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PRICING ENGINE

Pricing Control Without the Chaos

If you can price it, ScrapIT can automate it. Ditch the spreadsheets and lock in consistent margins with a dynamic pricing engine built for the volatility of scrap.

The ScrapIT Product Pricing screen on a tablet, with price type, yard and effective date filters above an editable product price list.
The ScrapIT Price List Margin Control screen for deriving one price list from another by percentage, amount or multiplier.

Formulated Pricing. Zero Guesswork.

Stop manually updating thousands of prices when the market moves. Define your rules once, and let ScrapIT handle the math on every ticket.

  • Formula-Based Pricing

    Configure unlimited formulas (e.g., Market Index × % Recovery - Processing Cost).

  • Live Market Indices

    Link your prices directly to market feeds. When the index updates, your scale price updates instantly.

  • Tiered Volume Breaks

    Automatically apply better rates for suppliers who hit volume milestones—no manual calculation required.

A phone showing a ScrapIT Ticket Alert that asks an operator to sign in for a missing tare weight, beside the Edit Operator dialog with max override, roles and allowed yards.

Flexibility with Guardrails.

Give your buyers the room to negotiate without giving away the farm.

  • On-the-Fly Overrides

    Authorized users can adjust a price at the scale to close a deal, while the system logs exactly who changed it and why.

  • Automated Margin Protection

    Set minimum margin thresholds. The system will warn or block a transaction if a price override dips below your profitability target.

  • Full Audit Trails

    Every price change is recorded permanently. You get a complete history of every manual adjustment for review.

The ScrapIT Product Pricing screen on a tablet, with price type, yard, expiry and effective date filters above a paginated product price list.

Corporate Strategy. Local Execution.

Whether you have two yards or twenty, manage your pricing strategy from one central hub without stifling local operations.

  • Centralized Price Lists

    Push out corporate-wide baseline pricing to all sites instantly.

  • Local Market Adjustments

    Allow individual yards to apply local premiums or discounts to meet their specific regional competition.

  • Supplier Portal

    Let trusted suppliers log in to see their current pricing and price updates automatically online.

  • Contract Management

    Lock in fixed rates for specific contracts or timeframes. The system defaults to the contract price automatically.

  • Brokering Support

    Handle complex multi-party commission structures and profit splits easily.

  • Retroactive Updates

    Need to fix a price after the fact? Adjustments flow through to accounting automatically.

Helpful FAQs about the ScrapIT Pricing Engine

  • Does ScrapIT support formula pricing for scrap?

    Yes. Configure unlimited formulas (e.g., Market Index × % Recovery - Processing Cost). Define your rules once, and let ScrapIT handle the math on every ticket.

  • Can scrap prices follow live market indices?

    Yes. Link your prices directly to market feeds. When the index updates, your scale price updates instantly.

  • Does ScrapIT support tiered and contract pricing?

    Yes. Tiered volume breaks automatically apply better rates for suppliers who hit volume milestones, and contract pricing locks in fixed rates for specific contracts or timeframes. The system defaults to the contract price automatically.

  • How does ScrapIT keep price overrides under control?

    Authorized users can adjust a price at the scale to close a deal, while the system logs exactly who changed it and why. Set minimum margin thresholds and the system will warn or block a transaction if a price override dips below your profitability target. Every price change is recorded permanently.

  • Can one price list run across multiple yards?

    Yes. Push out corporate-wide baseline pricing to all sites instantly, and allow individual yards to apply local premiums or discounts to meet their specific regional competition.

Protect your margins on every load.

See how automated formulas can save you hours of manual data entry every week.

The ScrapIT Scale Tickets list screen, showing open tickets with supplier, date, licence, weight and amount columns.