Eka TRM (Trading and Risk Management) for Energy The only solution you need to win in dynamic energy markets

Energy markets are inherently characterized by complexity. Shrinking margins, price fluctuations and increased volatility, are putting energy businesses under pressure to increase efficiency in every area of their business and cut down reaction times.

At the same time, companies are generating overwhelming amounts of data throughout their operations in the trading value chain, that get stored in isolated systems. Deriving actionable insights from this heap of information is a cumbersome task. Additionally, an incomplete understanding leads to missed revenue opportunities, ineffective co-ordination in the supply chain, mismanagement of critical assets and inefficient communication with internal teams as well as.

OVERVIEW

NEED OF THE HOUR

Leverage Digital Intelligence

Pre-built, powerful and customizable digital technology solutions at every step of the trading value chain to produce the best inputs. Automation of processes to free up time to focus on what’s important.

Flex to Scale with Markets

Flexible and scalable commodity solutions that allow traders to scale across the value chain as per business requirements - no more large or wasted investments.

Improved Decision Making

Accurately predict commodity conditions at source and understand likely points of failure in logistics using historical data, market and customer trends for better decision making.

Command Greater VisibilityVisibility into every part of the supply chain from source to storage - allows for better optimization. Traders can flex instantly to customer and market demand by trackingeverything in real time.

WHY EKA

KEY APPS

Cloud

Secured, hassle free and flexible. Manage operations from anywhere, on any device

Fast Implementation

Go live in weeks with pre-configured workflows and minimal IT investment.

ComprehensiveSolutions designed for every problem in the trading value chain, across all asset classes.

Physical TradesGet end-to-end coverage from upstream and pricing to contracts specific to your market. Take decisions on time with complete view of position, exposure and on-demand P&L.

• Contract management: Manage physical trade types across multiple commodities. Capture multi-grade and multi-location contracts. Leverage templates, manage approval and confirmation processes, and more.

• Pricing: Build complex formulas easily. Manage contracts with various price types - fixed, basis, index, formulas and more. Capture adjustments, fees and price across multiple currencies. Manage price exposure in real time.

• Discounts and premiums: Decide on discounts, premiums and quantity shrinkages based on grading results to any transaction.

• Scheduling: View your contractual, scheduled, forecasted and actual volumes in one window, and enable effective scheduling.

SettlementsManage large volumes of transactions while ensuring high system performance. Benefit from tracking cost components throughout the entire supply chain. • Manage cost: Record all kinds of costs with

a robust system supporting various complex contract rules. Capture settled prices and shadow settlements.

• Manage settlements: Generate and distribute provisional and final invoices for customers, suppliers and vendors while managing accruals and updating payables and receivables.

• Manage tax and levies: Get better financial control by ensuring tax compliance and simplifying tax collection and reporting.

• Manage cash flow: Keep tabs on your financial health and stay clear of cash flow problems with comprehensive reports.

Eka TRM (Trading and Risk Management) for Energy markets is run by powerful engines built with in-depth energy expertise across every asset class – crude and refined products, natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, power, coal, and green energy.

It breaks traditional ETRM systems into bite sized chunks, allowing businesses to start with most critical applications and then add additional workflows to expand visibility quickly.

The solution is seeded with embedded analytics to help businesses adapt to market dynamics with data enabled by self-service analytics, driven by powerful, domain specific, inbuilt engines.

High performance. Processes millions of records in minutes.

Eka’s technical architecture is designed for high performance with an in-memory engine that runs round-the-clock to ensure businesses get to see results in an instant.

Ensure unified, accurate data sharing across all applications with plug-n-play connectors.

Eka’s flexible architecture makes it easy to integrate with other systems via APIs. Connect enterprise systems from SAP, Oracle, Netsuite and Workday to Salesforce. Bring in data from third party systems from accounting packages and market data (live feeds) to ERP, CRM, SCM, treasury, procurement and inventory systems.

Derivative Trades: Get end-to-end management of exchange traded and Over the Counter financial contracts in one system for hedging and speculation.

• Exchange and OTC traded derivatives: Manage Exchange and Over the Counter derivatives, from swaps to complex options.

• Exchange and brokerage: Capture trades from multiple sources with Eka connectors, ensuring near real-time visibility across the entire portfolio.

• Mark-to-Market computations: Assign accurate value to fast-changing, multi-class assets by enabling mark-to-market computations on derivatives.

Position: Spot opportunities, mitigate risks and arrive at a single point of truth of your overall exposure. Stay up-to-date on position exposure for physicals, derivatives and FX trades.

• Real-time position: Analyze physical position and exposure for a consolidated and near real-time view of position from excel sheets, broker statements, CTRM systems and more.

• Detailed views: Evaluate long and short positions across multiple price components to better understand your exposure.

• Simulate scenarios: Simulate multiple scenarios, analyze pros and cons and view impact on Position before taking decisions.

Mark-to-MarketGet real-time analysis of the potential impact of dynamic market prices. Analyze historical changes in P&L to spot trends and track performance by trader, books and commodity.

• Real-time P&L: Analyze physical position and exposure for a consolidated and near real-time view of P&L and market.

• Predict performance: Analyze historical changes in position and P&L to spot trends and track performance by trader, books and commodity.

• Simulate scenarios: Simulate multiple scenarios, analyze pros and cons and view impact before taking decisions.

Scheduling: Stay on top of complex scheduling from upstream to downstream. Drive more efficiency by tracking and optimizing movements across multiple modes of transport – pipeline, truck, rail, barge and vessels.

• Manage operations: Plan day, month or year ahead schedules across all commodities. Redirect volumes, manage imbalances and keep track of every molecule or electron.

• Optimize logistics: Support multiple modes of transportation and all related cost components. Capture, fuel and loss rates, tariff and commodity charges, fees and more.

• Manage inventory: Track inventory at each location and maintain values maintained in real-time. Roll-up and drill-down data across books, products, geographies, and more.

• Actualization: Capture forecasted, scheduled and actualized volumes for all physical positions. Manage cuts and track losses.

SUMMARY• Eka allows energy businesses to connect their systems, data and people across the value chain and all

functions on a single platform, and help them unleash significant opportunities for productivity and growth while speeding up their ability to take faster decisions.

• Eka’s TRM for Energy provides businesses the flexibility to scale with the market by configuring apps they need without having to invest in a full-fledged ETRM system.

• The solution also provides businesses opportunity to expand horizons by extending connections beyond risk and trading.

• With real-time data visibility, the platform empowers energy companies to thrive in complex markets and with insights that help them make faster decisions backed by data rather than instinct.

Eka is the global leader in providing Commodity Management solutions serving the entire trading value chain across agriculture, energy, metals and mining and manufacturing markets. Eka’s modern commodity platform is designed for commodity companies that need to flex, grow, and adapt to market forces - from sourcing to trading & risk, and supply chain all the way to downstream.

Eka is a team of 315 staff with offices in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and EMEA, serving a rapidly growing global client base across multiple commodity segments. For more information, visit www.ekaplus.com.

To learn about how Eka can add value to your operations, email us at info@ekaplus.com.

ABOUT EKA

Eka’s modern commodity platform is designed for commodity companies that need to flex, grow, and adapt to market forces. It is the only digital commodity management platform that breaks monolithic CTRM systems into bite sized chunks of powerful apps that work across the commodity value chain, thereby enabling faster, data-powered decisions.

The platform offers end to end functionality and rapidly configures every workflow from sourcing to trading & risk and supply chain all the way to downstream. It empowers commodity businesses to go beyond and explore new growth avenues with its suite of domain rich, commodity-savvy apps.

Eka’s Commodity Management platform is comprehensive, connected, on cloud and built with features that deliver in-depth commodity workflows, entirely configurable to business needs as they scale.

EKA’S COMMODITY MANAGEMENT PLATFORM

KEY FEATURES • Power of Cloud & Mobile: Anytime,

anywhere access

• Extensible: Add-on apps from the app store, to meet additional functional needs.

• Scalable: Grows with the business

• Mine Data, Share Insights: Use data for faster decision making. Share information with your team and stay up-to-date

• External Connectors: Pre-built connectors. Bring all your data together. Salesforce, SAP, Oracle and Spreadsheets

• Self Service: Create your own dashboards, data views, drill downs and ad-hoc reporting

WHO USES EKA