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Brian Smith
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Astra Intelligence
Signals that can trigger a sourcing action. Select one to begin.
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Market Insights
Index movements, capacity shifts and category benchmarks across your chemicals spend.
Choose a sourcing category
Select the type of sourcing event you want to create.
Indirects
Services, software, facilities, marketing, and other non-production spend categories.
Indirects intake is not part of this prototype yet
The indirect sourcing flow will start from its own template library and questionnaire set. Use Directs to walk the direct-materials event end to end.
Choose a direct sourcing template
RFx Agent Brief
Template: Direct Materials — Packaging (Corrugated)
Supplier Price Change
Price-Hike Impact Analysis
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Key Takeaways
Annual Contract Value
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Annual $ Impact
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Materials Affected
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Tentative increase used as a price driver
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Modelled should-cost
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Proposed price
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Gap to model
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Astra verdict — contest this increase
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Proceed to RFQ?
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Logged for Monitoring
The price change is recorded against Sun Chemical. Astra will track the index gap and alert you if it widens beyond your 8% threshold or at renewal.
Overview
Name the event, set categories, stakeholders and the sourcing timeline.
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RFQ Timeline
Milestone dates suppliers are held to.
Release
Intent to Bid
Deadline for Supplier Queries
Bid Submission
Material Overview
Mapping parts and populating the material list from database.
Mapping material number → supplier material number…
Populating material list & volumes…
Attaching spec sheets & BOM…
Bulk upload materials
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Totals
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Change Log
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Supplier Recommendations
Qualified chemical suppliers for RFQ-3092
Thinking…
Matching qualified suppliers on compliance, capacity and region mix.
I shortlisted 2 manufacturers and 2 distributors so you can test direct cost against channel flexibility. All four hold REACH and ISO 9001; Sun Chemical is your incumbent.
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Negotiation Workspace
Round 2 · line-item counter strategy
Line-Item Brief
Supplier Strategy
Sun ChemicalIncumbent
Hold on continuity; push freight and payment terms rather than unit price. Anchor to Cascade's normalized bid.
CascadeFront-runner
Offer 60% volume commitment in exchange for a 2% unit-price concession and index cap/collar.
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This upload accepts PDF files only. Please export the price-change notice as a PDF and try again.
Upload Material Spec
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Specification sheet · on file
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Contacts
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Optional Details
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Add Material
Add a line item to the sourcing scope. Astra maps the SAP number after save.
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Spec data is optional. Materials without a spec sheet are flagged in the Material Overview so you can add one later.
Open Supplier360
Suppliers and their contacts are created and maintained in Supplier360, not inside RFX. Add the vendor there — once onboarded it becomes selectable in this event automatically.
Export Change Log
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Detailed Impact Analysis
Index movement and methodology
Index movement — 12 months
Organic pigment index (ICIS)+4.1%
Acrylic resin index+3.6%
Freight (hazmat lane)+6.2%
Supplier proposed increase+8.7%
The proposed increase runs roughly 2× the weighted input-cost movement. The residual is margin expansion.
Impact waterfall
Impact concentration
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Methodology
Input-cost movement is tracked per material from published indices: pigment and resin loading, conversion (batch, QC, waste), packaging, and freight on the applicable hazmat lane, weighted by each material's share of spend. Volumes are the rolling 12-month forecast from demand planning. Annual impact is the proposed unit delta applied to that forecast. Contestability is rated High where the proposed increase exceeds weighted input movement by more than 10%, Medium between 5–10%, and Low below 5%.
Recommendation rationale
Input indices moved +4.3% weighted; Sun Chemical is asking +8.7%. The residual is margin, and it is not evenly spread — the four highest-volume inks carry the widest gaps and account for 51% of the annual impact, so a narrowly scoped event recovers most of the value without disturbing the long tail. Timing favours us: the contract renews in 20 days and the pigment index has flattened over the last two quarters, which removes the escalation argument. Three qualified alternates (Flint, Siegwerk, Toyo) hold the relevant colour capability and REACH registration, and two already supply adjacent SKUs, so requalification risk is limited to colour-match and press trials. I recommend an RFQ across all 16 lines with Sun Chemical invited — the credible threat of a split award is worth more than a switch, and incumbency preserves colour-match history. Target landing at index-linked pricing (+4–5%) with a 12-month index clause to stop this recurring next cycle.
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New RFx
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Sourcing Profile
Capture the event name, ownership, stakeholders, and budget for this RFx.
Internal only
Scope Workspace
Share your scope as text, upload a document, or both, then let Astra structure it. Or start with the Astra template. It's the most complete option and cuts down on supplier follow-up questions.
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Creating RFx Workspace
Carrying your sourcing profile and scope into the event workspace.
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