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Start with the workbook
Preview the sheet, choose the header row, and map the material columns.
PVF procurement, structured
Make material descriptions comparable.
Pipex turns raw pipe, valve, and fitting descriptions into structured records—so your team can review the evidence, compare like with like, and make the call.
Pipex is in beta.
The normalization moment
Two descriptions. One part. A record you can compare.
These are two real descriptions of the same 2-inch pipe. Pipex reads the abbreviated language into a shared set of material attributes, without hiding the source text.
The goal is not to make a decision for the buyer. It is to make the evidence clear enough for the buyer to make one.
Vendor description 01
2 X 5.03# XH .218 FBE 16 CS SMLS PIPE DRL A106 B API5L B X42 L2 IMP
Vendor description 02
2" XH (.218 WT) SA53 106B PSL2 API5LB/X42 SMLS 16 MIL FBE
Comparable material record
One shared description
- Nominal size
- 2 in
- Schedule / wall
- XH / 0.218 in
- Material
- Carbon steel
- Manufacturing
- Seamless
- Specification
- A106 B / API 5L B / X42
- Coating
- 16 mil FBE
A buyer-led flow
From source text to a buyer-ready comparison.
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Structure the line item
Classify the material and extract the attributes that make it comparable.
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Review the evidence
Keep the source text behind the record, then compare requested and quoted material before the buyer decides.
What the record makes possible
Clearer material data. Better-grounded procurement work.
Once material descriptions share a structure, teams can trace the source, review exceptions, and compare requested and quoted material attribute by attribute.
30
material extraction schemas
29 material-type-specific schemas, plus a generic fallback.
More than 240
structured attributes
The fields that make a material record useful for review and comparison.
Buyer-led
decisions
Pipex structures the evidence; the buyer decides.
Compare the material, not just the number.
Pipex can compare requested and quoted material line by line, so differences are visible before award.
Keep vendors in the workflow they already use.
Vendor communication stays in email. Pipex does not require your vendors to log into anything.
Pipex is in beta
Bring a real material problem.
If your company buys pipe, valves, and fittings, we want to talk.