Steel Frame Supply 2024
- PPI Steel Mill Products55%
- ECI Manufacturing30%
- Fixed portion15%
New: Forecast next quarter's adjustmentNext adjustment · in 3 days Index Library
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The escalation clause both sides agree on.
Stop rebuilding the price adjustment in a spreadsheet every quarter and arguing with the other side about which index month applied. Escalake reads your escalation clause, builds the formula and works out each adjustment from official government statistics. Buyer and supplier sign off on the same number, and every step is on record.
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- 12 Sep · 14 Sep
- Due in 30 days
- 5
- 3 quarterly · 2 monthly
- Live formulas
- 12
- across 8 contracts
Index movers
Latest vs previous release
- PPI Steel Mill Products+6.9%
- ECI Manufacturing+3.1%
- PPI Diesel fuel−2.4%
- CPI All groups+0.8%
| Contract | Index basis | Frequency | Due | Last Δ | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This week2 | |||||
| Steel Frame Supply 2024Vulcan Steel Co · STEEL-2024 | PPI Steel Mill Products · ECI Manufacturing | Quarterly | 3d12 Sep 2026 | +4.71% | Open |
| Rebar Supply 2025Vulcan Steel Co · REBAR-2025 | PPI Steel Mill Products · CPI All groups | Quarterly | 5d14 Sep 2026 | +2.13% | |
| Next 30 days3 | |||||
| Freight · NorthlineNorthline Logistics · FRT-2025 | PPI Diesel fuel · ECI Transport | Monthly | 21d30 Sep 2026 | −0.84% | |
| Concrete Sleepers 2025Bassline Precast · SLP-2025 | PPI Concrete products · ECI Manufacturing | Quarterly | 22d1 Oct 2026 | +1.92% | |
| Signalling MaintenanceMeridian Systems · SIG-2024 | ECI Professional services | Monthly | 28d7 Oct 2026 | +3.40% | |
6 of 12 live formulas due within 90 daysAll contracts
Every number traces to an official statistical agency.
BLSFREDEIAECBEurostatONSStatCanABSBISBOJOECDIMFWorld BankDBnomicsNasdaq
Built for index-linked clauses
Every part in one place: no spreadsheet, no email thread, no guessing which version of the index applied.
Clause to formula
Paste the escalation clause. Escalake proposes the indices, weights and base period, with its reasoning. Nothing saves until you confirm.
Formula controls
Weighted baskets, averaging windows, publication lags, caps, floors, FX conversion, fixed non-escalating portions.
Versioned data
Agencies publish early figures, then correct them. Escalake keeps every version with the date it arrived, so you always know which number you used.
Mutual sign-off
Buyer and supplier see the same calculation and confirm it. Questions stay attached to the adjustment they are about.
Audit-grade export
PDF and Excel reports showing the formula, each part of the price change and the index figures behind it, with a fingerprint that shows if the file is edited.
Next-period forecast
See a likely range for the next adjustment before it lands, so finance can budget ahead of it.
How a price adjustment gets settled
Each stage is deliberately separate. You confirm what the clause means, the engine computes the numbers, and the finished record stands on its own.
01 / INTERPRET
Read the clause. Propose the formula.
The AI reads the escalation language, searches the index library, and proposes a weighted formula with its reasoning. It is a draft. Nothing is applied until a person confirms the mapping.
Clause · Section 12.3, price adjustment
"...the contract price shall be adjusted quarterly by reference to 55% the PPI for steel mill products, 30% the Employment Cost Index for manufacturing, with the remaining 15% held fixed, using a three month average and a one month publication lag."
PPI Steel Mill Products (WPU101)0.55
ECI Manufacturing (CIU2013000000000A)0.30
Fixed portion0.15
Proposed mapping · confidence high · awaiting your confirmation
02 / CALCULATE
Same inputs, same answer, every time.
Once the formula is set, Escalake does the maths exactly, with no spreadsheet rounding drift. Weights, lags, caps and floors apply the same way every quarter, and you can see how much each part of the formula moved the price.
Component contributions · 2024-Q3
Composite adjustment factor1.0471
03 / CONFIRM
One number. Both signatures.
The buyer calculates. The supplier opens the same adjustment and sees the same components, weights and result. Both confirm. A disagreement stays recorded against the adjustment, not moved to email.
Sign-off · adjustment 2024-Q3
NR
VS
Vulcan asked: is the PPI series preliminary or final for September? Northgate: final, revised value received 11 Oct. Thread stays attached to this period.
04 / PROVE
A report finance, legal and auditors accept.
Export the adjustment as a PDF or Excel report: the starting price, the new price, each part of the formula, the index figures behind it and when they were published. A fingerprint on the file shows if anyone edits it later.
Price adjustment report · PDF / XLSX
Baseline composite128.40
Current composite134.45
Adjustment factor1.0471
Formula versionv3 · locked 02 Oct
Data versionFINAL
audit hash sha256: 9f2a7c14e0b8…d1c4
15 official data sources. Every number kept on record.
Index figures come straight from national statistics offices and central banks. When an agency later corrects a number, Escalake keeps both, so the figure you agreed last quarter can still be shown.
BLSUS Labor Statistics
FREDSt. Louis Fed
EIAUS Energy
ECBEuropean Central Bank
EurostatEU Statistics
ONSUK Statistics
StatCanStatistics Canada
ABSAustralian Bureau
BISBank for International Settlements
BOJBank of Japan
OECDOECD.Stat
IMFInternational Monetary Fund
World BankOpen Data
DBnomicsAggregator
NasdaqData Link
Connects to your ERP and accounts payable
Your IT team can pull every agreed adjustment straight into your ERP or payment system, so nobody retypes the number.
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Full audit logging
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One calculation, verified by both sides.
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