Benefits for Buyers
Choosing Consulting Firms & Service Providers

Is your procurement process frustrating? Do you wish you could find quality consulting firms and service providers for your outsourced projects more easily?

From vendor selection and budgeting, to accurately tracking project milestones and meeting timelines, the room for error is nonexistent and the potential pitfalls are abundant. Now there’s a solution, e3Sourcing’s Network Supported Community [NSC]™.

e3Sourcing helps you pro-actively monitor and manage your system resources, which results in significant cost savings and measurable ROI for your membership dollars.


How does your membership with e3Sourcing save time and money?

• Increase cost savings by 20-40% through optimization of the entire services buying process: Sourcing, Procurement, Implementation and Product Delivery.
• Reduce the entire sourcing cycle by at least 50% for projects and services by dealing directly with qualified members.
• Reduce risk of outsourcing by dealing only with qualified providers globally.
• Create a pre-approved provider list to expand sourcing and quickly and easily compare providers.
• Expand sourcing, especially offshore, creating competitive processes that yield savings of over 20%.
• Manage RFPs and negotiations effectively with integrated project management tools.
• Increase productivity, maximizing the efficiency of buying processes through a centralized RFP process.
  
  Buyers are rewarded with prime access to the top Vendors in the field, strategic project management tools and industry insider information, in order to make smart, informed choices.
  
  
• Meet the market on time and on budget
• Maintain workflow over the life of your project
• Access to a qualified base of companies and talent
• Designed with a flexibility to work within established company parameters
• Provides for multiple sourcing and competitive analysis
• Reduces time between project inception, engagement and completion
• Access to better project management capabilities
• Access to third-party moderators
• One-stop resource to fulfill all attainment needs

Project Administration


• Create user multiple permissions.
• Access project information through the Deliverable Tracker

Workspace Module


• Only Qualified Vendors receive and bid on RFPs and RFIs through detailed filtering process.
• Manage and track RFIs and RFPs in one central location.
• Oversee all project bidding.
• Access Provider selection tools.
• Manage and track all projects from one central location.
• Manage current and past RFPs and RFIs.
• Create and archive RFP/RFI templates.
• Ability to upload supporting documentation.
• Access both your preferred
vendor list and the e3Sourcing Network Supported Community.

Provider Selection


• Shortlist Vendors according to criteria identified and weighted according to importance by the buyer in the RFP.
• Eliminate lengthy bid review process.

  Project Collaboration

• Manage and control the bid process online, through a threaded message board.
• Obtain timely, automated project updates.
• Collaborate with vendors to determine reasonable, attainable project milestones and metrics.
• View daily, weekly, and monthly project milestones and metrics reports that provide the ability to manage issues and risks.