Case Study: Sutro Biopharma achieves 4–5× procurement growth without extra staff and frees scientists to focus on research with Coupa Software

Cloud Procurement Solution Helps Keep Biotech Start-Up Focused on Science

Sutro Biopharma, a San Francisco–based biotechnology start-up, was hampered by a paper-based procurement process—manual spreadsheets, lost purchase orders and unmatched invoices—that ate up staff time and pulled scientists away from research.

By adopting Coupa’s cloud procurement solution the company quickly activated supplier catalogs, avoided extra IT burden, and achieved strong user adoption. The result: immediate time savings, scientists spending more time on lab work, and finance managing four to five times the transaction volume with no increase in staff—delivering a faster, better, and cheaper procurement process.

Sutro Biopharma

Jay Shukert

CFO