POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, Gravitate
Today’s market for buying and selling refined products is highly competitive and margins are tight. Lots of wholesale marketers compete for sales to a limited number of fuel buyers. Faced with a glut of choices, buyers tend to purchase based solely on who offers the lowest price at any given time. Unfortunately, in this landscape, …
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. …
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 …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Careers, News
Each year, capSpire’s retreat is an opportunity to gather team members from across the U.S. together in one place to encourage face-to-face meetings and foster camaraderie—and maybe also play basketball and cornhole, navigate a blow-up maze (with a slide at the end!), sample tasty fare from area food trucks, and jump at the opportunity to …
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 …
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 …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Analytics, Blog, Digital Transformation, News
You’re driving along the freeway one evening after work, going to meet friends for dinner at a local barbeque restaurant. Stuck in the middle lane behind a lawn-care truck and with an 18-wheeler to your right, you’re coasting along at a steady pace of about 65 miles per hour (mph) to keep up with traffic …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, News, Optimization, Press Release
The capSpire Optimization Platform has been expanded to include Supply Chain Optimization (SCO) modules for energy companies working with crude and natural gas liquids (NGLs): SCO for Crude and SCO for NGLs. Supply chains are impacted by constantly moving parts, price shifts, and multiple logistics options. Manually evaluating large volumes of data and considering all …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, E/CTRM, RightAngle
Some .NET business rules were made to be broken. Well, maybe it’s more accurate to say that it’s ok to bend some rules at specific times. Business rules are powerful functionality in the RightAngle .NET framework that enable companies to implement condition-based validation rules. Some clients don’t take advantage of this feature because implementing a …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 19, 2019 IN Blog, News, Press Release
For the eighth year in a row, capSpire celebrates continued growth around the world and a workplace culture that continues to attract top talent in the energy industry. “We extend our deepest gratitude to our clients. The incredible growth that capSpire is experiencing is only possible because of our loyal client base,” says Mike Scharf, …
