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Assess raw material risk

A commodity price moves. The question is not whether it hits the margin, but where.

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The copper price is up 12%. Which series and option variants does that hit, how hard, and which suppliers are involved?

Copper sits in 7 part groups across 4 series.

The context:

  • Highest exposure: series B-3, option variant with the extended wiring harness — +2.1% on material cost per vehicle
  • Across the quarter's planned production orders: +1.4% material cost on average
  • 3 suppliers cover 80% of the affected parts, two of them with a price escalation clause

Recommendation: Open the negotiation with the supplier without an escalation clause: that is where the uncovered share sits. For series B-3, check the costing before the next price round.

QuellenBill of materialsCommodity contentPurchase pricesProduction ordersOrder types

What changes

Before
  • Part prices and commodity prices analyzable separately, in separate tools.
  • No link to how parts are used, and therefore none to the impact of price changes.
  • One-off analyses in spreadsheets, rebuilt for every price round.
With d.AP
  • The impact of a price change calculated down to series and option variant.
  • Visible which products, series and suppliers are hit hardest.
  • A negotiating position built on usage and planned production, not on a unit price.

What it delivers

4sources

unified in one model

Bill of materials, production orders, commodity content and purchase prices.

1pass

instead of an analysis week

From commodity signal to management decision.

3levels

Exposure calculated through to series, option variant and supplier.

Connected data sources

Bill of materials / PLMERP purchasingProduction planningCommodity data

Reference · Automotive OEM

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