Where it started
Component costs moved with steel and aluminum prices, supplier contracts carried discounts and penalties that were hard to chase, and purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoices rarely lined up cleanly. Answering a straightforward question about exposure meant pulling data from several systems and reconciling it by hand.
What we put in place
Raw material cost monitoring
Detects unexpected price changes in steel, aluminum, and other critical manufacturing inputs.
Procurement spend forecasting
Predicts raw material budget overruns using supplier contracts, consumption trends, and market pricing.
PO-to-receipt reconciliation
Matches purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoices to eliminate billing and inventory discrepancies.
Supplier contract compliance
Identifies missed discounts, delivery violations, and unclaimed penalties across supplier agreements.
Measurable impact
What changed
Cost, contract, and reconciliation questions now come from one connected record, so the team spends its time acting on what the data shows rather than assembling it.