POSTED BY Jaydeep Shah ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM
Many users of E/CTRM systems fall into one of two camps: Either they know definitively that they want to upgrade their existing E/CTRM system or they want to evaluate other E/CTRM systems in the market to verify which solution is the best fit for their current business—with the possibility of making a switch to a …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, Gravitate
According to Microsoft’s 2018 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report, 88% percent of customers worldwide expect businesses to provide online customer self-service portals. This is especially true in the U.K. (92%) and U.S. (88%) where customer support has become an increasingly high priority. The Energy space is paying attention to this trend, and industry …
POSTED BY Divvayya Kakarla ON January 19, 2019 IN Analytics, Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, RightAngle
A large refined-products retailer in the midstream space experienced a problem that could sound familiar to many other industry players: its existing risk-reporting procedures were largely manual and spreadsheet-driven. Generally, spreadsheets make handling and configuring large volumes of data difficult. But spreadsheets also lack the tools necessary to efficiently analyze daily position and P&L data, …
POSTED BY Jason Bauer ON March 30, 2018 IN Blog, E/CTRM
Large-scale mergers and acquisitions dominated the market in 2016, when midstream oil and gas companies sought to reduce operating costs and capture emerging market opportunities. More recently, the trend seems to be going in the opposite direction, and the focus is on much smaller greenfield infrastructure builds and new asset acquisitions. The Permian, Anadarko, and …
POSTED BY Jaydeep Shah ON March 28, 2018 IN Blog, E/CTRM, RightAngle
If your business is like many others, your personnel spend a great deal of time and effort ensuring that your inventory numbers are accurate. Inventory accuracy has far-ranging implications. In an integrated system, it allows traders to know their salable volume and what they need to purchase for future obligations. It also enables schedulers to …
POSTED BY Thomas Hunt ON March 16, 2018 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, News, Optimization
A few weeks ago, hundreds of professionals in the natural gas liquids (NGL) industry gathered at the OPIS NGL Summit in San Diego, California. This is the only annual conference that brings together the majority of the industry in one place to efficiently negotiate contracts and work out deals, network, and attend educational sessions. From …
POSTED BY capSpire ON March 2, 2018 IN Blog, News, Press Release
Boosted by the excitement of winning a prestigious “Arkansas Business of the Year” Award just last week, the capSpire team now turns its attention to celebrating its ninth year of operations—and reflecting how far the company has come from its early days in 2009. Once a small consultancy in Fayetteville, Arkansas, capSpire today is a …
POSTED BY capSpire ON March 2, 2018 IN Allegro, Blog, E/CTRM, Events
capSpire will serve as a Platinum Sponsor at the 2018 Allegro Customer Summit, which will take place March 19–21, 2018, at the Marriott Marquis Houston in Houston, Texas. In addition to serving as an exhibitor, capSpire’s sponsorship includes hosting two happy hours to give conference attendees an opportunity to network. These events will take place …
POSTED BY capSpire ON February 28, 2018 IN Blog, News, Press Release
capSpire won an “Arkansas Business of the Year” Award in a ceremony on February 22, 2018, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. capSpire was one of four finalists in Category III and among 19 finalists overall across four categories: Category I (1-30 employees), Category II (31-55 employees), Category III (56-100 employees), and …
POSTED BY Bernard Wehbe ON February 8, 2018 IN Blog, E/CTRM
Last month, hundreds of senior-level participants from across the entire crude supply chain gathered at the 10th Argus Americas Crude Summit in Houston, Texas, to discuss the state of the industry and crude markets around the world. At capSpire, we are pleased to report that the mood of the industry is very upbeat and the …
