Insights SV: Granular Part Price Forecasting
If you manage metal purchases for a manufacturing operation, you already know that metal price forecasting with tariffs isn’t just nice to have, it’s survival.
Prices move fast, and tariffs can hit overnight. Suppliers can change their tune mid-contract. And somehow, you’re expected to make sharp, margin-saving decisions in real time.
That’s where Insights SV comes in. It’s not another dashboard, it’s your financial risk-management solution.
Redefining Commodity-Level Spend Management
Users can perform detailed part-level spend analysis, price decomposition, and forecasting to understand the drivers behind commodity and input cost changes. In addition, companies gain access to sophisticated forecast modeling for multiple materials contained in a single part.
Insights SV makes it easy to monitor the difference between budgets and actual purchase prices (PPV), including changes in commodity prices – all while managing pricing and contract exceptions. It can also be used as an audit tool to ensure that PO’s match contractually agreed upon pricing.
With Insights SV, users can dynamically update part, component and BOM-level pricing, ensuring consistent visibility and alignment across systems.
Get Granular
Break it Down
Get a breakdown of each individual part of your total spend, making it easier to understand where the most savings opportunities lie.
See Your Total Savings
Let Insights SV analyze the cost impact, giving you the total amount of money saved on your COGS.
Jason Busch, Managing Director and Co-Founder of MetalMiner, stated:
MetalMiner Insights SV sets a new standard for procurement and supply chain leaders by combining our proven metal commodities data and forecasts with N-Alpha’s cutting-edge business process automation and analytics. This partnership underscores our commitment to empowering companies to mitigate volatility, manage margins, and drive cost savings with unparalleled accuracy.
Eyal Mizrahi, CEO of N-Alpha, commented:
Partnering with MetalMiner allows us to bring our advanced cost analytics into the industrial and manufacturing domains where they can have the greatest impact. Insights SV provides companies with the tools they need to integrate real-time data with strategic decision-making for a competitive edge.
Real-World Metal Buying Comes With Real-World Problems
This isn’t just another metal price platform with bells and whistles. Insights SV is designed around the specific problems that purchasing teams and sourcing managers face regularly.
Ever try tracing a price spike back to its root cause? With Insights SV, you can break down part pricing by commodity input. If nickel or aluminum prices shift, you’ll see how that rolls into each part and what it means for your budget.“Why did this part just get 12% more expensive?”
This dynamic forecasting engine doesn’t just show you where prices were or where they’re going. It shows where they’re heading (at the input level) so you can enter supplier talks with hard data, not hunches.“How do I prepare for next year’s pricing negotiations?”
When BOM (bill of materials) or part prices change, SV automates updates across your workflow, from parts to components to full BOMs. No more missed updates, no more costly mistakes.“Our price changes aren’t syncing across our systems!”
Insights SV flags mismatches between actual POs and what was agreed upon in your contracts. It’s like having a smart audit partner watching your back.“We keep getting hit with exceptions and missed contract pricing.”
A Game-Changer for Key Industries
Insights SV’s ability to combine part-level spend analytics with enterprise-wide synchronization is a game-changer for numerous industries. By integrating with ERP, procurement and supply chain systems, businesses can enhance operational efficiency, strengthen category strategies and reduce exposure to commodity price volatility.
Leveraging Proven Expertise and Innovative Technology
MetalMiner’s proprietary capabilities include over 4,000+ metal datasets, cost models at the form, alloy, and grade levels, and short-, mid- and long-term price forecasts.
Insights SV delivers actionable intelligence that enables companies to buy more cost-effectively, achieve margin stability and unlock long-term value.
Want to Learn More About How Insights SV Can Help Your Organization? Contact Us
N-Alpha provides state-of-the-art business process automation designed to optimize pricing strategies, manage price volatility risks and maximize efficiencies. Their expertise lies in creating solutions that integrate seamlessly into existing systems, enabling real-time, data-driven decision-making.
