Eka is an advanced solution for commodity trading houses to manage the complete flow of physical and financial commodity contracts. The multi-commodity solution incorporates requirements across different commodity groups, and addresses the requirement of reporting across corporate hierarchy structures and profit centers. It streamlines operations, provides multi-dimensional visibility on your position, PnL and risk profile, and provides tools to supports decision making and reduce time-to-market.

The solution works with you in managing the constant pressures thrown up on a daily basis in the world of commodities – movements and volatility in commodity prices, structural changes in demand and supply, pressures on growth and profitability, operational issues and availability of information, or compliance with government regulation and accounting. It ensures that data is shared across the organization in real time, there is complete operational visibility on all aspects of physical position, derivatives and PnL, and information required for managers to take immediate and long-term decisions is available quickly conveniently.

Trade capture is quick and convenient, and positions built up in real time, with the facility to slice & dice data for understanding and analysis. Purchases and sales can be split and allocated based on market requirements, balancing flexibility with control over your trading operations. Logistics operations are completely streamlined, with comprehensive functionality to track cargo statuses, weights and costs, documentation needs and organizing storage in warehouses. All information is always in real-time, so you can be confident that decisions are based on always updated and correct information. For instance, let us say you spot a sudden movement in the market and want to know how much to hedge, or switch. Eka’s gives you a real-time consolidated view of your combined physicals and derivatives position. Armed with the necessary facts, you are ready to take action. Moreover, the moment you do so, on either the physicals or the futures, your overall position is impacted immediately, letting you see the results in real time.

Derivative transactions can be recorded for both hedging and speculative purposes, and hedges linked to physical contracts. Unpriced and open positions, exposures to counterparties as well as unhedged positions are visible in real-time, allowing you to control risks and prevent losses by taking necessary actions. Mark-to-market and PnL calculations on both physicals and derivatives are stored on a daily basis. So, at any point of time, you can do a historical analysis and compare PnL and position between any two dates, isolate factors that resulted in the change, and take appropriate actions to replicate successful strategies and isolate others.

All information is easily integrated with your other packages (accounting, master databases, ERP, etc), made possible by Eka’s integration layer. This ensures that your valuable data is shared across the company, eliminating any duplication of effort and supporting decision making at all levels.

EKA’s CTRM solution has been deployed successfully by global trading and processing organizations, helping them to effectively manage risks while bringing operational efficiency in day-to-day operations.