Digitize, centralize, and standardize category spend.

Data-driven category procurement — e-auctions, formula pricing, benchmarks, and Email-to-Quote for suppliers who don’t log in.

−12.4%
Avg awarded savings
160 suppliers
Digital · Email-to-Quote
Category portfolio · Q3
4 strategic categories · 160 suppliers
On track
Solvents
Strategic
E-Auction Formula
Awarded
Intermediates
Strategic
Series · SAP Email-to-Quote
Awarded
Additives
Strategic
Formula Benchmark
Awarded
Packaging
Strategic
E-Auction Live · Dutch
Running
Formula updates · monthly index
Index A Index B Index C Index D Index E Index A Index B Index C Index D Index E
SAP outline agreements · auto-generated
4/4 categories · 200 OK
weeks → days
The challenge PINPOOLS solves

Why do categories drift back into ad-hoc Excel?

Category management demands consistency, engagement from both incumbent and digital-averse suppliers, and repeatable processes buyers can actually maintain. Without automation, discipline evaporates and every sourcing round starts from scratch.

How it works

From bidding to SAP — one category playbook.

Three moves close the loop end-to-end. Two capabilities keep it running.

01
Sourcing event

E-Auctions

Reverse, forward, Dutch — competitive market discovery on your terms.

02
Ongoing pricing

Formula-based pricing

Monthly updates driven by indices, not manual entry. Set the formula once.

03
ERP handoff

Series Requests · SAP

Linked to SAP outline agreements — repeatable workflows at category scale.

Email-to-Quote throughout
Non-digital suppliers keep quoting by email — data becomes structured records automatically.
Embedded benchmarks throughout
Every pricing review sits next to the market — transparency by default.
The result
One repeatable playbook every buyer runs the same way — from bidding to SAP.
Customer story

A chemicals producer put four categories on one playbook.

The team digitized and centralized its category spend, introducing E-auctions, formula-based pricing, and SAP-linked Series requests. Incumbent suppliers reluctant to use digital tools were handled with Email-to-Quote — traditional quoting parsed automatically. Formula updates drove monthly pricing, benchmarking added transparency, and tenders became repeatable with insights measurable.

160 ·
Suppliers engaged across 4 strategic categories
−12.4 %
Average savings on awarded categories
Weeksdays
Sourcing cycles cut by automated workflows
Email-to-Quote — non-digital suppliers keep participating without logging in
SAP outline agreements generated automatically from awards
Formula-based updates drove monthly pricing without manual entry
Benchmarks embedded into every pricing review

Run every category on the same playbook

See e-auctions, formula pricing, benchmarks, and SAP-linked series requests on your own categories.

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