Fastmarkets RISI

• Recognize and leverage shifts in supply and demand affecting your buying power.
• Know when major players trigger market changes impacting your price and why.
• Understand and track key cost inputs driving your price.

• Challenge your price by evaluating it against industry-leading price indices built on transparent methodology
• Decrease your price volatility by incorporating indices into contracts as unbiased escalators/de-escalators.
• Avoid price creep and find discount opportunities by better understanding the grade you buy.

• Generate more accurate budgets and models by applying third-party historical and forecast data.
• Validate your conclusions with pulp and paper expert commentary and reports.

• Understand what drives production costs and what that should mean for your price.
• Compare suppliers based on their costs to identify the best long-term partners.

Packaging 101 is an on-going series intended to help procurement professionals who are new to the paper industry. Each installment will give you insight to help you cut through the clutter and focus on what’s relevant to your procurement decisions. Available downloads include:

• Interpreting Supply & Demand
• Historical Paper Prices
• Tracking Mill Costs