A global oil trading company leveraged Aspect as its trading platform to support complex physical trading, storage, and blending operations. As the business scaled across regions and commodities, maintaining visibility and coordination across trading, logistics, and storage became increasingly challenging. Inventory positions across terminals and tank farms lacked real-time transparency, while blending decisions were not fully optimized within the platform.

Critical workflows, including inventory valuation, P&L reporting, and exposure tracking, relied heavily on spreadsheets and external tools. This resulted in fragmented processes, delayed insights, and limited ability to respond quickly to market opportunities. Enhancing Aspect with integrated visibility, optimization capabilities, and connected workflows became essential to support efficient, data-driven trading operations.

KEY RESULTS

80%

Reduction in Manual Effort

Significantly reduced reliance on spreadsheets and manual reconciliation processes.

<5-Minute

Inventory Visibility

Improved transparency across storage locations, movements, and capacity utilization.

~$20M

Improvement in Blending Margins

Optimized blending decisions through scenario modelling and feedstock optimization.

60%

Faster Reporting Cycles

Accelerated inventory, P&L, and exposure reporting with consistent data.

100%

Enhanced Risk Governance

Improved visibility into exposure and risk across regions and trading strategies.

A Strategic Approach to Project Success

Value Creed extended Aspect to support a fully integrated trading, storage, and blending environment through customized storage workbenches, inventory orchestration logic, embedded scripting, and integration services. The solution enabled real-time inventory visibility, blending optimization, and coordinated decision-making across geographically distributed trading operations.

Expertise on Demand

Multi-Location Trading Structure

Designed a global multi-entity, multi-book structure aligned to regional trading hubs and commodities, enabling consolidated and location-level visibility into positions, exposure, and P&L while supporting centralized oversight across global operations.

Storage Visibility Framework

Built a customized storage management layer within Aspect to provide real-time visibility into inventory levels, stock movements, transfers, and capacity utilization across terminals and tank farms. Embedded inventory orchestration logic improved tracking, validation, and operational control across distributed storage locations.

Blending Optimization Models

Developed custom blending models aligned to product specifications and market conditions, enabling traders to simulate blending scenarios, optimize feedstock usage, and maximize margins. Embedded scripting and configurable calculation frameworks supported blending validation and margin optimization across commodities and strategies.

Advisory Services

Ecosystem Integration

Integrated Aspect with ERP systems, logistics platforms, exchanges, and brokers to support trade capture, pricing, shipment tracking, and straight-through processing across the trade lifecycle. Integration services connected operational and pricing workflows, improving consistency across commercial and operational functions.

Risk & Reporting Customization

Delivered real-time dashboards for P&L attribution, inventory valuation, and exposure tracking across regions, products, and strategies. Automated reporting improved visibility into inventory, exposure, and profitability while eliminating spreadsheet dependency and accelerating decision-making.

Workflow Automation

Implemented automation across trade capture, validation, inventory reconciliation, and margin calculations, reducing manual intervention across front, middle, and back office functions. Configurable workflows and embedded controls improved reconciliation efficiency, operational consistency, and auditability.

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Unlock operational efficiency and reliability with Value Creed’s services. Optimize performance with fast, accurate data extraction, reconciliation, calculation, and reporting.

Advisory Services

Our advisory services will guide your operations and help you achieve your vision, considering all stakeholders. With extensive lifecycle, functional, and technical expertise, our experienced team delivers frameworks and guidance for building reliable and scalable commodity trading businesses.

Key Takeaways

By extending Aspect to support multi-location trading, storage, and blending operations, Value Creed enabled the organization to move from fragmented workflows to a fully integrated and optimized trading ecosystem. Customized storage frameworks, embedded workflow automation, and integrated operational data flows improved visibility, strengthened risk control, and enhanced decision-making across global trading operations. Leveraging deep physical commodities and ETRM expertise, Value Creed enabled Aspect to support scalable inventory visibility and blending optimization across geographically distributed assets.

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Enabling ~$20M Blending Margin Uplift through Real-Time Inventory Visibility

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KEY RESULTS

80%

Reduction in Manual Effort

<5-Minute

Inventory Visibility

~$20M

Improvement in Blending Margins

60%

Faster Reporting Cycles

100%

Enhanced Risk Governance