needs, influence and control material and part sourcing decisions, and mitigate part and material price volatility. The solution is a non-invasive, cloud-based, multi-enterprise analytics suite that provides end-to-end visibility and control across the extended raw material supply chain. Customers use SDX to collaborate with n-tier suppliers on the purchasing of common metals, plastics, electronic components, standard catalog parts and other items. Coupled with a proprietary (blueprint to bill-of-material) data conversion process called Part Attribute Characterization and a one-of-a-kind metals price benchmarking solution, Supply Dynamics offers manufacturing companies unmatched visibility into material and process demand through all tiers of the extended supply chain.