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Not true, but suppliers will quote year over year price increases simply to reduce their risk. You need price escalation data to challenge unwarranted price increases.

Price analysis is a fundamental buying tool used to determine the reasonableness of an offered price. It is based upon comparisons. In most buying situations you will be comparing apples to oranges. Your comparison may need to adjust for time, quantity, or productivity. You need a tool that seamlessly makes these adjustments for you.

The Buyer’s Toolkit sports comprehensive training materials. Each technique features an Info button which will review the fundamentals of the analysis or calculation being employed.

Clicking the Demo button will step you through a realistic business scenario showing how to use the software.

The Procurement Training module provides a more comprehensive guidance on a variety of procurement topics in a presentation style format.

Deciding how to schedule material deliveries to support your production lines is an exercise in trade-offs. Too much material too soon and the inventory carrying costs start piling up. Receiving too many small lots of material burns manpower. The Buyer’s Toolkit can optimize your scheduling choices.

Suppliers have many reasons for wanting to accelerate delivery schedules. Lot size efficiencies, period revenue maximization, or scheduling conflicts are just a few. They may offer a price concession. You need a method to evaluate the proposed schedule acceleration.