To the tune of Mark & Bob Mothersbaugh’s American Dad TV theme.

Good Morning USA,
I got a feeling that it’s gonna be a wonderful day
The sun in the sky has a smile on his face
and Stephen Colbert is in the presidential race!
Oh boy, it’s well to say: “Good Morning USA.”

What? You got a better candidate?

It seems that my posting of the Coupa Drinking Song confused a few farmer’s cooperatives when they read the lines:

  Use it to bid on anything
Except maybe that goat

In particular, it seems that some may have assumed that this meant that you cannot use Coupa to purchase goats. This simply is not true!

As long as you can define a “goat” as a standard commodity or a special one-time purchase, you can indeed purchase goats using Coupa e-Procurement if you so desire. Furthermore, there is absolutely no reason that a farmer’s cooperative should not be considering Coupa for all of its e-Procurement needs!

I give you my sincere apologies for any confusion I might have caused. Please accept this Coupa Inspired Hoe-Down as my way of saying “thank you for your understanding“.

It was just yesterday, I ran out of feed
A wascally wabbit, it ate all my seed
Hens were getting restless, I couldn’t drink my mead
I logged into Coupa, and it met my need

Just a click of the mouse, and confirmation
The order was on its way, from central station
Lots of time left to find wabbit wemoval
A Five-Star service with user approval

The next day he arrived with his trusty rifle
“I’ll shoot the wrascal fast, it won’t be a trifle”
He headed to the field, quiet as he could be
Pinned his sights on a spot and waited patiently

The wabbit hopped up behind, and said “What’s up, Doc?”
He spun around startled, and tripped on a rock
Fell on the tractor’s gear, drove it into the moat
Now my grass is too tall, and I need a goat

To Coupa for a goat!

P.S. Good news! The date of Coupa’s next announcement is fast approaching. It’s October 22. Check back early that week for coverage!

Having brought you the Coupa Coding Chant and the Coupa Theme, in anticipation of their major upcoming announcement later this month (and the bash that’s sure to follow), I now bring you the Coupa Drinking Song! Enjoy.

Ohhhh, aye-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di!

We code all day, code all night
We code until the dawn
Drink our coffee and code some more
Procurement must go on!
Our system must be simple
Very easy to use
For paper, pens and handhelds too
Regardless of the hue!

Ohhhh, aye-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di!

We will handle the orders
And the invoices too
We’ll even do the goods receipt
And match them all for you
We can handle RFQs
E-mail and web-based quotes
Use it to bid on anything
Except maybe that goat!

Ohhhh, aye-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di!

And soon we’ll be on-demand
Twenty-four by seven
Selling widgets around the world
Even to seven elevens
They will come from far and wide
To buy on our platform
Because our cost’s sofa-king low
It’ll cause a mighty storm!

Ohhhh, aye-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di!

So join us now, raise a glass
It’s time to make a toast
To the new age of procurement
If you will let us boast
So gather round, have a beer
Don’t worry ’bout the tab
You’ll save so much using Coupa
You’ll have another dab!

Ohhhh, aye-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di!
Oh, aye-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-diiii-deeee-diiii-deeee-diiiiiii!

P.S. I’ll make every effort to bring you the details, in full, as soon as I can get them. So stay tuned!

Routers ping
are you listening
in the pane
text is glistening
A beautiful sight
awaits you tonight
browsing in the wiki wonderland

Gone away is the bluebird
here to stay is a new bird
He sings web 2-0
and along we go
browsing in the wiki wonderland

In the browser we can write an essay
Then observe that it is there for all
It’ll spread the word around
the web today
to be seen by those in
Canada and Nepal

Later on
we’ll conspire
as text flows through the wire
to consolidate
in the central place
offered by the wiki wonderland

In the browser we can record our creeds
and then observe them snowball on their own;
And collaborate with other plebes
where great works are not created on their own

When it grows
ain’t it thrilling
As your words get first billing
We’ll write and play
the web 2-0 way
browsing in the wiki wonderland

browsing in the wiki wonderland
browsing in the wiki wonderland

The e-Sourcing Wiki [WayBackMachine] is gaining momentum. As of last week, it has grown from a couple of open white-papers on strategic sourcing best practices and on-demand software as-a service to a considerable resource for sourcing professionals with 20 wiki-papers on sourcing best practices, sourcing technology, sourcing methodologies, and global trade with 8 more in the queue; a number of third party papers by leading consulting firms such as Archstone Consulting (acquired by The Hackett Group) and Aptium Global; and cached best-of blog posts from a number of leading blogs (including e-Sourcing Forum [WayBackMachine], Spend Matters, and Sourcing Innovation). It’s definitely worth spending some time on. There’s already a thick book worth of great information on the site, which is free to anyone who wants to take advantage of it, with (much) more to come!