STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT The opportunity for improved profits lies within the operations of the business itself – within the chance to create a single resource including all relevant data, by breaking down silos within the organization, and through applying and sharing deep expertise up and down the enterprise.
FINANCE & TREASURY CHALLENGE Many large enterprises have considerable exposure to currency volatility and commodity pricing risks throughout their supply chain. For treasurers of these organizations, it is a major challenge to optimize hedging activities – especially when key information is scattered across multiple systems and channeled through operational silos. Treasurers need a treasury and risk management system with real-time visibility into all aspects of the business in order to protect profit margins.
RISK MANAGEMENT & COMPLIANCE Without real-time risk management, many large organizations find themselves with considerable exposure to currency volatility and commodity price risk up and down their supply chain. For these firms, it’s a major challenge to optimize hedging activities when their key information is spread across multiple systems and channeled through operational silos that don’t communicate effectively. In today’s markets, companies can uncover significant opportunities across their business by managing these risks on a single,
OPERATIONS & HEDGE ACCOUNTING A comprehensive front- to back-office platform is needed to navigate today’s financial and commodity markets. This is becoming increasingly difficult as businesses face geopolitical changes, as well as inconsistent regulations across continents and ongoing market volatility. While markets in Europe are experiencing an increase in regulation, the U.S. may be scaling back. These changing conditions force market participants to become more flexible in their strategies, operations and IT infrastructures. To be competitive, firms must find effective ways to hedge their bets when implementing risk management and accounting practices that are closely aligned to protect the bottom line and avert disaster.
LOGISTICS Commodity companies typically face challenges when dealing with the complexity of the physical logistics associated with their commodity products. Supply management software helps manage the physical logistics for any commodity, whether it travels by wire, pipeline, tanker, barge, rail or truck, and is critical to the profitability of a company’s transaction lifecycle. In order to optimize operations, companies seek to have front- to back-office workflow, from physical and financial deal capture through to risk position reporting, logistics, settlement and accounting, in their physical commodity logistics and scheduling tools.