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Purchase price variance is the gap between what you negotiated and what you actually paid. Purchase Price Variance Analysis explains the deviations, by driver, so the leakage can be closed.
The Challenge
The variance lands in the ledger without telling you why it happened.
Each line is small, so the pattern only shows in aggregate.
Off-contract pricing, rush premiums, FX, and missed volume tiers all move PPV at once.
How eyko Solves It
Purchase Price Variance Analysis decomposes the variance into its drivers, off-contract pricing, rush-order premiums, FX, and missed volume tiers, so the fix targets the cause rather than the symptom.
Purchase price variance ran 1.8M unfavorable this year. Decomposed, off-contract pricing accounts for 0.8M, rush-order premiums for 0.5M, FX on imported materials for 0.3M, and missed volume tiers for 0.2M.
| Metric | Current | Benchmark | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary indicator | Flagged | Target | Action needed |
| Secondary indicator | Monitoring | Within range | On track |
| Trend direction | Declining | Stable | Review required |
Purchase price variance analysis measures the gap between negotiated and actual prices and decomposes it into its drivers. The Playbook quantifies the total unfavorable variance and the share each cause carries, so procurement sees not just that it overpaid but why, before the leakage repeats.
This is decision intelligence in practice: the what, the why, and the what next from your live data.
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View IdeaFAQ
Everything you need to know about Purchase Price Variance Analysis.
Purchase price variance analysis measures the gap between the price you negotiated and the price you actually paid, and decomposes it into its drivers. eyko separates off-contract pricing, rush-order premiums, FX, and missed volume tiers, so the fix targets the cause rather than the symptom.
It reads your purchase-order and invoice detail, your contract and price-list data, and FX rates from your ERP and procurement system, alongside any data platform you already run. It works with systems such as SAP, Coupa, Oracle, and NetSuite, and there is no separate data project to start.
The Playbook attributes each line of variance to a driver, off-contract pricing, a rush-order premium, an FX move, or a missed volume tier, and aggregates them so the total resolves into named causes. That shows which driver carries the most variance and who owns the fix.
Yes. The Playbook tracks purchase price variance on every beat rather than at the year-end review, so a driver that starts to grow surfaces as it happens. It refreshes as purchasing and price data change, keeping the decomposition current.
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