SPEND MAPPING

Turn spend data into automated sourcing.

Track thousands of products, benchmark against the market, and trigger automated sourcing when savings potential arises — all connected to SAP.

8,000+
Items tracked · $4B spend
Savings Tracker · Q3
Spend Mapping · Solvents category
↑ 4 opps 63 items
Δ vs benchmark Better Neutral Worse Opportunity
JFMAMJJASOND
Acetone
Methanol
Toluene
Ethanol
Xylene
IPA
$20M+
Savings triggered YTD
The old way

Thousands of graphs, reviewed by hand.

Buyers open one chart at a time
A category with a few thousand items means a few thousand price graphs. Nobody scrolls through them all, so opportunities slip past.
Benchmarks live in slide decks
Market prices, indices, and forecasts sit in scattered files. By the time they're consolidated for a review, the moment to act has passed.
Insight and sourcing are disconnected
Even when the team spots a savings opportunity, launching an RFQ means starting from scratch — no supplier list, no ERP context.
The PINPOOLS way

All data intelligence in one structured view.

Spend Mapping displays market data for the products you buy — Benchmarks, Savings, Cost Model, Forecast, and News — in one structured view. It's where all PINPOOLS data intelligence comes together for the buyer: how you perform versus the real market, how indices influence your prices, real supplier details, and savings execution.
Performance vs. the real marketEvery item benchmarked against actual transactions.
Index influence, visibleSee how raw-material indices drive your prices.
Real supplier detailsQualified supplier proposals attached to each opportunity.
Savings executionTrigger a sourcing event straight from the insight.
Benefits

What procurement teams get out of it.

One map replaces the manual review — buyers see where the market moves, where savings hide, and where suppliers under-perform.

Identify new saving opportunities

The system surfaces items where the market has moved below your price — with the savings quantified.

Automate sourcing workflows

Each alert can trigger an RFQ with pre-qualified suppliers — no restart from a blank sheet.

Gain full spend transparency

Thousands of items on one map — by category, region, and supplier — with drill-down to a single SKU.

Improve supplier performance

Compare each supplier's price movement against the market — negotiate from data, not intuition.

Key capabilities

A closed loop from data to action.

Five capabilities that connect market data, cost models, and your ERP into one automated flow.

benchmarkyour price

Market benchmark tracking

Real transaction-based benchmarks across your product portfolio — updated as trades close.

Raw mat.62%
Energy18%
Labor11%
Margin9%

Should-cost model linking

Every item references a bottom-up cost model — buyers see exactly what drives the price.

Methanol · Δ −12% vs. priceNEW
RFQ 21301 · sent to 6 suppliers

Automated sourcing alerts

Notifications when an opportunity crosses your savings threshold — with an RFQ one click away.

SAPOutline agreements · Info recordsMaterial master · Vendor dataPOs · Awarded pricesPINPOOLS

ERP integration

Two-way sync with SAP — outline agreements, info records, material master, vendor data, and POs.

CurrentMethanol · €0.42/kgbaseline
If index −10%Methanol · €0.37/kg−€48K/yr
Scenario impact−11.9%

AI-based "what-if" simulations

Model alternative supplier or index scenarios directly from the map — decide before the market moves.

How it works

Six steps from item list to closed savings loop.

Upload once, link to benchmarks, set alarms — the system reviews continuously across Spend Mapping, Alarm, and Dashboard tabs.

Add items
Download Draft Excel upload
Add new item
#Item NameQuantityUnitUnit of Measure
Name, CAS… Quantity 1/4/5.5 Unit
Save item Cancel
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Upload thousands of items

Add items via Excel upload or ERP sync into the Spend Mapping / Savings Tracker — obligatory fields are Item Name, CAS, Quantity, Unit, Current Price.

Excel upload · 100 common items · ERP sync

Link to should-cost & benchmarks

Each item connects to a benchmark and, where relevant, a should-cost model — the reference the system tracks against.

Benchmark · Cost Model · Available benchmarks
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TitleBenchmarkPot. SavingsTotal pot.
Total sum€2.32 / Kg€2.83€1,017,022
1,3-Butanediol€2.83 / Kg€2.22€520.65
1,4-Butanediol€1.82 / Kg€0.27€1,199.88
1,6-Hexanediol€2.50 / Kg−€0.42−€98,378
GeneralItems (15)AlarmSpend MappingDashboard
* Alarm name
Add Alarm Name
* Notification
Weekly
* Every
Mon
* Change vs. last period
5,000
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Set notification frequency & thresholds

Set the alarm: frequency, delta vs. last period, and the minimum savings that should trigger a notification.

Alarm name · Frequency · Change ≥ threshold

System monitors price movements

PINPOOLS watches every item continuously — no buyer reviews thousands of graphs by hand. Benchmark, potential savings, and forecast sit on one row.

Current Price · Benchmark · Total pot. · Forecast 3m
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GeneralItems (131)Spend MappingDashboardBenchmark KPI
Current PriceBenchmarkTotal pot.Forecast 3m
€1.87€1.74 / Kg€837,438€9.10M
€5.71€3.08 / Kg€242,996€464K
€2.95€1.65 / Kg€126,896€185K
Selected items: 1Create new RFQ / RFP
TitleResponsibleRFQ StatusCost Model
1,4-ButanediolNadiia SolenkoRequest / Feedback1,4-Butanediol
2-EthylhexanolSelect responsible…RunningSelect Cost Model
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Trigger RFQs from the insight

Supplier Proposal suggests qualified vendors; a new sourcing event launches from the alert in one click.

Responsible · Request / Feedback · Cost Model

Track results on the Dashboard

Performance against benchmark, volume & unit price over time, and distance-to-benchmark bubbles — filterable by region, plant, or responsible user. Awarded prices flow back through SAP.

Performance tiles · Volume & unit price · ERP sync
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Performance against benchmark
Actual price vs. own price history
Benchmark vs. own price
Volume and Unit Price Aug 2024 → Jul 2025
Volume Actual Price Benchmark
Business case

Several thousand items on the map — reviewed continuously.

Customers upload several thousand items into the savings tracker to continuously monitor price movements against market benchmarks. The system highlights potential savings, proposes qualified suppliers, and lets users create new sourcing events directly from those insights.

Buyers set notification frequency and savings thresholds so the tool alerts them to actionable opportunities automatically. Procurement teams use this to stay ahead of market shifts and optimize category spend at scale. Combined with ERP integration, it creates a closed loop where benchmark insights directly trigger sourcing actions.

Yearly savings
15%
up to
Automated RFQs
100+
created
Benchmark visibility
Real-time
per item
SAP data sync
End-to-end
both directions
No manual tracking required
The buyer no longer reviews thousands of graphs by hand.

“We stopped chasing individual charts. Spend Mapping tells us where the market has moved against us — and every alert lands with a pre-qualified supplier list ready to go.”

Category lead, direct materials · chemicals & solvents
Trusted by industry leaders

Procurement teams in chemicals, pharma, and coatings
build with PINPOOLS.

Frequently asked

Spend Mapping questions, answered.

What is Spend Mapping vs. Savings Tracker?

Spend Mapping is the tool that displays benchmarks, savings, cost models, forecasts, and news per product. Savings Tracker refers to the savings-monitoring functionality that lives inside Spend Mapping — same tool, different framing depending on where you enter it.

How is Spend Mapping different from Benchmarking?

Benchmarking gives you the market reference price for a single material. Spend Mapping is the bulk / dashboard layer that lets you monitor many products at once and take action.

Does Spend Mapping trigger RFQs automatically?

Yes — when the system detects a savings opportunity above your threshold, it can propose suppliers via Supplier Proposal and let you launch an RFQ directly from the insight.

Is it connected to SAP?

Yes — end-to-end SAP data synchronization is included. Outline agreements, info records, material master, vendor data, and POs all sync in both directions.

See your whole spend on one map.

Bring your item list — we'll show you where the savings hide, on your own data.

SAP-connected · Real benchmarks · Onboarding in days