Profitability is the single most important reason business people start businesses. Sustainability, being the ability to maintain your business at a certain level now and into the future, is a direct result of remaining profitable.
PIPS (Price and Index Pages) provides access to 200 independent market or product-specific indices, ensuring that Contract Price Adjustments is fair and equitable to both client and supplier.
Why subscribe to PIPS?
The SEIFSA Price and Index Pages is essential to the completion of tenders and claims for the adjustment of contract prices and price escalation claims. It covers indices for materials and services costs, statutory and actual labour costs and there are a number of sector specific indices developed for use in the metal and engineering industry.
The SEIFSA Price and Index Pages is published monthly by the Economic and Commercial Services unit and is available on a subscription basis. The subscription includes automatic access to the electronic Price and Index Pages on this website. Once subscribed, a user will have 24 hour access to the latest electronic tables, history information as well as a monthly report on price movement, compiled by SEIFSA’s Economics Unit.
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Meet our skilled support team
DR MICHAEL ADE
Chief Economist
Michael Ade joined SEIFSA on 1 August 2017 as Chief Economist. He holds a B.Com from the University of Buea in Cameroon, a B.Com Honours in General and Financial Economics and an M.Com in Economic Development and Policy Issues from the University of Johannesburg, as well as a Ph.D in Public Economics (Taxation) and International Economics from the University of the Witwatersrand. He also holds certificates in International Trade and Commodity Finance, Export Management and Econometric Analysis of Panel Data.
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MARIQUE KRUGER
Economist
Marique Kruger joined SEIFSA in July 2017 as an Economist within the Federation’s Economics and Commercial Division. She holds a B.Com Honours in Economics from the University of Johannesburg and she is in the final stages of completing a Master of Commerce in Economics from the same institution.
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ELEEN SNYMAN
Economics and Commercial Statistics Clerk
Eleen Snyman joined SEIFSA in March 2013 as an Economics and Commercial Statistics Clerk within the Federation’s Economic and Commercial Division. Eleen has more than 15 years’ experience in imports and economic related matters. She assists in the daily compilation of the SEIFSA Price & Index Pages (PIPS) for the broader domestic economic industry.
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Telephonic Support
Free telephone assistance from SEIFSA’s Economics and Commercial Division on questions and queries a company may have.
24hr Online Access
Any-time-access to an online portal housing up-to-date data 24 hours a day.
Monthly Report
A free monthly report on price movement compiled by SEIFSA’s Economics Devision.
Consulting and Training
SEIFSA also offers dedicated consulting for specific contracts and training on the use of the Price and Index Pages, at discounted rates.