KEY FACT

S2P is designed to unify, so it’ s vital that leaders across the business are working towards a common goal and avoid siloed objectives

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KEY FACT

S2P is designed to unify, so it’ s vital that leaders across the business are working towards a common goal and avoid siloed objectives

Before jumping head-first into S2P adoption, businesses should establish a roadmap to work out exactly what they want to achieve as a result of the transformation. The most successful companies are those which start with people alignment. Cross-functional collaboration isn’ t merely beneficial, but fundamental to the success of any S2P initiative aimed at driving profitable growth across the business. S2P is designed to unify, so it’ s vital that leaders across the business are working towards a common goal and avoid siloed objectives. This has the potential to emerge as finance focuses on cost reduction while procurement prioritises supplier relationships, creating competing rather than complementary goals. This is demonstrated in Coupa’ s The Strategic CFO Survey, which found