PowerAdvocate | eSourcing Technology

Facilitating Better Buy Decisions for the Energy Industry

PowerAdvocate’s on-demand, user-friendly sourcing software is designed to simplify and satisfy the unique sourcing challenges in the energy industry—without the large, initial IT investment and user training that typically accompany enterprise spend management tools.

Key benefits are:

PowerAdvocate enables effective sourcing of technically complex and engineered products and services, reducing typically long sourcing cycle times by up to 70%. PowerAdvocate's sourcing technology empowers our customers to make better buy decisions while remaining simple and easy to use. With our software, customers can easily execute bid events, exchange documents, evaluate proposals, locate suppliers, and research industry knowledge.

A Collaborative, Web-Based Environment
PowerAdvocate’s sourcing software creates a collaborative, web-based environment for buyers, suppliers, operators, and engineers and ensures accurate, prompt, and secure exchanges of documents and data.

Capture and Access Real-Time Industry Information
PowerAdvocate’s sourcing software not only allows customers to access real-time industry specific data, such as category and supplier information, but also enables customers to easily capture technical, pricing, and commercial information from each bid event. Using PowerAdvocate’s Datasheet Wizard, customers can standardize datasheets to reflect their purchasing policies, ensuring that all critical negotiation attributes (technical, pricing, and commercial data) are captured and accurately shared amongst the stakeholders of the process. Datasheets, specific to your organization’s needs, also increase efficiencies from standardization, improved collaboration, and cycle time reduction.

Universal Application
In addition to facilitating the sourcing of complex and engineered products and services, PowerAdvocate’s software serves day-to-day commodity purchases. All information is stored in one central location and accessible in a decentralized manner.

PowerAdvocate’s on-demand sourcing software is structured as modules that complement and assist the sourcing process from start to finish.

	How PowerAdvocate’s Software Is Different:

		PowerAdvocate	Competitors
	Create and manage RFx and auctions
	Automated buyer and supplier communication
	Document upload, download, and collaboration
	Execute complex bid evaluations and scenario analyses
	Capture category intelligence and market data for future use
	Develop customized datasheets for complex products and services