Enerace - Custom-Made SaaS Web Application for Energy Procurement Advisory

Key takeaways

• Order Group turned Enerace's energy procurement advisory into a scalable SaaS web application for businesses across Europe.
• Automated market data collection and recurring reports save hundreds of hours each month.
• Core modules: automated data management, configurable reporting tools and a client management dashboard.
• Stack: Python, Django, GraphQL and React on AWS, built in a time and materials model after product workshops.

Order Group has partnered with Enerace, a consulting firm specializing in energy purchasing, to transform its services into a scalable SaaS platform. Since 2020, we have been developing a custom web application designed to automate complex processes and improve energy procurement decision-making for businesses across Europe.

The main challenge was to translate Enerace's deep knowledge and industry experience into software that could handle the complex, multi-layered data and processes typical of energy markets. Understanding and digitizing this knowledge mattered because many of the factors influencing the market are hard to read even for industry experts.

Our approach started with product workshops to understand Enerace's requirements and plan the UX/UI. Because the project needed flexibility, we chose a time and materials pricing model. On the technical side, we used Django and GraphQL for the backend and React.js for the frontend, which let us manage large amounts of data and provide a responsive user interface.

We studied the energy supply industry in depth so that our software could handle real-world applications and challenges. Our development process included intensive data organization and the implementation of features that responded directly to the client's daily operational needs, such as automatic data collection, report generation and a client management dashboard.

Our collaboration helped us understand the importance of each feature from both a technical and business standpoint. The software we developed meets the operational needs of Enerace and its customers.

The Enerace app has changed the way the company and its customers handle energy purchases. Automating the main processes saved hundreds of hours each month and enabled the acquisition of new customers through the SaaS model. The platform's data management and configurable reporting tools help users make informed decisions, with a significant impact on their energy spending and strategic planning.