§ Verticals03
Same engine. Different behaviour.
A dairy prices per litre on fat. A motor maker prices per unit on FX. Each industry pack changes the unit, the layers and formulas that matter, what triggers a re-price and who approves. All of it is configuration.
FMCG & packaged food
Know your cost per case before the scheme goes live.
Recipes with by-product credits, packing BOMs and section-wise gas and power, costed at this month's actual rates. Then the engine simulates a trade scheme on live cost before you announce it.
How the engine behaves here- Prices per
- Case, with per-pack price inside it
- Cost driver
- Recipe yield, oil and flour, packing film
- Key formula
- recipe × (1 + rate) − by-product credit
- Re-prices when
- Monthly actual rates close, or a scheme is planned
- Approval rule
- Scheme spend against budget, discount by distributor tier
- Quoting modes
- Finished goods, private label at cost-plus
- Commercial programs
- Trade schemes: slab, buy-X-get-Y, display
- By-products & credits
- By-product credits reduce recipe cost
Sample quoteMasala snack 40 g
per case of 120Recipe, net of by-product credit₹ 612.40
Packing BOM₹ 148.20
Sections, gas & power₹ 96.75
Volumetric freight₹ 38.10
Full cost₹ 895.45
Floor₹ 968
Recommended₹ 1,041
Ceiling₹ 1,092
A buy-10-get-1 scheme takes ₹ 81.40 a case and keeps margin above floor in 3 of 4 regions.
§01 · Behaviour
What changes from one industry to the next.
The selected vertical is highlighted. Every row is set by data in the industry pack, not by code.
| FMCG & packaged food | Dairy | Electronics & motors | Industrial & polymers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prices per | Case, with per-pack price inside it | Litre or kg, on fat and SNF | Unit, at quantity breaks | Piece or kg, per customer list |
| Cost driver | Recipe yield, oil and flour, packing film | Fat and SNF procurement rate | USD/INR, duty, copper and magnets | Resin index, machine hours, tooling |
| Key formula | recipe × (1 + rate) − by-product credit | fat kg × fat rate + SNF kg × SNF rate | (S + P) × CR − S × SR, plus duty | resin kg × index + machine h × rate |
| Re-prices when | Monthly actual rates close, or a scheme is planned | Procurement rate changes, usually weekly | Monthly FX or an import price changes | Resin index moves past a set threshold |
| Approval rule | Scheme spend against budget, discount by distributor tier | Distributor margin and route-freight bands | Discount bands per mode and customer | Price-list revisions and development sign-off |
| Quoting modes | Finished goods, private label at cost-plus | Finished goods, bulk and institutional at cost-plus | Finished goods, sub-assembly, job work, cost-plus | Finished goods, made-to-drawing, job work |
| Commercial programs | Trade schemes: slab, buy-X-get-Y, display | Distributor schemes and new-product trials | Customer programs with committed volume | Customer contracts and annual price lists |
| By-products & credits | By-product credits reduce recipe cost | Cream, butter and ghee credited from surplus fat | Scrap copper and steel credited | Regrind and runner scrap credited |
§02 · Layer weight
Which layers move the price most.
| Layer | FMCG | Dairy | Electronics | Industrial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOM & landed cost | ||||
| Indirect overlay | ||||
| Inventory | ||||
| Capacity | ||||
| Working capital | ||||
| Freight & logistics | ||||
| Warranty & service risk | ||||
| Market position |
minor material drives the price
§03 · Also a fit
Any plant that quotes from a BOM.
- Auto components
- Pumps & valves
- HVAC
- Furniture & interiors
- Packaging
- Contract manufacturing
- Cables & wires
- Castings & forgings