MICHELLE YIP
INTAKE & ORCHESTRATION
MICHELLE YIP
TITLE: SENIOR DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
COMPANY: COUPA
INDUSTRY: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION: SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
case?”,“ How many pounds are per unit?” and calculate that to make sure everything matches up before they accept the goods. Having all of that data and allowing our technology to help reduce those manual calculations is something I ' ve heard our customers really care about. How does it help with market volatility? Supply chain risk is so instant and can change in seconds. Are companies that have that single source of truth better equipped to handle disruptions? If you’ re able to monitor your supplier risk and get notifications that say“ we are heavily reliant on this particular supplier” and“ their health score has dropped”, or“ there’ s a critical project at the end of Q2 that requires this supplier to deliver goods”, you can then take preventative action. You can set up automatic sourcing events in order to source new suppliers, have everything lined up and avoid being purely reactive. procurementmag. com 97