Eka derives its strength from an in-depth understanding of all aspects of the Coal market, including physical contract management and execution, handling of grades and qualities, penalties, rejections and CV adjustments, price risk management with swaps, derivatives and OTCs, transportation by vessels, barges, railroads, trucks and containers, as well as physical cargo storage and distribution.

The solution helps you manage physical contracts (for instance, long-term agreements, spot purchases and sales, as well as swaps). It allows you to record quality analysis reports, and adjust contract pricing considering penalties and rejections based on delivered product quality.

A highly evolved logistics module completely streamlines distribution & movement of cargo by vessels, barges, railroad, truck and containers. Through the derivatives module, it helps you identify and manage price risk using swaps, futures and options. Real-time visibility over your position allows you to identify exposures and take appropriate actions, while currency risk is managed through forwards.

Eka provides very accurate mark-to-market evaluations of open contracts and inventory by taking into consideration all costs & accruals as well as premiums & discounts Eka’s finance module allows creation of invoices, updating payables and receivables, tracking costs and posting entries into your accounting package.

Finally, Eka’s business intelligence tools help you understand how and why position & P&L are what they are, and how they have changed between any two periods, trade-by-trade, and factor by factor.

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