# Cost index forecast: predictive models template > Where the inputs a formula prices on are heading, so the surcharge and the formula move before the margin does. 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[See the Cost index forecast in Revomo →](https://revomo.ai/contact/?source=marketplace&type=template&artifact=cost-index-forecast&name=Cost+index+forecast&collection=cost-recovery) ### The business question Where are the inputs our formulas price on heading? ### What it does Forecasts each index series with a band, so surcharges and formula prices can move before the margin does. ### What’s inside Composed from the platform’s own objects, so it is a configuration you can open, not a document. - Model: index forecast - Dataset: index series - View: forecast by input with band ### Uses these metrics The measures that call for this template when they move, each with its own page. - [Cost of raw materials](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/metrics/raw-material-cost/)*Metric* Act when: Up over x% in one month, or a steady rise over a quarter - [Supply chain disruption](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/metrics/supply-disruption/)*Metric* Act when: Delays or cost spikes in inbound logistics ### Commercial context required What Revomo reads to run it. Everything else in the template is derived from these records. - Dataset: index series ### Relevant industries [Chemicals & materials](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/templates/?industry=chemicals)[Machinery & industrial products](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/templates/?industry=machinery) Type Template Category [Predictive Models](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/templates/?category=predictive) Industries Chemicals & materials, Machinery & industrial products Business need [Cost Recovery](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/collections/cost-recovery/), [Market Response](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/collections/market-response/) Composed of 3 platform objects [See this in Revomo →](https://revomo.ai/contact/?source=marketplace&type=template&artifact=cost-index-forecast&name=Cost+index+forecast&collection=cost-recovery) On representative data, or a slice of your own. ### Related templates - Commercial Data & Context #### [Landed cost model](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/templates/landed-cost/) Standard cost plus inbound freight, duty and handling, effective-dated, so margin is measured against what the unit actually cost. Distribution, Building products, Chemicals · Uses 4 metrics - Planning & Scenarios #### [Cost pass-through scenario](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/templates/cost-pass-through/) A cost shock, the price response by segment and its timing, and the margin path in between. Chemicals, Machinery, Building products · Uses 4 metrics - Analysis & Diagnostics #### [Freight recovery scorecard](https://revomo.ai/marketplace/templates/freight-scorecard/) Freight billed against freight paid by lane and account, and the delivered prices set before carrier rates moved. Distribution, Building products · Uses 1 metric ### See this template in Revomo. We will show the Cost index forecast running on representative data, or on a slice of your own, and what it would take to run it on yours. 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