Applied Dynamics Group
SaaS forecasting software and specialist advisory to help procurement and supply chain teams navigate commodity cost volatility — before it impacts your P&L.
What we do
Applied Dynamics Group combines a purpose-built SaaS platform with hands-on advisory from practitioners who have spent careers inside automotive procurement functions.
Whether you need software to automate cost risk monitoring, or specialist expertise to redesign your procurement operations, we are built around the challenges that matter most in manufacturing.
Ingest your bill of materials, connect to live commodity indices, and surface financial exposure before it reaches the P&L.
Tactical support or strategic transformation — from commercial negotiation to full operating model redesign.
Turn fragmented procurement data into structured, decision-ready intelligence across categories and suppliers.
CostSense
CostSense maps your BOM against live commodity markets, quantifies financial exposure at the line level, and alerts you when thresholds are breached — automatically.
| Commodity | Exposure | vs Budget | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium | £840K | +12.4% | High |
| HRC Steel | £620K | +6.1% | Med |
| Copper | £310K | -1.2% | Low |
Advisory services
Hands-on support from practitioners with deep experience inside automotive OEM procurement — from hypercar and low-volume specialists to luxury and prestige manufacturers.
Commercial negotiation, supplier development, and relationship governance across direct and indirect categories in complex manufacturing supply chains.
Supply chain risk identification, commodity cost exposure quantification, and mitigation strategy development — from single-source dependency to macro price volatility.
End-to-end procurement process mapping, improvement, and governance framework design — benchmarked against best-in-class manufacturing organisations.
Large-scale transformation programmes — operating model redesign, capability building, data strategy, and technology enablement for procurement functions.
Book a CostSense demo or speak to us about a consulting engagement.
Material cost risk forecasting for procurement and FP&A teams
in automotive manufacturing.
The challenge
Procurement and FP&A teams know that raw material prices move. What they often lack is a systematic way to quantify what those movements mean for their specific programmes and budgets — in real time.
Spreadsheets break down at scale. Generic market data tools don't understand your bill of materials. CostSense was built to close this gap.
By the time cost overruns appear in monthly reporting, the opportunity to hedge or renegotiate has often passed.
Automotive programmes with hundreds or thousands of part numbers can't be tracked in spreadsheets without significant manual effort and error risk.
Commodity index subscriptions tell you prices have moved — not what that movement means for your programme cost in pounds and pence.
FP&A needs forecast-ready numbers. Procurement thinks in volumes and indices. CostSense bridges the two.
How it works
CostSense is designed for fast onboarding — no implementation project, no data transformation consultancy required.
Import your bill of materials using our standard Excel or CSV template. Commodity category mapping is guided and takes minutes.
CostSense integrates with live market indices for steel, aluminium, copper, nickel, plastics, and more — plus real-time FX rates for cross-currency PO exposure. Data refreshes daily.
Your dashboard shows financial exposure by commodity, programme, and line item — updated automatically as markets move.
Run scenarios, set threshold alerts, and export FP&A-ready reports. Keep finance and procurement aligned on a single number.
What CostSense delivers
BOM intelligence
Upload your bill of materials in your existing format. CostSense maps each line to the relevant commodity index and calculates financial exposure based on your current volumes and pricing basis.
BOM exposure summary
| Programme | Commodity | Volume | Exposure | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV Platform A | Aluminium | 12,400t | £840K | High |
| EV Platform A | Copper | 640t | £310K | Med |
| ICE Platform B | HRC Steel | 8,200t | £620K | Med |
| ICE Platform B | Nylon PA66 | 180t | £84K | Low |
| Commercial CV | Aluminium | 5,100t | £340K | Med |
Scenario modelling
Build base, stress, and custom scenarios around commodity price movements. Understand the P&L impact of different market outcomes and share financial sensitivity analysis with stakeholders in minutes.
Scenario comparison — Q3 2026
Alerts & reporting
Set threshold alerts by commodity, programme, or total portfolio. CostSense notifies the right people when exposure moves beyond defined parameters — so action can be taken early.
Recent alerts
FX & purchase order tracking
For automotive manufacturers sourcing across borders, exchange rate shifts compound commodity exposure. CostSense overlays live FX rates against your open purchase order data, so you can see the true landed cost impact of a currency movement — not just the index change.
Where PO data is available, CostSense reconciles committed spend against current market rates to surface variance between contracted price and actual cost at point of settlement.
FX exposure — open PO book
| Currency pair | PO value | Budget rate | Live rate | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR/GBP | €4.2M | 0.8520 | 0.8741 | +£92K |
| USD/GBP | $2.8M | 0.7890 | 0.7734 | −£44K |
| JPY/GBP | ¥180M | 0.00520 | 0.00498 | +£38K |
Platform preview
A concept of the CostSense dashboard — showing how commodity exposure, FX risk, and purchase order data come together in a single procurement intelligence view.
| Commodity | Exposure | vs Budget | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium LME | £840K | +12.4% | High |
| HRC Steel | £620K | +6.1% | Med |
| Copper LME | £310K | −1.2% | Low |
| Nickel LME | £195K | +4.8% | Med |
| Nylon PA66 | £84K | −0.4% | Low |
Book a 30-minute demo and we'll walk through your specific commodity exposure using your own data.
No commitment required. We'll sign an NDA before you share any data.
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