Solar Exchange announced the launch date of its cloud-based commerce platform which automates the buying and selling of goods for the solar industry.
Beginning Sept. 9, professionals across the solar value chain will be able to do business with each other, using the Solar Exchange trading platform, a new way to buy and sell materials and finished goods on a global basis.
Solar Exchange uses online business-to-business (B2B) auctions and request for quote (RFQ) capabilities to facilitate sales and procurement activities. These capabilities create a direct connection between qualified solar businesses, large and small, along the entire solar value chain, including raw material and component suppliers, panel and BOS manufacturers, Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) companies, developers, integrators, utilities and power companies.
In addition to fragmented market infrastructure, Solar Exchange resolves common challenges faced by sales and procurement professionals, including limited access to new and growing markets and the ability to respond to rapidly-changing market conditions.
For sellers, extending market reach into new sales channels using traditional models is costly and often limiting for many organizations. For buyers, gaining access to multiple suppliers to limit sole-source risk, as well as challenges from a lack of transparency in the conventional procurement approach, burdens cost, thereby limiting margin opportunities.
Solar Exchange gives companies access to major markets across the globe through its online commerce platform, creating more opportunities for members to establish and extend sales and procurement channels. In addition, it accelerates the sales and procurement process enabling companies to be more agile in today’s rapidly changing industry.
SolarExchange.com is accessible in English, German and Chinese and has local service offices in the United States, China, Germany and India, and plans future market support in other emerging solar markets. To enable solar companies to benefit from this new trading solution, Solar Exchange announced they will be offering a free six month trial offer for all companies that register by Sept. 30, 2013.
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