Am I buying the right volume, at the right time & price, from the right source?
“I'm doing my best… I guess.”
Polymer prices and supply have become more volatile.
Stock security is now the biggest risk for pipe makers.
When sourcing leadership changes, strategy knowledge often leaves with the person.
What it is
Your online sourcing control room for polymers, run with MAGZ.
What it does
Every month: the right volume, time, price and source for each grade.
How it does it
The MAGZ Engine calculates the right:
Your sourcing buyer
Runs it monthly or on demand.
MAGZ Cockpit
Its MAGZ Engine supplies a logic-based strategy.
Who is your Cockpit pilot?
Director-level sourcing plan
You decide and own every decision.
Magdi Abdulaziz
Founder of MAGZ.
21 years
Top-5 FMCG company
Regional Purchasing Senior Manager.
13 years
Polymer sourcing
Regional Strategic Sourcing Director at the market leader in pipes and fittings.
PVC · PP · PE
Grades he knows
Deep expertise in pipe materials: S‑PVC K67/K57, PPR, PPBC.
17%
Below market
5‑year average, S‑PVC, PPR and PPBC, vs the ChemOrbis CIF Egypt average.
0 days
Production stopped
Through COVID, the FX crisis and regional wars.
6–10 months
Stock cover
Sized to production needs in every market condition.
180–360 days
Payment terms
Secured from polymer suppliers.
Your inputs
MAGZ market view, seasonality, your import costs and ERP files.
Price target
Feedstock, season and market condition set the target and walk-away price.
Delivered cost
CIF Egypt + duties by origin + clearing, then route risk added.
Buying plan
Best two sources, split and buying waves per grade, for your approval.
MAGZ market view
Today’s price and 3-month outlook per region, market condition, duties by origin.
Seasonality rules
The monthly price pattern of your industry.
Your import costs
Freight by route, clearing and inland transport.
Your ERP files
Stock, 12-month forecast and open orders.
Your 3 uploads
Stock report, 12-month forecast and last 12 months of orders.
MAGZ Engine
Applies the MAGZ rules for stock cover, landed cost and feedstock.
Clear decisions
Buy or hold, a target price checked against ChemOrbis, stock alerts.
Stock policy
Rule: stock cover set by policy.
Formula: stock days.
Landed cost
Rule: CIF Egypt + CD/ADD by origin.
Formula: landed cost per ton.
Feedstock pass‑through
Rule: polymer price follows C2/C3.
Formula: margin over feedstock.
US$2.04m saved in 12 months
13.9% of spend · average price US$1,148 → US$989 /t
Every stop day was flagged in advance
20 High alerts came 1 to 6 months before all 21 stop days.
Demo data · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · No hindsight: only what was known on each date
US$ per tonne delivered, all grades · MAGZ prepares 6 months ahead · point at a month for values
The MAGZ Cockpit replay itself had 0 stop days. The real stops cost about US$283k of lost production.
No stoppages, so no lost sales
Lower buying cost than what was actually paid, proven against ChemOrbis
: stock cover designed around predicted risks
Full visibility and an audit trail for the CEO
Your buyers grow into strategic buyers
Stock & open orders
From your ERP: stock report and orders on the way.
12-month need
Your production forecast, month by month, per grade.
Risk cover
Months of cover set by the risks MAGZ watches every day.
Volume to buy
Per grade and month, with zero stop days at the lowest cost.
3-month outlook
Price direction per region, from the MAGZ Advisor.
Seasonality
The monthly price pattern of your industry.
Feedstock
Ethylene and propylene moves lead polymer prices.
Buying waves
Front-loaded before a rise or a duty, held for the low.
Feedstock cost
Polymer margin over ethylene or propylene, from history.
Market condition
Normal, tensioned or escalating sets how deep to aim.
Target & walk-away
The price to negotiate for, and the price to stop at.
ChemOrbis check
Every result compared on the same delivered basis.
Delivered cost
CIF Egypt + duties by origin + clearing and inland.
Route risk
Rated from local supply to routes through Hormuz.
Best two sources
Split by their price gap, never one point of failure.
Blocked routes
A source is dropped while its route is blocked.
Example pipe maker. Type your own figures; the results update as you type.
For each gap vs the ideal leader: buying cost = gap × 17% (MAGZ 5-year average saving) × annual spend; production stops = gap × 60 stop days × tons a day × margin per ton. 300 production days a year.
Daily watch
Weather, industry, market, geopolitics and trade, every day.
MAGZ Advisor
Which grades, how likely, how big, when, and the alert level.
MAGZ Engine
Sets the 6 levers: condition, outlook, scenarios, route risk, duties, regions.
Your plan
Target price, sources, stock cover and timing adjust; stop days stay at zero.
Risk alert
Same day, to the buyer and SCD, with the plan change for approval.
Monthly risk report
Risks watched, decisions taken, stop days avoided, US$ saved.
Market insights
A weekly digest of the same watch, without client data.
Geopolitics
Red Sea, Hormuz, sanctions, war near producers
Industry
Outages, turnarounds, feedstock jumps
Market
Prices turning up, freight spikes, EGP and LC delays
Trade
A new Egypt customs or anti-dumping duty
Weather
Gulf Coast hurricanes, port or canal closures
Your own supply
Stock running out, orders arriving late
Tested against 3 market scenarios
MAGZ outlook · Back to normal · Major negative change
Every risk tracked at 3 levels
Watch · Alert · Act. Route risk is rated by origin, from local supply to routes through Hormuz.
≥ US$20k
Market intelligence subscriptions you no longer need.
≥ US$70k
A high-profile Strategic Sourcing Manager you no longer need to hire.
≈ US$90k a year
Saved from day one, before any buying saving is counted.
First Cockpit run
Runs on current stock and market data: see the target price and today's opportunities in $.
Control from week one
The approved trail starts immediately, so control comes back from the first cycle.
Start the first cycle trial with your own data
Check the MAGZ Cockpit backdated intervention to see what could have been better
Pilot on one grade
A clear duration and an agreed measure of success.
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