Purchase Analytics: material price history and supplier comparison — archim
Same material, two suppliers, two prices
archim keeps the price history of every material and tells you which supplier is cheaper.
Concrete C25/30
Unit price over time
Calcestruzzi LombardiaThe problem: prices drifting away
Increases you notice too late
A material creeps up delivery after delivery. You only see it once the site is already closed.
Different names, different units
The same material arrives with different codes, descriptions and units from each supplier. Comparing looks impossible.
Comparisons made from memory
To know who is cheaper you have to reopen delivery notes and invoices one by one. In the end you buy out of habit.
The solution: prices under control
Price history per item
Every item gets its unit-price curve over time, with latest price, purchased quantity and the change since the start of the period.
Supplier comparison
The same material bought from different suppliers is compared on the same scale, even when the name or the unit changes.
Best supplier and savings
archim shows who has the best price, how far it sits from the average, and how much you would have saved always buying from them.
“Closing the monthly bookkeeping used to take me the whole morning. Now, one hour is enough.”
How it works
Purchases come in
Delivery notes and invoices become lines carrying item, supplier, quantity, unit of measure and unit price.
Match the equivalents
Tell archim which items are the same material, even if every supplier calls it something different.
Compare and decide
Open a material to see how its price moved, or the supplier comparison, and negotiate with the numbers in hand.
What archim handles, what you verify
What archim handles for you
- Rebuilds the unit-price history of every item from the delivery notes and invoices you already uploaded.
- Brings prices back to the same unit of measure, even when suppliers express it differently.
- Points out the supplier with the best price, the gap vs the average, and flags prices that are no longer current.
- Calculates how much you would have saved always buying from the best supplier, on your real purchases.
What you check
- You say which items are really the same material.
- You check the equivalences between units, so the comparison stays correct.
FAQ
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