POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Allegro, Blog, E/CTRM
After your company completed its implementation of Allegro and fully transitioned to the new system, your back office has likely enjoyed a great deal of relief from many of the challenges of handling high trade volume. Even so, it is great to take a pause afterward to assess what other efficiencies and job aids can …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, News
Following several years of continual growth, capSpire is pleased to celebrate the expansion of its European headquarters based in Cork, Ireland. For more than nine years capSpire has widely been considered the expert in energy and commodity trading technology; hence, capSpire’s European footprint has grown steadily across all service verticals including advisory consulting, project delivery, …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Allegro, Blog, E/CTRM, Events, News
It’s one of the only events in the technology space in which users are given the opportunity to steer product development—and capSpire will be right there in the action. Held annually, the Allegro User Group (AUG) Meeting gathers Allegro customers representing some of the world’s most prestigious companies together in one place to discuss current …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Careers, News
David Skinner was the 2018 Summer Intern for the Gravitate team in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and is continuing to intern with the team during the fall semester. He is a senior at the University of Arkansas, where he is pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science. The first line of the company handbook states that “capSpire is …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, Gravitate
Today’s market for buying and selling refined products is highly competitive and margins are tight. Lots of wholesale marketers compete for sales to a limited number of fuel buyers. Faced with a glut of choices, buyers tend to purchase based solely on who offers the lowest price at any given time. Unfortunately, in this landscape, …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Allegro, Blog, E/CTRM
Over the last few months, more and more companies have considered an upgrade to Allegro Horizon. Rest assured that since Allegro Horizon was first introduced in 2016, this newest version of the software has been through several successful implementations. It’s now tried and true, and has proven to be a valuable investment for many companies. …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Advisory Services, Blog, E/CTRM
Did you know that capSpire provides managed services to clients that use commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) systems for their day-to-day management of trading, logistics, risk management, and accounting? Basically, it’s an ongoing relationship in which our consultants offer immediate support—whether on-site or remote—for issues as they arise. We want our clients to concentrate …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Careers, News
Each year, capSpire’s retreat is an opportunity to gather team members from across the U.S. together in one place to encourage face-to-face meetings and foster camaraderie—and maybe also play basketball and cornhole, navigate a blow-up maze (with a slide at the end!), sample tasty fare from area food trucks, and jump at the opportunity to …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Allegro, Blog, E/CTRM
If you have to enter trades manually into Allegro to replicate your trading activity on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) trading platform, then you know what a time-consuming process this can be—especially as trades increase in complexity or volume. A complex trade with multiple details could take as long as a half hour …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Allegro, Blog, E/CTRM
There is a common perception that utilizing inventory-management component within commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) systems is optional. It’s considered a way to make an accountant’s life easier and often relegated to a future stage of implementation if it is considered at all. There are a few reasons for this line of thinking. Accounting …
