Ankura Announces Strategic Alliance with Coupa

Integrating AI-Powered Spend Management and Expert Advisory to Transform Global Trade and Supply Chain Optimization

Ankura Consulting Group, LLC (“Ankura”), a leading global expert services and advisory firm, today announced it has joined the Coupa partner ecosystem to deliver integrated technology and advisory solutions that help organizations achieve resilience, compliance, and sustainable growth in an increasingly complex global environment.

Ankura has deep expertise in strategic advisory, risk and compliance, and complex program implementation. Leveraging Coupa’s AI-driven platform for spend and supply chain management, together the firms will help enterprises move beyond cost savings into data-driven strategies that optimize resilience, mitigate risk, and maximize return on investment.

A Technology + Expert Services Model

Through this “Technology + Expert Services” go-to-market strategy, Coupa provides the industry-leading AI platform for total spend management and supply chain design, while Ankura brings decades of management consulting expertise to ensure seamless adoption, value realization, and long-term competitive advantage.

“This strategic relationship is a true gamechanger for our clients,” said Jorge Chávez, Managing Director at Ankura. “By combining Ankura’s expertise in risk and compliance, strategic advisory, and supply chain management with Coupa’s AI-driven total spend management and digital twin supply chain design, we empower organizations to transform spend data into actionable strategies. Together, we help clients move from reactive decision-making to proactive, resilient, and compliant operating models. Our shared vision is to bring unmatched value to clients navigating geopolitical shifts, tariff impacts, and global supply chain disruptions.”

Direct Spend, Tariffs, and Supply Chain Resilience

The collaboration also provides clients with valuable insights into global trade policy and tariff actions through two proprietary platforms. The McLarty Trade Compass, developed by Ankura’s geopolitical and strategic advisory practice McLarty Associates, is a real-time trade intelligence platform designed to help organizations anticipate and respond to rapidly changing global trade policies. When coupled with Coupa’s Tariff Impact Planning (TIP) app, which integrates global trade policy data directly into supply chain design models, organizations can create up-to-date tariff-optimized networks and proactively address major disruptions to mitigate the financial impact of tariffs across sourcing, production, and pricing.

“We are teaming up with Ankura to help our customers accelerate and gain full control of their direct spend and build more resilient supply chains. By combining our digital twin technology with Ankura’s advisory capabilities, clients can rapidly model scenarios, mitigate tariff risks, and balance cost, service, and risk at speed and scale,” said Rafael Vasquez, Head of Global Supply Chain Alliances at Coupa. “Together, we’re giving enterprises the tools and expertise to compete – not just on efficiency, but on resilience and adaptability in a constantly changing market.”

Global Reach and Market Leadership

The Ankura–Coupa collaboration expands opportunities for organizations around the world leveraging both firms’ global presence and strong client networks. Backed by Coupa’s leadership recognition from Gartner, Forrester, and IDC, and Ankura’s proven expertise advising complex enterprises worldwide, clients can trust that they are investing in the most innovative and trusted combination of platforms, expertise, services, and solutions available in the market.