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Supply Chain Management and Full-Component Traceability
Mitigate Risk and Ambiguity in Your Renewable Energy Supply Chains
In the PV solar, energy storage, and green hydrogen industries, deciding on suppliers and pricing can be complex. CEA simplifies this process by offering tailored supplier lists, detailed comparisons, and global factory tours. Our approach includes comprehensive supplier profiles, financial assessments, and technical reviews. We provide expert advice on commercial terms, manage contracts, and establish quality terms to minimize risk and secure favorable warranty conditions.
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Long Term Success and Real Cost Savings
Save Time & Money
Streamline procurement, ensuring cost-effective choices.
Reduce Risk
Minimize project delays and quality issues.
Gain Market Advantage
Leverage CEA’s deep market insights for competitive edge.
Problems We Help Our Clients Solve
Supply Chain Expertise
CEA stands at the forefront of the clean energy sector, offering unparalleled expertise in supporting clients who are navigating the complexities of an ethical supply chain. We understand that in today's complex market, assessing a supplier goes beyond product and price, and we provide the insights and guidance needed to align with ethical supply chain principles.
Product Availability: Buyers are facing challenges of suppliers being sold out for extended periods and their unwillingness to take on new risks.
Term Negotiation: The recent increase in prices and the indexing of supply agreement prices to certain commodities has transferred a significant amount of risk from the seller to the buyer.
Timely Delivery: Slowdowns in manufacturing and logistics, as well as regulatory issues at borders, have led to delays in product delivery.
Product Quality: Buyers are facing quality concerns due to the rapid pace of innovation outpacing reliability testing, the use of lower-cost materials by manufacturers, and the introduction of new factories.
Stakeholder Satisfaction: The challenge to satisfy various stakeholders—including employees, financiers, and board of directors—involves meeting corporate social responsibility requirements, ethics requirements, and any new reliability testing and transparency requirements imposed by financiers.
Traceability: Understand Where Your PV Modules and Raw Materials are Sourced From
CEA specializes in solar and energy storage traceability, offering a comprehensive approach to assist with transparency and ethics in the renewable energy sector. Our approach includes identifying the provenance of key materials, helping to assess the supply chain's documentation, implementing a rigorous Chain of Custody Audit program, recommending corrective actions if needed, and identifying potential suppliers in line with UFLPA. Our teams conduct global audits, aiding clients in improving their traceability documentation, review, and analysis, providing them with confidence in a complex energy landscape.
Holistic Approach to Clean Energy Supply Chain Management
Request For Proposal (RFP) Handling
Supplier list creation & review
Supplier/product analysis & comparison
Relationship management
Global factory visits
Supplier standard checks
Supplier/Product Due Diligence
Manufacturing capacity & shipment history
Quality benchmarking
Financial records review
Product evaluation & ranking
Risk analysis (policy & import risk)
Equipment Expediting
Contract
Management
Term negotiations & advice
Golden Standard*
Contract oversight
Risk & quality terms
Warranty assurance
*The Golden Standard Service is a set of negotiated technology and quality exhibits, against a ”Golden” industry benchmark, which become part of the purchase contract. The exhibits define the technical and quality requirements for products and production.
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