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Macro Pressures Dashboard

Macro indicators for procurement and category management decisions

Eric Buhler · Procurement & Supply Chain

Macro indicators procurement teams actually negotiate with.

This dashboard tracks the public macro indices that show up inside vendor escalation clauses, supplier price letters, and renewal asks. It is scoped for IT category management and oil and gas supply chain teams at midstream operators with Alberta and BC operations.

Every indicator is sourced from a public agency and refreshes on a known cadence. The methodology page covers application criticality, vendor segmentation, and the framework behind which indices belong in which renewal conversation.

IT Macro Primary

Reference indices for software, cloud, and hardware renewal cycles. Covers semiconductor and software PPIs, IT consulting rates, and cross-border currency exposure.

SCM Macro

Canadian procurement macro context. FX, BoC policy rate, CPI, IPPI, and freight indices that anchor most cost-escalation conversations.

O&G SCM Macro

Operational context for Alberta and BC oil and gas. Commodity prices, pipeline utilization, drilling activity, and category-specific freight and fuel costs.

Regional

Side-by-side conditions for Alberta, BC, Canada, and the US. CPI, unemployment, fuel cost, and the US dollar index.

Well Map

Live Alberta well licences, active drilling rigs, frac disclosure, and 511 road conditions in the Wapiti and Montney corridors.