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5 Questions CTRM Analytics Answer: Part 3

POSTED BY Scott Creed ON January 19, 2019 IN Analytics, Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM

In our last few articles, we’ve discussed question 1 and question 2 that commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) analytics answer. Question 3: How is my portfolio exposed to shifting market prices? Of course, companies using CTRM platforms want to make sure that their trades are profitable. But how do you see where changes in …

Plug-and-Play Connectivity Between Trading Exchanges and ETRM Systems for Near-Real-Time Trade Capture

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

Are you manually capturing exchange-based trades into your energy trading and risk management (ETRM) system? This can be costly and time consuming, and can lead to errors resulting in undesirable consequences to downstream position reporting and valuation. Are you interested in automatically capturing trades from your trading exchanges directly into your ETRM system? Out of …

Permian Basin: Optimizing Lease Crude Supply During a Refinery Turnaround

POSTED BY Thomas Hunt ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, Optimization

Between March and May of this year, we have seen a perfect storm of supply-and-demand imbalances in the Permian Basin. Production hit record levels of 3 million barrels per day (bpd) according to the EIA, refineries shut down for annual turnarounds, and pipeline takeaway capacity reached its limits. All this has culminated in the Midland-Cushing …

Permian Basin Bottlenecks to Benefit Regional Refiners

POSTED BY Thomas Hunt ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, Optimization

In our last blog, we explored the impact of refinery shutdowns on the macro supply and demand of crude in regional hubs such as Midland. We also explored how refiners and midstream operators are increasingly leveraging optimization technology to help them manage their lease crude obligations during refinery shutdowns and turnarounds.   In this blog, …

capSpire ignite: What You Need to Know

POSTED BY Clare Annis ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Careers, E/CTRM, News

Are you a recent college graduate who’s considering joining the capSpire team? If so, you’re probably wondering what happens next after you go through the recruitment process. Once you’ve officially secured your place on capSpire’s team—after the obligatory celebration, of course — you’ll be on your way to capSpire ignite. What exactly is capSpire ignite? …

Why Inventory Management is More Than Just an Accounting Problem

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 …

New from capSpire: Scalable ERCOT Trade Importer

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 …

Three Goals of capSpire’s Managed Services Offering

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 …

Back by Popular Demand: Top Reasons To Upgrade to Allegro Horizon

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. …

Why You Absolutely Should Take Advantage of RightAngle’s CreditCenter

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

Why should you take advantage of RightAngle’s CreditCenter? If your trading organization is like many others, you’re probably using a third-party tool that integrates data from RightAngle to manage customer credit information. As a result, you’re probably also experiencing a number of issues that hamper efficiency: You constantly have to ask traders if they have …

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