E/CTRM Archives - Page 4 of 12

Reverse Globalization: The Resurgence of the U.S. Petrochemical Industry

POSTED BY Larry Loocke ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM, News

Over the past thirty years, globalization surged as a central theme for chemical companies as they increased their international footprint and utilized other regions’ inexpensive labor and raw materials. These companies remained laser-focused on investing in opportunities outside of the United States, and they gradually reduced their footprint within the states. But times are indeed …

capSpire Launches New Software Selection Services for Commodity Trading Companies

POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM, News

New offering caters to natural gas, NGLs, refined products, coal, crude, metals, agriculture, and freight commodity trading companies. capSpire jump-starts software selection service offering with 20+ year energy industry veteran. capSpire, a global commodity trading consulting and solutions firm, announces a new service offering to assist and guide companies through the process of selecting commodity …

capSpire Announces New Allegro Platform Service Offering

POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Allegro, Blog, E/CTRM

Firm Jump-starts New Service Offering With Addition of Technical and Functional Experts capSpire, a global consulting and solutions company, announces a new service offering focused on assisting clients with the Allegro commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) software platform. capSpire will leverage their deep domain knowledge around commodity trading and risk solutions to establish a …

Commodity Portal Technology: A Look at How Commodity Trading is Evolving with Technology

POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, Gravitate

The world is moving forward at a blinding pace. Technologies are faster, granting us split-second access to data and instant connections. For commodity trading companies, this means the days of faxing invoices and interacting with clients through daylong games of email tag are nearly gone. In our real-time, on-demand world each second matters. Commodity trading companies …

Consumer Packaged Goods Companies and Managing the Margin Squeeze

POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM

Consumer Packaged Goods Companies and Managing the Margin Squeeze: The last five years have easily been the most dynamic period in well over fifty years across most financial, commodity, and industry sectors. Price extremes and increased volatility coincided with a global slow down, a financial market crash and subsequent recovery to record stock market highs, …

capSpire Sponsors “Closest to Pin” Contest at OPIS NGL Summit

POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM, Events, News

Several members of our team will be traveling to sunny San Diego on March 7-10 for the 4th Annual OPIS NGL Summit. The conference is widely known as the premier annual meeting for NGL professionals. Attendees not only network with industry leaders and learn more about the hottest NGL topics from respected experts, they also compete …

UPS Expanding Fleet of Propane-Powered Trucks in Oklahoma and Louisiana

POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM, News

capSpire Blog — UPS Expanding Fleet of Propane-Powered Trucks in Oklahoma and Louisiana: In a move aimed at improving its bottom line and environmental impact, United Parcel Service (UPS) plans to purchase 1,000 propane-powered package delivery trucks for use in Oklahoma and Louisiana. The trucks will replace older gasoline and diesel fueled vehicles, and plans …

The Challenges of Netback Pricing and Today’s Dynamic Market

POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM

capSpire Blog — The Challenges of Netback Pricing and Today’s Dynamic Market: New pipeline capacity. New extraction plays. Historically low natural gas prices. It can feel like the Wild West as shale gas operations disrupt what has traditionally been a conservative natural gas market. These changes are not only influencing how companies buy, sell, refine …

capSpire Launches Class Event Management Tool for Allegro Platform

POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Allegro, Blog, E/CTRM, News

Fortune 500 companies utilizing the Allegro CTRM platform know a major benefit of the highly rated software is that it provides extensive flexibility for customization. Adding class events, or pieces of specialized code, allows companies to tailor the software around their specific functional requirements. As businesses recognize the value added to their Allegro systems by …

Turning Traditional Software Selection on Its Side: capSpire Introduces Agile Software Selection Services

POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM, News

capSpire service focuses on robust end-to-end software scenarios, less documentation and more interaction between commodity trading companies and software vendors Traditional software selection sends an organization on a document-heavy process of requirement lists and proposal requests. It’s a lengthy, more ridged method that rarely focuses on actual interaction between the business and proposed software. capSpire, …