WHY TRANSRISK
Why commodity enterprises choose TransRisk
There are generic risk tools. There are spreadsheets. And then there is a system built specifically for how commodity businesses actually work.
Talk to an ExpertWhat makes TransRisk different
Commodity-native, not commodity-adapted
TransRisk was built by commodity risk consultants — not software engineers who later added commodity features. Every calculation, every workflow and every alert is designed around how physical commodity businesses operate: procurement cycles, hedge ratios, basis risk, shipment tracking and policy limits.
100% automated from data to decision
From SAP position fetch to broker statement conversion to live price mapping to automated P&L generation to limit breach alerts — the entire daily risk workflow runs without manual intervention. Your team spends time on decisions, not on preparing data.
Four P&L measures. Not one.
Most systems give you one P&L number. TransRisk gives you four — Open MtM, Margin P&L, Closed P&L and Realised P&L — each updated automatically. Finance, trading and management each see the measure most relevant to them, from the same underlying data.
TransRisk vs. the alternative
14 capabilities. Three options. One clear answer.
| Capability |
Spreadsheets
|
Generic ERP Module
|
TransRisk
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose-built for commodity risk | Not possible |
Partial |
Core design principle |
| Four automated P&L measures daily | Manual, hours of work |
Not available |
Every morning, automatically |
| SAP position data fetched automatically | Manual SAP exports |
Partial — same ERP only |
Native SAP ETL integration |
| Broker statement auto-conversion | Manual copy-paste |
Not available |
Automatic, every morning |
| VaR: Monte Carlo + Historical + Parametric | No VaR capability |
Rare — one method only |
All three, selectable by commodity |
| Commodity-to-end-product conversion rules | Manual mapping |
Not available |
Built-in rules engine |
| Basis risk and rollover risk in VaR | Not possible |
Not available |
Standard in the risk framework |
| Multi-dimension limit alerts (trader / desk / commodity) | No intrinsic capability |
Basic — single dimension |
Any dimension, any combination |
| What-if / stress test simulation lab | Fragile manual models |
Rare — if available, limited |
Dedicated Risk Simulation Lab |
| Margin Analytics with Closed-but-not-Realised P&L | Not possible |
Not available |
Unique to TransRisk |
| Role-specific dashboards (mgmt / risk / trading / finance) | No dashboard layer |
Basic — same view for all |
Four role-specific views |
| OLAP drill-down to transaction level | No OLAP layer |
Limited — preset reports only |
Full OLAP report builder |
| Backtested VaR against international benchmarks | No validation framework |
Rare — if offered, proprietary |
LME, CME, CBOT, NYMEX |
| Domain advisory included (hedge models, policy review) | Not applicable |
Software vendor only |
TransGraph consulting team |
"Partial" and "Rare" indicate capabilities that exist in some ERP configurations but require significant customisation or are not designed for commodity-specific workflows.
The hidden cost of manual risk management
Before you calculate the cost of TransRisk, calculate the cost of not having it.
Analyst hours lost
How many hours per day does your team spend pulling data, consolidating spreadsheets and preparing the morning risk report? At scale, this is 2–4 analyst-hours daily — every working day.
Cost of a late breach discovery
Limit breaches discovered a day late. Hedge decisions made on yesterday's exposure. One bad week can cost more than years of software subscription — and it rarely shows up in an IT budget.
Cost of a data error in P&L
A wrong price, a missed position, an incorrect conversion — in a spreadsheet these are invisible until they surface in an audit or a board meeting. By then the damage is already done.
Dependency on one person
When the analyst who built the spreadsheet leaves, the institutional knowledge leaves too. TransRisk makes the process system-dependent, not person-dependent.
THE FIRM BEHIND THE PLATFORM
You are not buying software.
You are accessing 20 years of commodity risk expertise.
TransGraph Consulting has advised commodity-driven enterprises on price forecasting, hedge model design, procurement strategy and risk policy since 2003. TransRisk is the software expression of that practice — shaped by 20 years of client engagements across 13 industries and 30+ commodities.
Our risk consultants and software developers are the same team. When a new hedge structure emerges in the market, it is in TransRisk within months. When a client's risk policy changes, our consultants help reconfigure the platform to reflect it.
About TransGraph →The best way to understand why TransRisk is different is to see it on your own data.
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