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Is TransRisk a CTRM system?

Short answer: TransRisk sits in the CTRM category, but it is not a full-suite CTRM. It covers the risk and analytics half — exposure, P&L, margin, VaR, limits and decision support — and deliberately leaves trade lifecycle, contract management, logistics and workflow to the systems that already handle them. This page sets out exactly what is in scope and what is not, so you can tell in a few minutes whether it fits.

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SCOPE

What is in scope, and what is not

CTRM is a broad category. Suites in it span trade capture through to settlement. TransRisk is built for one half of that span and does not claim the other.

CTRM capability
TransRisk
Exposure consolidation across physical and derivative positions
Core design principle — one governed net position
Daily P&L across four measures
Open MtM · Margin · Closed · Realised
Automated every morning from one dataset
Structural margin analytics on actual plant yields and costs
Margin Analytics module
VaR, stress testing and pre-trade risk assessment
Three methodologies, backtested against LME, CME, CBOT, NYMEX
Multi-dimensional limits with automated breach alerts
Trader, commodity, desk, division, market and VaR
ERP, broker statement and market price integration
Native SAP FICO and MM ETL, broker statement automation
Trade capture and full trade lifecycle management
Not in scope — TransRisk reads positions from your systems
Physical contract management and documentation
Not in scope
Logistics, shipment scheduling and freight execution
Not in scope
Workflow, approvals and settlement processing
Not in scope

The four items marked out of scope are not gaps awaiting a roadmap item. They are a deliberate boundary: TransRisk reads positions from the systems that already own them, rather than duplicating transaction management.

FIT

Which problem are you actually solving?

TransRisk is the fit when…

Trade capture, contracts, logistics and settlement are already handled — by an ERP, a trading system, or an existing CTRM — but nobody can produce one governed exposure number.

Your P&L is assembled manually each morning, and different teams quote different figures for the same book.

Risk limits exist on paper but are checked by people rather than enforced by a system.

You need structural margin calculated from real plant yields and costs, not a market benchmark.

You need a full-suite CTRM when…

Trades are captured nowhere today, and you need a system of record for the transaction itself.

Physical contract administration and documentation have no home.

Shipment scheduling, freight and logistics execution need to be managed in the same system.

Approval routing and settlement processing are the gap you are trying to close.

In those cases TransRisk is not a substitute. It solves the layer above.

COMMON QUESTIONS

CTRM questions, answered

TransRisk belongs to the CTRM (Commodity Trading and Risk Management) category, but it does not provide full CTRM functionality. It covers the risk and analytics side — exposure, P&L, margin, VaR, limits and decision support — and deliberately does not cover trade lifecycle management, physical contract management, logistics or workflow. Organisations that need trade capture through to settlement require a full-suite CTRM; organisations that need an accurate, governed view of exposure and P&L across existing systems are the fit for TransRisk.

Four things: trading life cycles, contract management, logistics, and workflow. TransRisk does not capture trades, manage physical contracts and documentation, schedule shipments and freight, or run approval and settlement processing. Those remain in your ERP, trading system or CTRM.

Yes. TransRisk reads position data from source systems rather than replacing them — SAP via native FICO and MM ETL, legacy ERP via structured file integration, trading systems via API, broker statements via automated conversion, and validated Excel uploads. Your existing system stays the record of transactions; TransRisk becomes the governed analytics and risk layer above it.

Because the risk module in a broad suite is one component among many, whereas risk analytics is the entire product here. That shows up in specifics: four automated P&L measures daily, structural margin calculated from actual plant yields and costs, three VaR methodologies with backtesting against LME, CME, CBOT and NYMEX, basis and rollover risk as standard, exotic option support, and multi-dimensional limits. TransGraph Consulting has also advised commodity enterprises on price forecasting, hedge model design and risk policy for over 20 years, and the consultants and the development team are the same people.

It depends on where your gap is. If trade capture, contract administration, logistics and settlement are already handled — by an ERP, a trading system or an existing CTRM — TransRisk closes the analytics and governance gap without duplicating them. If those operational functions are not covered anywhere today, a full-suite CTRM addresses a different problem and TransRisk is not a substitute for it.

Not sure which half of the problem you have?

Tell us what your current systems cover. We will say plainly whether TransRisk closes your gap or whether you need something else.

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