POSTED BY capSpire ON February 27, 2024 IN Blog, Events, Featured, News, Press Release
This year, the capSpire team is thrilled to celebrate our company’s 15th anniversary. As we mark this milestone, our team reflects on how far we’ve come since the company’s founding in 2009, honoring what has enabled our success, and eagerly anticipating a bright future over the next 15 years. Once a small consultancy operating out ...
POSTED BY capSpire ON May 9, 2023 IN Blog, E/CTRM, Events, Featured
capSpire is excited to participate next month at E-world energy & water 2023, the leading trade fair for the European energy industry. Each year, more than 700 exhibitors and 25,000 visitors from some of the largest global players in the energy industry converge in Essen, Germany, to share technology innovations and the latest product developments, ...
POSTED BY capSpire ON August 22, 2022 IN Advisory Services, Blog, Featured
If you’re in the fuel trucking space, you know one of the biggest challenges for the industry is the ongoing shortage of truck drivers. Companies are struggling with large numbers of drivers exiting the field, aging workforces, and an inability to recruit newer, younger drivers. So, what’s the solution for overcoming recruiting and retention problems? ...
POSTED BY capSpire ON November 3, 2021 IN Blog, Events, Featured
Overview In light of the COVID pandemic, it’s important to gauge employees’ preferences and comfort level, and give them a voice in the planning phase to help them feel safe in attending a retreat. Enable opportunities for meaningful connections to be made between team members, whether that’s breaking up into smaller groups for increased interaction, …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 23, 2020 IN Blog, E/CTRM, Featured
The energy and commodity industry isn’t static. After all, markets are dynamic. Regulations are continually updated. Businesses grow and evolve. Software vendors release new versions and patches. In response, support services for commodity trading and risk management systems need to be agile as well. Companies want to be sure they’re getting the best operations support …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 15, 2020 IN Blog, Featured
You wouldn’t take a Ferrari to any standard garage when it needs to be serviced, right? Of course not. You’d take it to a service center that, at minimum, specializes in high-end sports cars or luxury European automobiles. Why? It comes down to quality. Specialized technicians are more likely to know your vehicle make and …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 9, 2020 IN Blog, E/CTRM, Featured
In my more than 20 years of providing CTRM operations support, I’ve found trust to be the number-one factor that makes or breaks a client partnership. In many cases, trust simply isn’t there because a relationship ceases to exist, period. Often, a support person is merely a distant voice on the phone. A company’s team …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 4, 2020 IN Blog, Featured
When the sophistication of a commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) system is beyond an IT department’s expertise, companies typically hire an operations support partner. But often, these consultancies push their clients into following their processes and adhering to their formula of support. They may approach problems that alleviate the short-term pain but fail to …
POSTED BY capSpire ON May 25, 2020 IN Blog, E/CTRM, Featured
Many companies working with a commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) operations support partner find themselves wondering: How can I trust this support team to deliver what they say they’re going to do? How are they arriving at their recommendations, and how do I know whether these are the right solutions for my needs? How …
POSTED BY capSpire ON May 18, 2020 IN Blog, Featured
Implementing a commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) system is just the beginning. With any system, issues will arise that need to be resolved quickly. Over time, business needs change and companies must be able to easily adapt their CTRM systems. Doing this can help to maximize an investment in a CTRM system and prolong …
