specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: 3M
providerId: 3m
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Industrial
  - Manufacturing
  - Supply Chain
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: 3M's Partner and Supplier API is delivered under a commercial trading-partner contract; there
  is no consumption-based pricing or public billing surface. FinOps mapping is structural only.
notes: No public developer pricing — placeholder only. Costs flow through the master partner agreement,
  not a metered API invoice.
sources:
  - https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/partners-suppliers/api/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: 3M Company
serviceCategory: Industrial / Supply Chain
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Contract
  billingFrequency: Per-Invoice
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: 3M Partner and Supplier API
  ServiceCategory: Industrial / Supply Chain
  ProviderName: 3M
  PublisherName: 3M Company
  InvoiceIssuerName: 3M Company
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: partner_contract
    description: Master trading-partner contract — not a metered unit; cost flows through goods/services
      pricing rather than per-API-call.
    unit: contract
    aggregation: count
    dimensions:
      - partner
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Track API integration cost as part of partner-onboarding and IT integration spend; 3M
      does not provide a metered usage feed.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Allocate the integration cost to the procurement / supply-chain function that owns the
      3M trading relationship.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Optimize by consolidating order/delivery/invoice queries into batch flows rather than
      polling, in line with the partner contract's throughput expectations.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Procurement leadership owns the 3M relationship; IT owns the integration runtime. Review
      transaction volume against contract terms during partner business reviews.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com