Index Builder
Our paper packaging index builder helps buyers understand the evolution of their packaging costs
- Track and compare your paper and packaging prices against objective industry-standard benchmarks to understand if your price falls within the industry average with our index builder tool
- Access objective data, tools and market insights from industry-specific experts to minimize supply chain risk and control costs – without relying on supplier input
- Optimize supply chain strategy from Fastmarkets data, tools and market insights – offering third-party, independent data to compare with your supplier
Struggling to make sense of how upstream supply chain changes should fairly impact your finished packaging costs? You’re not alone. This challenge can create uncertainty, complexity and missed opportunities for cost management.
We know finished packaging buyers are challenged to translate how changes further upstream in their supply chain should be fairly applied to the cost of the finished packaging they buy.
- Connect the dots: Accurately see how cost inflation or deflation in the upstream supply chain affects paperboard prices and should influence your packaging costs
- Make data-driven decisions: Compare cost drivers and relative competitiveness between individual paperboard mills
- Dive deeper into supplier insights: Understand the unique cost drivers and advantages of your supply base like never before
Why trust Fastmarkets index builder
Fastmarkets price indices have a long and respected history in the industry. They are collected and reported using a transparent methodology that has been refined over many years. This methodology is fixed, transparent and freely available on the website.
Understanding how the process works gives our customers the confidence to use our prices in a number of applications, including using our price indices as escalators and de-escalators in their contracts.
Let our experts guide you through the tool, answer your questions and help you find out if your packaging prices match up with market changes.
Index builder will show you how the box price should have evolved relative to changes market prices.
The price index is based on the market price of materials. It also includes estimates for converting, overhead, profits and other.
Index builder will show you how your box price should have evolved relative to changes in the cost to produce it.
The cost index is based on the cost to your supplier to produce the materials. This includes the main cost drivers such as fiber, energy, labor and chemicals.
Finally, index builder will compare your cost index and your price index to show how prices are evolving compared to costs.
This interface produces insightful visuals, ideal for procurement managers to easily understand and explain what’s driven change in their category in internal presentations?
Access examples for cartonboard, liquid container and paper bag
Keeping on top of paper packaging costs is no easy feat. Prices can fluctuate due to supply and demand trends, mill production costs, macroeconomic influences and many other drivers. Take a look at our model examples for:
- Cartonboard: Tuck and tongue carton
- Liquid container: Gable top carton
- Paper bag: Unbleached large carrier bag with handles
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