https://metalalert.ai/blog/ Notes on commodity price risk, forecasting, and the metal purchasing desk, from the team building MetalAlert. en Wed, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://metalalert.ai/blog/how-a-steel-wholesaler-built-a-price-model.html https://metalalert.ai/blog/how-a-steel-wholesaler-built-a-price-model.html Wed, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A write-up of Andrea Krogdal's GAIA talk on building a steel-price prediction tool inside a large steel wholesaler: why they reframed the problem as classification, how they sold it to management, and the decision that paid back 13% of the project cost.