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CommoditySmart
Micro Service Offering: Upgrade Analysis

Too often, commodities trading companies settle for basic functionality from their CTRM software. Perhaps they lack the specialized IT resources to align an upgrade’s more advanced features and modules to their ideal business practices. Other times, they find it difficult to configure data, events, reports, interfaces, and application dependencies to their upstream and downstream processes.

What’s Included In The CommoditySmart Upgrade Analysis

Value Creed and NTT Data aligned to provide robust CommoditySmart Upgrade Analysis. The service, performed by our experienced professionals in tandem with our comprehensive software upgrade solution, uncovers and reports problems involving data structure, APIs, BI cubes, RPA bots, trade validation, and more. 

For a fixed fee starting from €3,500, our in-depth analysis includes a proposal for implementing the issues we find, giving you the information you need to plan your upgrade strategy for ensuring your CTRM system operates smoothly and intuitively.

Below is a summary of the areas we address in an Upgrade Analysis.

Business Requirements Scoping

  • Deal-to-cash identification of input/output data and dependencies
  • Reports customization and testing needs
  • Business scenarios testing within the upgrade
  • Gap analysis comparing optimal business processes with current procedures

Interface Analysis

  • Analysis of interface integration needs within the upgrade
  • Data structure documentation
  • Data and endpoint mapping
  • Evaluation of process architecture’s impact on the upgrade

Customization Analysis

  • Analysis of how customization changes will affect business operations
  • Class and Message events
  • Reports and Functions
  • BI cubes
  • Database views
  • Trade validation rules
  • RPA Bots

CTRM Upgrade Analysis Findings & Next Steps

The findings from our analysis will be outlined in Value Creed’s recommended CTRM upgrade project plan, including an estimated budget and external and internal resource requirements.

  • The report will detail a plan for converting data, software licensing, and user training.
  • The report will include our evaluation of existing extensions, the anticipated impact implementation will exert on existing business processes, and the business changes that will be required post-implementation. 
  • The report will include a timeline for achieving quick wins and longer-term efficiencies as well as quantification of the upgrade and our recommendations’ added value.

Sample Upgrade Analysis Deliverables

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CommoditySmart Proposal Includes:

Upgrade Recommendations & Impact Analysis

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Detailed CTRM Upgrade Project Plan

Includes a timeline, our methodology, project deliverables, customer references, and resource requirements

Fixed Bid Quote to Implement Proposed Changes

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