, support will be provided for implementation, including visualization of current operations and redesign of business processes. In addition, data integration with existing ERP (accounting, payment, core business) will be realized to ensure the consistency and accuracy of purchasing data. This will connect the entire business process from purchasing to accounting and payment end-to-end from a system perspective.

● Advancement of Purchasing Operations Utilizing BPO as the Core

After system implementation and ERP integration, a portion or all of the purchasing operations will be undertaken as BPO.

By NTT DATA-WITH taking charge of operational management, the burden of daily purchasing operations will be reduced, and processing quality will be stabilized and internal controls strengthened. This will support the creation of an environment where companies' procurement and purchasing departments are freed from routine tasks and can focus on higher value-added work.

[Future Outlook]

Moving forward, both companies will jointly promote a service model that comprehensively supports everything from the construction of a business foundation linking Coupa and ERP, centered on the procurement and purchasing domain, to operational adoption through BPO. They will provide medium- to long-term support for DX promotion and productivity improvement in the procurement and purchasing departments of Japanese companies.

*1 BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) is a management strategy in which a portion of a company's business processes are outsourced to external parties. It aims to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and concentrate management resources.

[Notes (Trademarks, etc.)]

Company names, product names, and service names mentioned in this text are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

[About NTT DATA-WITH]

NTT DATA-WITH was established in April 2025 as a company that develops BPS (Business Process Services) to transform customer business processes through IT utilization, by integrating two companies: NTT DATA Management Service and NTT DATA Smart Sourcing. The company possesses highly specialized business knowledge in areas such as finance, accounting, human resources, purchasing, and general affairs, as well as know-how in BPS business design utilizing IT. By leveraging this "people" and "technology," it supports the optimization of customers' entire business processes and further business transformation.

[About Coupa]

Coupa is the leading platform for autonomous spend management that optimizes corporate spending with the power of AI. With 20 years of experience, Coupa integrates over 10 million buyers and suppliers through AI agents trained on $10 trillion in transaction data generated by its community of over 3,200 customers, seamlessly automating transactions for both parties. Coupa functions as a "Margin MultiplierTM" that drives corporate profit growth. For more details, please visit coupa.co.jp or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X (Twitter).

[Inquiries Regarding This Matter]

Inquiries from the Press NTT DATA-WITH Corporation

Corporate Strategy Headquarters, Corporate Planning Department

Business Planning Representative

Email Form: https://www.nttdata-with.com/contact/

Coupa Corporation

Marketing Department Mail: [email protected]

Inquiries Regarding Products and Services

NTT DATA-WITH Corporation

Corporate Service Design Business Headquarters

Solution Development Business Division

Solution Sales Representative

Contact Person: Ono

Email Form: https://bi.nttdata-with.com/contact

Coupa Corporation

Marketing Department Mail: [email protected]