Business Automation

Navigating New Basins: Enhancing Efficiency in Supplier Sourcing

byNicholas Skuba

Expanding your operations into a new region or basin is an exciting milestone. It signals growth, opportunity and the potential to tap into new markets. But for supply chain and operations teams, it also brings a familiar headache: finding reliable suppliers.

The Hidden Complexity of Supplier Sourcing

When entering a new basin, supplier sourcing challenges multiply. You’re navigating unfamiliar terrain literally and figuratively. The supplier landscape is different, local regulations vary, and your existing vendor list may not apply. Discovery and qualification of new vendors becomes time-consuming, often relying on fragmented systems like emails, spreadsheets and phone calls. This not only slows down procurement but also increases the risk of cost leakage, miscommunication and inefficiencies.

Operations teams need to move fast, but without a centralized sourcing solution, they’re stuck juggling manual processes. Supply chain managers, meanwhile, struggle to maintain visibility into bidding activity, optimize category pricing and ensure compliance.

The result? Missed opportunities, inflated costs and a procurement process that’s anything but strategic.

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Enverus RFx: Built for Oil & Gas, Designed for Expansion

That’s where Enverus RFx comes in. Purpose-built for the oil and gas industry, RFx is a complete sourcing and bid management platform that simplifies supplier discovery, streamlines bidding and enhances transparency across the procurement lifecycle.

Instead of scrambling next time your company is at a pivotal growth moment, set your operations and supply teams up for success, and success in your new basin.

  1. Discover suppliers
  2. Create bids
  3. Award work
  4. Centralized communication
  5. Integrate with orders and pricing

1. Discover Suppliers With Confidence

Enverus RFx includes an expansive OFS Directory of thousands of vetted suppliers across North America. You can filter by service category and basin footprint, ensuring you find the right supplier for the job, even in unfamiliar regions.

The supplier directory from Enverus RFx. Using this feature, you can source suppliers according to service expertise, availability or basin footprint.

2. Launch Bids in Minutes

Using customizable templates, supply chain and operations teams can create bids in just a few clicks. Whether it’s a strategic category like OCTG or a quick-turn PVF order, RFx supports both complex and repeatable sourcing events with ease.

3. Compare and Award With Clarity

RFx’s intuitive interface allows you to evaluate multiple bids side-by-side. No more compiling data manually. Easily compare pricing, answers to key questions, and other metrics, so you can make informed decisions that drive value.

4. Centralize Communications

Say goodbye to scattered emails and phone calls. RFx offers in-app messaging, Q&A and chat features that keep all supplier interactions in one place. This not only improves collaboration but also creates a searchable audit trail for compliance and governance.

5. Integrate Seamlessly

RFx integrates with the Enverus source-to-pay suite of products, allowing awarded bids to automatically generate orders and pricing agreements. This reduces manual errors and accelerates the source-to-pay process.

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Real Results, Real Impact

Whether you’re a supply chain category manager or an operations lead, RFx empowers you to source smarter, faster and with greater confidence. As you expand into new basins, let Enverus RFx be your strategic sourcing partner, because growth shouldn’t come with growing pains.

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Nicholas Skuba

Nicholas Skuba is a product marketing manager at Enverus, focused on the Business Automation suite of products. In his role, he develops go-to-market strategies, messaging and positioning for solutions that streamline operations and drive efficiency. With a background in journalism and experience in business development, sales enablement and product marketing, Nicholas helps bridge the gap between complex technology and customer value, ensuring Enverus solutions meet the evolving needs of the industry.

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