Force Majeure

See supply risk before it hits your P&L.

FM Scanner continuously checks your chemical portfolio for Force Majeure, precursor-chain, and regulatory risk — quantifying spend at risk in euros and tracing every event back to the materials it affects.

FM Scanner · 14 materials portfolio · €1.2M
14
Scanned
6
Precursor risk
€49.4K
Spend at risk
3
Clear
Material Spend Status Risk
Dipentaerythrit
€250K
Precursor
+5.0%
1-Ethoxy-2-propanol
€180K
Precursor
+4.0%
1,4-Butanediol
€24.4K
Regulatory
+6.0%
Benzyl alcohol
€37K
Clear
Precursor risk traced upstream — Formaldehyde shortage → Dipentaerythrit
FM Assistant
Top 3 actions ready
The old way

Watching the market by hand

News, not your portfolio
Headlines break, but nothing tells you which of your materials are actually affected.
Upstream blind spots
Feedstock disruptions reach you only after the price has already moved.
Days of manual review
Reviewing news across dozens of materials by hand, every cycle.
The PINPOOLS way

One click scans your whole portfolio for real exposure.

FM Scanner checks every material against feedstock, price, and regulatory signals, quantifies spend at risk in euros, and traces each event back to the affected material via its precursor chain — so upstream shocks reach you before the headlines do.
Benefits

What procurement teams get out of it.

Qualitative headlines turned into quantified, ranked, portfolio-specific action.

Catch precursor risks early

Feedstock shocks are flagged in your affected materials, not just where the news happens.

Days to minutes

One rescan replaces manual news reviews across dozens of materials.

Stop reading, start acting

The FM Assistant returns ranked recommendations and next steps, not more articles.

Add your own intelligence

Upload your FM tracker reports and the scanner uses them as ground truth.

Key capabilities

A risk engine that runs on your portfolio.

Point it at your purchased materials and it checks each one against procurement-relevant sources — with AI you can question at every level.

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6
€49K
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Portfolio-level scanning

One-click Rescan against all sources, with a live KPI band — scanned, at-risk, spend at risk, and errors — plus CSV / XLSX export.

FeedstockPrice signalRegulatory

Three event types tracked

Feedstock disruptions, unusual price behaviour, and regulatory events — anti-dumping, sanctions, trade-defense, inspections.

FM

Precursor / value-chain awareness

Every material is linked to its precursor chain, so when Formaldehyde tightens, Dipentaerythrit is flagged before its own price moves. Confidence-scored, with a Precursor Map view.

Risk: High6 triggers

Material Intelligence report

Per material: disruption risk, key trigger events, producers and locations at risk, feedstock exposure, price trend, and procurement flags.

Which items are at highest risk?
Confirmed FM · Precursor · Watch → Top 3 actions

AI Chat & FM Assistant

Ask per material or across the whole portfolio. The FM Assistant returns ranked risks, a Portfolio Risk chart, and the Top 3 immediate actions.

Manage Intelligence

Upload proprietary FM tracker and category documents as ground truth. PINPOOLS parses them and enriches the scan with your context.

How it works

Four steps from portfolio to ranked action.

FM Scanner sits as a tab inside your portfolio view, alongside General, Items, Spend Mapping, Dashboard, and Benchmark KPI.

Step 01

Scan the portfolio

Open the FM Scanner tab and hit Rescan. Every listed material is checked against the loaded intelligence, producing the KPI band and per-material rows.

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FM Scanner · Rescan
Rescan Manage Intelligence Precursor Map Ask AI CSV XLSX
14Scanned
0FM Detected
6Precursor Risk
3Clear
€49.4KSpend at Risk
2.8%Avg Impact
1Pending
5Errors
FM Scanner · portfolio
ChemicalTotal SpendStatusEvent TypeFM Risk
Dipentaerythrit€250KPRECURSOR RISKFeedstock+5.0%
1,3-Butanediol€230KCLEARPrice Signal+6.0%
Diacetone alcohol€220KPRECURSOR RISKFeedstock+3.0%
1,4-Butanediol€24.4KPRECURSOR RISKRegulatory+6.0%
Benzyl alcohol€37KCLEARPrice Signal
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Step 02

Read the KPI band

See how many materials are scanned and how many carry precursor risk — and the number that matters, total spend at risk in euros. Sort by spend and scan the Event Type column for feedstock, price, or regulatory signals.

Step 03

Drill into a material

Open any material for the full Material Intelligence report — trigger events, producers at risk, procurement flags — walk the value chain, and ask the per-material AI Chat.

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Material Intelligence · AI Chat
Dipentaerythrit 126-58-9
PRECURSOR RISK
Event Type
Feedstock shortage
Confidence
High
FM Risk %
+5%
Precursor risk: Formaldehyde · feedstock shortage
Material Intelligence

Risk level Medium-High. Key triggers: formaldehyde/methanol shortage, China environmental inspections, high-purity grade qualification constraints. Producers at risk: Perstorp, Ercros, Hubei Yihua.

AI Chat
Explain the precursor risk How does this affect supply? Mitigation options?
FM Assistant · portfolio
Portfolio Risk by Chemical (risk_premium_pct)
Isobutyl alc.
1,3-Butandiol
1,4-Butandiol
Dipentaerythrit
Diacetone alc.
Benzyl alcohol
Top 3 immediate actions
1Confirm n-Butanol / Isobutanol supply continuity given the live Guangxi Huayi FM.
2Review Methanol sourcing for Iranian-origin exposure.
3Monitor BDO for EU trade-defense duty escalation.
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Step 04 · Result

Act on the Top 3

Ask AI across the whole portfolio. The FM Assistant returns ranked risks, a Portfolio Risk chart, and the Top 3 immediate actions — ready to take or hand to your category team.

Example scan

What one scan surfaces.

A portfolio scan of 15 specialty alcohols and solvents — €1.2M total spend. Six materials carry precursor risk, every one traced back to an upstream event: Dipentaerythrit (€250K) via a Formaldehyde shortage, 1,4-Butanediol via EU anti-dumping complaints, 2-Ethylhexanol via oxo-process dependency.
Materials scanned
14
in one rescan
Precursor risk
6
materials flagged
Spend at risk
€49.4K
quantified in euros
Avg impact
2.8%
across the portfolio
FM Assistant · Top 3 immediate actions
  1. 1Confirm n-Butanol / Isobutanol supply continuity given the live Guangxi Huayi FM.
  2. 2Review Methanol sourcing for Iranian-origin exposure.
  3. 3Monitor BDO for EU trade-defense duty escalation.

“During Iran conflict PINPOOLS helped a lot by scanning a spend list of 1,600 items. The results were accessible by our category managers in order to validate and act in sourcing.”

Head of Direct Spend · US Corporate · 1,600-item spend list scanned
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Frequently asked

FM Scanner questions, answered.

How is FM Scanner different from Market News?

Market News surfaces relevant articles as they appear. FM Scanner evaluates your specific portfolio, quantifies spend at risk in euros for each finding, and traces every event back to affected materials via the precursor chain — so upstream shocks reach you before the headlines do.

What is a Precursor Risk?

An indirect risk. Your material may not have a Force Majeure itself, but one of its feedstocks does — meaning supply or price is likely to move. The Scanner traces this automatically and flags the affected material in your portfolio.

What does the FM Risk % mean?

An estimated impact percentage per material, based on the underlying event and your value-chain exposure. Combined with your total spend, it produces the Spend at Risk figure in the KPI band.

Can I upload my own intelligence documents?

Yes — via Manage Intelligence. The parser reads your reports and uses them as ground truth in future scans. You can also Rescan with custom context on any single material.

Can I export the results?

Yes — CSV and XLSX export from the toolbar. Suitable for CPO dashboards, category reports, and audit trails.

Stop reading headlines. Start acting on risk.

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