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“ By having permission-based access to anonymized customer data , we have been able to create a data moat that is bigger than anything that I ’ m aware of in the world ,” he adds .
This allows customers to benchmark performance against key metrics and leverage the insight from that data to boost their own performance .
“ It ’ s structured , controlled , reliable , governed data . Real companies doing real business with real suppliers , and we ’ ve been doing this for over a decade ,” says Michael .
“Every dollar , every hour , every opportunity you miss , it just simply widens the gap between where you are now and where you should be ”
MICHAEL VAN KEULEN CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER , COUPA