How Sybilion helped KD Feddersen protect $4M through better polymer purchase timing
KD Feddersen used Sybilion to support high-value procurement timing decisions across a portfolio of polymers and upstream feedstocks, helping protect $4M in margin through earlier, more confident buying decisions and proactive scenario intelligence during periods of acute market disruption.
At a Glance
How Sybilion helped KD Feddersen protect $4M through better polymer purchase timing
KD Feddersen used Sybilion to support high-value procurement timing decisions across a portfolio of polymers and upstream feedstocks, helping protect $4M in margin through earlier, more confident buying decisions and proactive scenario intelligence during periods of acute market disruption.
About
K. D. Feddersen
KD Feddersen is an international polymer distribution and compounding company operating in markets where raw material and polymer price volatility directly affects procurement timing, margin exposure, and supply chain decisions. The company manages a broad polymer portfolio spanning engineering plastics, commodity thermoplastics, and specialist grades, each with its own upstream feedstock dynamics. For a business exposed to both raw material markets and finished polymer pricing, the ability to understand when to buy, wait, or commit is commercially critical.
Background & Challenge
KD Feddersen's procurement decisions span a wide product range, including polyamides (PA6 and PA66), ABS, Fortron engineering polymers, and commodity feedstocks such as propylene (C3) and butadiene. In these markets, raw material and finished polymer prices are driven by interconnected forces: feedstock availability, cracker utilisation, regional demand swings, and in some cases, geopolitical events affecting global supply chains. The challenge was not simply tracking price movement, but connecting external signals to concrete, time-sensitive procurement decisions before market conditions forced anyone’s hand.
Solution
Sybilion provided KD Feddersen with decision intelligence covering their full polymer procurement portfolio. The platform delivered structured forecasts across both upstream feedstocks and finished polymers, giving the supply chain and demand planning teams a consistent view of price direction across products with different volatility profiles and driver sets.
Forecasting evolved over the engagement: the team moved from 6-month deterministic outputs to 12-month probabilistic forecasts across the full product range, with dual-model outputs that separated AI-driven and expert-knowledge-informed views. This gave KD Feddersen both a quantitative signal and an interpretable rationale for the direction.
Critically, Sybilion's role went beyond regular forecast delivery. During periods of acute market disruption, such as the supply shock caused by geopolitical pressure on feedstock logistics in early 2026, the team produced proactive scenario analysis for C3 and propylene, covering two structurally opposite outcomes and their specific implications for procurement timing. This enabled KD Feddersen's demand planning team to stress-test their buying strategy against divergent market paths, rather than waiting for price moves to resolve before acting.
This approach reflects Sybilion's broader positioning as a decision layer: connecting external volatility to actual procurement decisions, rather than providing market data or forecasts in isolation.
Our Impact
$4M
Margin Protected
+90%
Directional Accuracy
93%
Smart Purchase Timing Accuracy
“The Sybilion team is not only dedicated and highly competent, but their continuous evolution have fully validated our decision of working with them.”
Summary
By applying Sybilion to polymer procurement timing across a broad portfolio, KD Feddersen was able to support critical buying decisions spanning both commodity feedstocks and specialist engineering polymers. The collaboration enabled the supply chain and demand planning teams to act earlier and more confidently under volatility, contributing to $4M in protected margin and over 90% directional accuracy across relevant decision contexts. The relationship has expanded from initial forecast delivery to proactive scenario intelligence during live market disruptions, with team-level adoption across both supply chain and demand planning functions. KD Feddersen renewed their engagement in 2026.
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