Case Study: Mirati Therapeutics achieves scalable, touchless procurement and stronger financial controls with Coupa Software

Mirati Scales Rapidly with a 2-Person Finance Team

Mirati Therapeutics is a fast-growing, clinical-stage biotechnology company whose rapid expansion exposed weaknesses in its manual procurement and finance processes. Spending roughly $40 million a month, Mirati relied on fragmented systems and informal ordering channels, creating data silos, limited visibility into spend, weak approvals and traceability, and material financial statement risk while a two-person AP team processed about 1,000 invoices monthly.

Mirati implemented Coupa integrated with NetSuite, leveraging Coupa’s strong punchout capabilities, an outsourced project manager for implementation, and early “Coupa Champions” among scientists to drive adoption. The result was automated, nearly touchless ordering and three-way matching, real-time spend visibility and reporting, and the ability to scale procurement without adding headcount despite 2.5x employee growth—while a two-person AP team continues to manage ~1,000 invoices with far fewer exceptions.

Mirati Therapeutics

Besty Gelfand

VP of Finance