Steel Frame Supply 2024
- PPI Steel Mill Products55%
- ECI Manufacturing30%
- Fixed portion15%
New: Forecasts with confidence intervalsNext adjustment · in 3 days Index Library
Sample data · illustrative parties
The escalation clause both sides agree on.
Escalake reads your price escalation clause, builds the formula, and computes each adjustment from versioned official statistics. Buyer and supplier confirm the same figure, and every step is logged.
Good morning, Priya.
2 adjustments due within 7 days.
- Overdue
- 0
- nothing overdue
- Due in 7 days
- 2
- 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
Every observation is stored as preliminary, final or revised, with the date it arrived. 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, not lost in email.
Audit-grade export
PDF and Excel with formula version, component contributions, index changes, lineage and a tamper-evident hash.
Next-period forecast
Project the next adjustment with confidence intervals, 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
The arithmetic is deterministic.
Once the formula is set, the engine does the arithmetic with fixed-precision decimals. Weights, lags, caps and floors resolve the same way every time. Every component contribution is on the page.
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
An artifact finance, legal and auditors accept.
Export the adjustment as a report: baseline, current, adjustment factor, each component, the index changes behind it, the formula version, timestamps and a hash. Something you can send on.
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
From one clause to the whole portfolio
Today Escalake handles the two hard parts: the calculation and the agreement. Next is the portfolio view — total exposure across every contract you hold, the dollar impact of each adjustment, and the under-billed amounts worth recovering.
Preview
| Contract | Exposed value | Next adjustment |
|---|---|---|
| Steel frame supply | $18.4M | 84 d |
| Rolling stock overhaul | $42.1M | 12 d |
| Signalling maintenance | $7.2M | 203 d |
| Traction power | $11.9M | 48 d |
15 providers. Versioned, timestamped, revision-aware.
Official statistical series from national and international agencies. Escalake tracks revisions, so a number agreed last quarter stays traceable after the source restates it.
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
Or skip the interface entirely
REST API v1 returns the computed adjustment for a PAM: the percentage, the cumulative figure, the data version and the component breakdown. Wire it into procurement, ERP or accounts payable.
Read the API docscurl https://api.escalake.com/v1/pams/steel-frame-2024/adjustment \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ESCALAKE_KEY"
{
"period": "2024-Q3",
"adjustmentPct": 4.71,
"cumulativeAdjustmentPct": 11.38,
"dataVersion": "FINAL",
"components": [
{ "series": "PPI: Steel Mill Products", "weight": 0.55, "change": 6.9 },
{ "series": "ECI: Manufacturing", "weight": 0.30, "change": 3.1 },
{ "series": "Fixed portion", "weight": 0.15, "change": 0.0 }
]
}The controls enterprise buyers ask about
Tenant isolation, encryption, access control and logging — in place before your first calculation.
Tenant isolation
Encryption at rest
TLS in transit
Encrypted API credentials
Role-based access
Multi-factor auth
Full audit logging
SSO and SCIM
One calculation, verified by both sides.
Put the clause, the data and both signatures in one place.