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One View Of Your Operation Wholesale Bulk Supply Retail Distribution System Physical Trades Paper Trades Trucks Terminals CTRM FOR FUEL MARKETERS & RETAILERS The Challenge Many Fuel Marketers are challenged with managing multiple spreadsheets with physical trades in one sheet, operational data in another, and paper hedges in yet another. This juggling act of managing truck loads, terminal locations, pipeline movement and trading activity creates a lack of transparency and inability to accurately consolidate various data points which results in costly mistakes. This common practice creates serious operational risks. Marketers are unable to see net positions, profits and losses, inventory changes, and ultimately exposure. Marketers know spreadsheets are not the answer – but the costs and risks associated with implementing traditional trading and risk software systems have been prohibitive from Fuel Marketers until now. The Solution: AspectCTRM For Fuel Marketers AspectCTRM is the only Web-based trade, risk and operations management solution. Fuel Marketers can now benefit from this leading professional system with an efficient and cost-effective way to manage streams of trading and transport activity. Traders, risk managers, schedulers, procurement and back-office personnel rely on this comprehensive, affordable solution. Key Benefits Run straight-through-processing (STP) from truckload delivery to month-end reconciliation for operational efficiency and accurate finances. Easily manage dozens of supply locations, hundreds of trucks, and pipelines with one view. Gain access to real-time profit and loss performance metrics, plus full transparency of costs and risks to eliminate threats and better manage trading performance. Produce fast action intraday & closing reports: No other system produces reports in seconds. Retain optimum margins with margin management functionality for buy/sell activities less transportation costs. Gain full support for net-back-pricing and margin management. Confidently manage and leverage inventories against changing portfolios and volumes in-storage and in-transit. Synchronize plans with accurate inventory data to determine the best financial option for product sales and distribution. CTRM For Fuel Marketers & Retailers MyAspect.net { TRADE MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT PHYSICAL OPERATIONS FINANCIAL OPERATIONS Products Supported: • Crude Oil • Petroleum Products • Marine Fuels • Biofuels For Any Size Company: • Fuel Marketers, Hypermarketers, Jobbers • Integrated Majors • Refining & Marketing • Bunker Companies • Bulk End Users • Brokers AspectCTRM offers a continuous spectrum of increasing functionality that expands as your business needs grow. Choose from our Lite, Standard and Enterprise Editions, and add modules as challenges arise or existing systems need replacement. It is flexible and scales to the functional and budget needs of its users. It begins with the out-of-the-box Lite Edition with front-office features deployable in hours for small companies. The Standard Edition offers expanded front, middle, and back-office functionality; and the Enterprise Edition can be fully customized through professional services development. All editions integrate with market data and retail systems, and back-end programs like SAP and Oracle. The Trade, Risk, Financial & Physical Operations Modules can be deployed individually and as an integrated group to meet the specific needs of your firm. Ask for our full features list for each Edition. Enterprise Solutions www.aspectenterprise.com [email protected] http://tvt.schneider-electric.com/go/AES

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AspectCTRM is the only Web-based trade, risk and operations management solution. Fuel Marketers can now benefit from this leading professional system with an efficient and cost-effective way to manage streams of trading and transport activity. Traders, risk managers, schedulers, procurement and back-office personnel rely on this comprehensive, affordable solution.

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Many Fuel Marketers are challenged with managing multiple spreadsheets with physical trades in one sheet, operational data in another, and paper hedges in yet another. This juggling act of managing truck loads, terminal locations, pipeline movement and trading activity creates a lack of transparency and inability to accurately consolidate various data points which results in costly mistakes.

This common practice creates serious operational risks.

Marketers are unable to see net positions, profits and losses, inventory changes, and ultimately exposure. Marketers know spreadsheets are not the answer – but the costs and risks associated with implementing traditional trading and risk software systems have been prohibitive from Fuel Marketers until now.

The Solution: AspectCTRM For Fuel Marketers

AspectCTRM is the only Web-based trade, risk and operations management solution. Fuel Marketers can now benefit from this leading professional system with an efficient and cost-effective way to manage streams of trading and transport activity. Traders, risk managers, schedulers, procurement and back-office personnel rely on this comprehensive, affordable solution.

Key Benefits

• Run straight-through-processing (STP) from truckload delivery to month-end reconciliation for operational efficiency and accurate finances.

• Easily manage dozens of supply locations, hundreds of trucks, and pipelines with one view.

• Gain access to real-time profit and loss performance metrics, plus full transparency of costs and risks to eliminate threats and better manage trading performance.

• Produce fast action intraday & closing reports: No other system produces reports in seconds.

• Retain optimum margins with margin management functionality for buy/sell activities less transportation costs.

• Gain full support for net-back-pricing and margin management.

• Confidently manage and leverage inventories against changing portfolios and volumes in-storage and in-transit.

• Synchronize plans with accurate inventory data to determine the best financial option for product sales and distribution.

CTRM For Fuel Marketers & Retailers

MyAspect.net{TRADE MANAGEMENT

RISK MANAGEMENT

PHYSICAL OPERATIONS

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS

Products Supported: • Crude Oil • Petroleum Products • Marine Fuels • Biofuels

For Any Size Company: • Fuel Marketers,

Hypermarketers, Jobbers• Integrated Majors • Refining & Marketing • Bunker Companies • Bulk End Users • Brokers

AspectCTRM offers a continuous spectrum of increasing functionality that expands as your business needs grow. Choose from our Lite, Standard and Enterprise Editions, and add modules as challenges arise or existing systems need replacement.

It is flexible and scales to the functional and budget needs of its users. It begins with the out-of-the-box Lite Edition with front-office features deployable in hours for small companies. The Standard Edition offers expanded front, middle, and back-office functionality; and the Enterprise Edition can be fully customized through professional services development. All editions integrate with market data and retail systems, and back-end programs like SAP and Oracle. The Trade, Risk, Financial & Physical Operations Modules can be deployed individually and as an integrated group to meet the specific needs of your firm.

Ask for our full features list for each Edition.

Enterprise Solutions

www.aspectenterprise.com [email protected] http://tvt.schneider-electric.com/go/AES

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• Deal Capture

• Trading P&L

• Portfolio Management

• Risk Analysis & Reporting

• Hedging

• Wholesale Scheduling

• Pipeline Scheduling

• Inventory Management

• Price & Credit Risk

• Broker Statement Reconciliation

• Invoicing

• Cash Allocation

AspectCTRM provides a quick and accurate view into your daily operations. Smartphone and tablet users see the same data as traditional desktop users. This details view shows all trades, costs, inventories and movements along with profits, losses and mark-to-market.

Forward prices are required for pricing cargos and shipments, inventory and mark-to-market valuation. AspectCTRM is on the same platform as AspectDSC for automated price uploads. Support is also provided for manual entry, Excel uploads and interfaces with third-party price providers. This view on a smartphone can show your futures prices, basis, forward curves or any pricing criteria.

Tracking in-transit inventory activity and valuation is a key responsibility for fuel marketers moving product. This in-transit shipments view is a quick online report that gives schedules and inventory updates on deliveries in progress.

Aspect supports user-designed invoice templates created in Microsoft Word. Invoices can be easily customized, edited, printed and emailed.

AspectCTRM Key Functionality For Fuel Marketers

The Only CTRM System Built For Today’s Busy Marketers.Monitor & Execute Activities On Any Smartphone,Tablet or Desktop.

MTM

Futures & Curves

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Invoicing

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AspectCTRM can be as simple or sophisticated as your fuel marketing business requires with integration to your Retail/Transport Systems or automated data uploads via Excel exports from your Retail/Transport Systems.

Data Can Flow In Either Direction. The key is there is one entry point, which ensures your data is accurate and mistakes are not created through double-entry.

AspectCTRM’s Cloud technology allows users to execute activities on smartphones, tablets and computers.

There’s no software or hardware to manage or purchase. Log in securely and conveniently with an Internet connection.

Monitor movements and inventory to understand exposure.

Configure workflows to fit your specific supply movements.

Built-in connectivity with T4 for pipeline activity.

Fuel Marketers Access One View Of Your Supply Chain

Easily Configured, Centralized ReportingAspectCTRM’s reports are easily configured and come packaged within the solution. Bring your business into full view, and share reports across your trading and logistics teams for a cohesive view of the business. Reports do not require development or additional costs, and can be configured by users or by an Aspect Specialist.

Trade Finance ReportAspect supports multi-dimensional OLAP reporting within the application. OLAP allows users to create reports that slice and dice large amounts of data quickly and from just about any perspective. This Trade Finance Report is an example that shows financing and current trade status in AspectCTRM.

Powerful Built-In Dashboard ToolsAspect CTRM provides customers with powerful built-in dashboard tools to create real-time Business Intelligence(BI) content. Dashboards, available from desktop or mobile devices , transform data into information for decision support. This view contains information related to cargo trades captured in Aspect CTRM. The individual panels show profit and loss data by Product, Strategy, Trader, Book and Vessel/Truck. The Inventory chart shows current inventory levels by product. Any data elements, measures, or values captured in AspectCTRM, as well as calculated values can be easily displayed in reports and dashboards. This powerful functionality transforms the transactional data stored in Aspect into information you can use to manage and grow your business.

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The Advantage Is In Our TechnologyCloud access means you have full access to the full range of functionality from your Web browser. There are no long, costly installations or costly servers and databases to buy and maintain. Rapid deployment is provided by Aspect out of the box in just a few weeks or months, depending on the complexity of your solution and required integrations with other systems. AspectCTRM scales from single users to thousands at multiple locations across the world, all backed up with professional regional support, maintenance, and disaster recovery all built into your solution. Upgrades are provided seamlessly in the background to all users, with no software required. No longer is a professional solution out of the reach of smaller companies. Your capital can now be invested into the business, and not tied up in expensive, risky projects with traditional software vendors.

About Aspect www.AspectEnterprise.com

Aspect Enterprise Solutions is the leading global provider of Cloud commodity trading, risk management and data management applications. We offer the only platform with Market Data, Trade, Risk and Operations accessible via one password in the Cloud. Cloud deployment allows for rapid deployment, controlled costs and immediate ROI. Aspect clients produce, refine, market, ship and trade globally and rely on our expertise in these key physical and financial markets: Oil, Metals, Steel, Coal, Marine Fuels, Biofuels, Freight, Natural Gas, Emissions and Agriculture/Softs.

About Schneider Electric http://tvt.schneider-electric.com/go/AES

As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructures, Industries & Machine Manufacturers, Non-residential Buildings, Data Centres & Networks and in Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group’s 130,000 plus employees achieved sales of 22.4 billion euros in 2011, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy.

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