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DataMap

Outsourced strategic sourcing

Strategic sourcing, run for you on Coupa

Hand DataMap the sourcing calendar. We build category plans from your spend, run RFIs, RFPs, and auctions in Coupa Sourcing, support negotiation and award, and carry awarded terms into contracts and catalogs. Your category owners keep the decisions and the supplier relationships.

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Strategic sourcing

Sourcing calendars slip when nobody has the hours

Contracts roll over when the people who should rebid them are busy with requisitions and supplier issues. We take the sourcing work off that team and run it in your Coupa instance, so every event, bid, and award is on the record.

Plan

A sourcing calendar built from your spend

We start with what you buy and when each contract ends, then agree a calendar of events with your category owners. Each event has a target and an owner before it opens.

  • Spend and renewal review
  • Category plans with targets
  • An agreed event calendar
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Run

Events run in your own Coupa instance

We build each event in Coupa Sourcing, invite and chase suppliers, and prepare the bid comparison and award scenarios your team decides on.

  • RFIs, RFPs, and auctions in Coupa Sourcing
  • Supplier follow-up handled for you
  • Award scenarios for your decision
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Award

Savings that show up in what you pay

Awarded terms go into Coupa contracts and catalogs so buyers actually use them, and we track realized savings against negotiated savings over the contract term.

  • Contracts and catalogs updated
  • New suppliers onboarded
  • Realized savings reporting
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What we run

The sourcing work DataMap takes on

Plan

  • Category strategy

    Spend analysis and category plans that set which contracts to rebid, when, and against what target.

Run

  • Sourcing events

    RFIs, RFPs, and reverse auctions built and run in Coupa Sourcing, including supplier invitations, questions, and bid follow-up.

  • Bid analysis & award

    Bid comparisons, award scenarios, and negotiation support. Your team makes the final call.

Award

  • Contracting & onboarding

    Awarded terms carried into Coupa Contract Lifecycle Management, and new suppliers onboarded so they can transact.

  • Savings tracking

    Negotiated savings tracked against actual spend, so the numbers hold up in a finance review.

Also included

  • Category owners keep the decisions
  • Works alongside your procurement team
  • Coupa Sourcing implementation if you need it
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