For procurement intelligence
The pallet category, on Bloomberg-grade footing.
PSCI is the only publicly-available, reproducible cost-input index for pallets. Federal data. Published formula. Audit-ready citations. Priced like the data tools you already pay for, not like a vendor relationship.
BLS · EIA
Federal series tracked
Lumber, diesel, wages, OCC
Weekly
PSCI update cadence
Tuesdays, with the Tuesday Read
30 days
Forward projection
TimesFM 2.5 with 80% CI
Coupa · Ariba
Export schemas supported
CSV and PDF, drop-in ready
PSCI is a weighted geometric mean
PPI_pallet ^ 0.40 × PPI_lumber ^ 0.20 × Diesel ^ 0.20 × Wages ^ 0.15 × OCC ^ 0.05. The formula is on the methodology page. Every weekly value reproduces from public BLS and EIA series alone.
PSPI is the empirical price-paid measure
Anonymized aggregate of actual managed-program transactions. Validates PSCI weights against real corridor pricing. Where the federal composite diverges from observed prices, we publish the gap rather than hide it.
30-day forward projection
AI Forecast Layer applies TimesFM 2.5 (Apache 2.0) to each federal series independently. Each projection with a 95% confidence band. The only publicly-published forward signal in the pallet cost category.
Audit-defensible reporting
CSV exports in Coupa schema, PDFs in Ariba layout. Every cost figure footnotes its federal source ID and snapshot date. When your procurement audit reviewer asks where the number came from, the answer is one click away.
Why this is priced like a data tool
Bloomberg Terminal $25K/seat. FactSet $15K/seat. Atlas+ from $9,500/yr.
Procurement teams subscribe to data tools without ever buying anything from the vendor that sells the tool. That is the model here. Atlas+ pays for the data, the methodology, and the workflow, not for the transactions. The two paths are decoupled: data-first buyers subscribe; relationship-first buyers come in through Managed Programs. We do not bundle them, and the funnel sorts itself.
$9.5K/yr
Entry (1-15 DCs)
Founding rate through Q3 2026
$24K/yr
Standard (16-30 DCs)
Founding rate through Q3 2026
$48K/yr
Enterprise (31+ DCs)
Includes a named dedicated advisor
What you actually receive
A weekly PDF, personalized to your DC network.
Every Tuesday at 10 AM ET, right after BLS and EIA data drops, Atlas+ subscribers get a personalized cost-input read on their specific network. The PDF is exportable, audit-defensible, and fits into a quarterly procurement deck without reformatting.
Network composite PSCI
Weighted to your specific PADD distribution and pallet-grade mix
30-day forecast
TimesFM 2.5 projections with 80% confidence intervals
Per-component breakdown
Wood Pallet PPI, Softwood Lumber, Diesel, Warehouse Wages, OCC
Top movers
Which inputs moved most this week, with the federal-source links inline
Source citations
Every figure footnotes its BLS / EIA series ID and snapshot date
Tuesday Read · Atlas+ edition
Week of 2026-05-05 · 22-DC network
Your network PSCI
112.31
+1.06% w/w
30-day forecast
113.4 ±0.8
80% CI
Sources: BLS WPU0911, BLS PCU321113321113, EIA EMD_EPD2D, BLS CES 4931, BLS OCC · Snapshot 2026-05-05
Illustrative. Your actual edition reflects your DC list and grade mix.
Frequently asked questions
- Why does PSCI need a paid subscription if the federal data is public?
- The federal data is public, but the composite formula, the weights, the regional sub-indices, the 30-day projection, and the audit-ready exports are the value. You can rebuild PSCI yourself from the raw federal series; or you can subscribe to Atlas+ and have it in your Coupa export Tuesday morning. The historical PSCI series is itself released CC0; we sell the workflow.
- How is PSCI different from a trade publication's benchmark?
- Trade publications publish historicals without methodology disclosure. PSCI publishes the formula, the weights, the federal source URLs, and the audit logic on the methodology page. Every value is reproducible from public sources. No other index in the pallet category does this.
- Can we trial it before subscribing?
- Yes. The Tuesday Read newsletter is free and gives you the weekly PSCI movement plus the federal data behind it. Atlas+ adds the API, exports, regional sub-indices, and forward projection. Twenty-minute call gets you a guest credential for 30 days on your actual category.
- Does subscribing obligate us to use Managed Programs?
- No. They are decoupled by design. We operate a neutrality wall between published intelligence and managed sourcing services. Your subscription data does not feed our sales team; our sales activity does not influence the index methodology.
- How accurate is the 30-day forecast?
- TimesFM 2.5 on lumber, diesel, and wage series independently. Each projection publishes with a 95% confidence band; back-tested error on the underlying federal series is in the methodology changelog. We publish hits and misses both. The integrity of the forecast matters more than its swagger.
Founding cohort
3 of 10 founding seats claimed. 7 remaining.
Founding rates lock through Q3 2026, roughly 38% below the standard price. After Q3 2026, pricing standardizes upward.
3 / 10
See it before you subscribe.
Twenty-minute call. Walk through a sample Coupa export and the methodology audit log on your actual category.