TRADEPAQ:TRM for Cotton serves producers and traders of cotton with a front, middle and back office CTRM system incorporating contract management, trading, hedging, risk management, supply chain, and financial management.

Cotton products have specifications that are part of their definition. These specifications include staple, strenght and micronaire which TRADEPAQ:TRM for Cotton can handle. During logistic movements, lot information is critical to manage shipping books and instructions. Some of the information that is critical for data capture includes but is not limited to: bales, gin, naryad, gost/seed grade and additional specification data for the particular lot. Shipping instructions are critical to the cotton business. TRADEPAQ:TRM for Cotton handles all functionalities required for the cotton business.

TRADEPAQ:TRM for Cotton supports all types of cotton and includes comprehensive value chain and compliance functionality. The system manages the purchase and sale of physical contracts as well as physical movements, financial hedging, financial settlement, cash management and profit & loss controls. TRM is simple to use, yet brings the needed levels of control, efficiency and flexibility to serve any sized organization. Included are many standard queries, graphs, & reports with output to spreadsheets.

FEATURES

• Contract management supports priced, unpriced, basis and flat / NPE pricing methodologies
• Pricing, valuation and position using multiple units of measure
• Storage needs
• Daily P&L needs, both realized and unrealized by contract / product / shipment and vessel, lot
• Market differentials
• Able to manage valuation based on location, quality or other differentiating factors
• Document management module for contracts, logistics and settlement
• Estimate (accruals) to actual reporting
• Credit limits and controls (by trader, commodity, futures market)
• Sample order management
• String, circles, washout-trades
• Physical position management