Multi-commodity

Large industrial companies often manage a variety of commodities with volatile prices. To successfully operate in a competitive market, this commodity price risk should be well understood and managed effectively. The KYOS commodity trade & risk management system (CTRM) is the result of many years of professional experience in managing commodity contracts, budgets, hedging, market price analysis and cash-flow forecasting. The KYOS web-based CTRM is an intuitive cloud-based system for procurement, sales, finance and treasury.

Find your industry specific advantages:

Food

Food companies purchase multiple commodities for their production processes. This includes for example sugar, corn, wheat, vegetable oils, milk and multiple ingredients.

Beverage

Beverage companies deal with many different types of commodities. For example ingredients for the beverages (wheat, barley, sugar) but also packaging materials as glass, aluminium, natural gas and electricity.

Chemical

The chemical industry is a large consumer of oil (+derivatives), natural gas, steam and electricity. Most of these commodities have regular periods of high volatility.

Construction

Construction companies are exposed to aluminium, steel, bricks, bitumen, cement and glass. Most of these commodities are created in an energy intensive process.

Metals

The metal market is a developed market with multiple exchanges where commodities are traded. The base metals exists of copper, lead, tin, nickel, zinc and aluminium.

Paper

The paper and pulp production is a highly energy intensive process. The energy consumed is mainly natural gas and regularly the electricity produced is sold.

Transport

In transport and dredging contracts the costs of the fuel component is significant. By adding fuel price adjustment clauses the risk is passed on to the contractors.

Waste

The waste management industry produces energy from waste. The energy production is often sold to industrial companies in the direct neighborhood as steam or electricity.

Automotive

The automotive industry is exposed to multiple commodity price risks. This varies from aluminium and steel for the bodywork to chemical products like plastics and paint.