Consumer CPI (All Items)+3.8% YoYProducer PPI (All Commodities)+9.8% YoYSteel & Iron+10.4% YoYAluminum Mill Shapes+37.3% YoYLumber & Wood+2.0% YoYFuel & Petroleum+52.6% YoYPlastics & Resins+1.8% YoYReady-Mix Concrete+1.7% YoYIndustrial Electricity+1.9% YoYPaper & Packaging-8.4% YoYConsumer CPI (All Items)+3.8% YoYProducer PPI (All Commodities)+9.8% YoYSteel & Iron+10.4% YoYAluminum Mill Shapes+37.3% YoYLumber & Wood+2.0% YoYFuel & Petroleum+52.6% YoYPlastics & Resins+1.8% YoYReady-Mix Concrete+1.7% YoYIndustrial Electricity+1.9% YoYPaper & Packaging-8.4% YoY

Screen 04 — Forecast

Project your unit cost 30, 60, and 90 days out.

We layer vendor invoice trend over FRED commodity acceleration to estimate where unit costs land — and the exact price adjustment needed to defend your margin.

Margin Target

Desired Gross Profit Margin

Drives every projected revenue figure on this screen. Forecast pulls cost from your actual Materials list and computes the revenue needed to hold this margin.

Margin Alert

Add raw materials in the Materials screen — the forecast engine builds its drift projection directly off your input costs.

No materials to project from

Add at least one material with a baseline cost and quantity in the Materials screen. The forecast engine derives COGS, drift, and required revenue directly from those inputs.