The Risk Maturity Journey: From Accounting Results to Real Time Commercial Insight From Accounting Results to Risk Visibility Every commodity organization has risk information. The question is whether that information is timely, trusted, explainable, and useful. At the earliest stage, many companies rely on accounting results to understand profitability. The [...]
Why Middle Office Matters More Than Most Companies Realize Risk Problems Usually Start as Data Problems In commodity trading, risk problems rarely start as “risk problems.” They usually start as data problems. A trade is missing a price component. A basis location is mapped incorrectly. A physical movement does not [...]
The Vendor Support Expectation Gap Many companies pay 15 to 20 percent of license cost every year for vendor support, yet still feel like they are largely on their own when issues hit production. After more than two decades working with global customer organizations across ETRM, CTRM, and ERP platforms, [...]
The European Commission has confirmed a one-year extension to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Large and medium companies must now comply by December 30, 2026, while small and micro businesses have until June 30, 2027. This delay reflects challenges with the EU’s IT infrastructure and industry readiness, but the regulation’s core [...]
System selection is the most consequential technology decision an organization makes.Once a platform is chosen, everything else follows: implementation cost, operating complexity, data quality, and long-term flexibility. Yet many selection efforts fail before they truly begin. Teams rush into vendor conversations without clear requirements. Preferences form before evidence exists. Demonstrations [...]
Where to Start with AI: From Buzzword to Business Value Boards are demanding AI strategies. Teams are curious, but few know where to start. Across industries, leaders recognize AI’s potential, but enthusiasm often outpaces clarity. Without structure, AI initiatives can become expensive experiments that produce little measurable ROI. At The [...]
Closing the Support Black Hole With Structure, Visibility, and Accountability Support backlogs do not grow from lack of effort, but from lack of structure. In trading and logistics organizations, teams focused on system stability often struggle to keep up with fixes, enhancements, and new regulatory demands. Without visibility, prioritization, ownership, [...]
A Fresh Start To A Stalled Implementation [...]
In today’s energy, agriculture, and metals markets, the systems that manage trading, risk, logistics, and finance sit at the heart of how a business competes. For companies running Right Angle, the platform drives deals, valuations, scheduling, and reporting across complex supply chains. Yet for every successful implementation, there are just [...]
Getting Allegro Back to Its Best: The Case for an Optimization Review For most trading and risk organizations, Allegro sits at the center of daily operations. It drives deals, valuations, scheduling, and reporting. But over time, even the best-implemented systems drift from their original design. Enhancements pile up, data slows [...]
