Coupa - WDS

Coupa Punchout Integration

organization

Coupa

A multinational life-science enterprise uses Coupa Business Spend Management (BSM) across R&D and manufacturing. Supplier enablement and catalog compliance are governed by Coupa standards.

Need

The procurement team needed a diverse small business distributor with:

Real-time PunchOut for scientific & lab items
Accurate SKU-level pricing and contract filters
Automated cXML return documents (PO Acknowledgment, ASN, Invoice)
Validation against cost-center, ship-to, and PO workflows
UNSPSC category mapping for reporting

Response

WDS delivered a Coupa-compliant punchout with:

Direct integration to Coupa Procurement Cloud
Support for both hosted & real-time punchout catalogs
cXML return documents (PO Acknowledgment, ASN, Invoice)
Scheduled catalog updates + visibility enhancements
Built-in UNSPSC mapping; cost-center and ship-to validation
Supplier-diversity flags for Tier-1 reporting

Outcome

The organization gained a modern, compliant supply-chain pathway:

Requisition-to-order time ↓ 35%
Manual reconciliation workload ↓ 45%
5,000+ SKUs mapped to UNSPSC
Real-time visibility into return documents for procurement
Increased small/disadvantaged business spend with consistent, compliant buying

Fulfilled via: Coupa BSM (PunchOut Catalog + Hosted Catalog)

Product: Hosted catalog of contract-approved SKUs with punchout to full assortment (scientific & laboratory)

Timeline: March 2025 (Coupa integration kickoff & go-live)

Compliance: Contract-filtered listings; TAA; DoD/FDA where applicable; UNSPSC mapping; cXML return documents; meets Coupa Catalog Standards 2025; integrated with Coupa Supplier Portal.