FIS and Generation 10 provide alternative access to physical fertilizer barge markets



London and Chicago, March 15, 2017.

Freight Investor Services, a global leader in freight and commodity derivatives, and Generation 10, a provider of fintech and commodity supply chain solutions are pleased to announce the launch of a new online trading platform, initially aimed at US physical fertilizer barge markets.

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RCMA Group continue to deploy Generation 10’s CTRM trade and traceability platform to more commodities

Gen10, a provider of cloud-based commodity supply chain and fintech solutions, is pleased to announce the addition of RCMA Coffee division onto their CTRM and data analytics platform, G10 Commodity Manager.

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Gen10 and Intertek collaborate on Cocoa Sustainability in Africa

 

London, UK, 22nd February, 2017:
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide and Gen10, a provider of cloud-based traceability and risk management solutions, are pleased to announce their new farm sustainability audit and analytics platform.

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Traceability Whitepaper - Prove it or Else!

Demand for the need to track commodities, consumables, and fuels from source to market continues to increase. It is no longer the case that buyers can simply pick the best price in choosing a supplier as concerns over issues like food safety, as well as an increasingly savvy consumer that is concerned over abusive labor practices, workers rights, and environmental issues, for example, are increasing the traceability complexity across almost all supply chains.

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Generation 10 breaks CTRM record with Corrie MacColl

18 January 2016, London - Gen10’s Commodity Manager software platform has delivered over 10x efficiency savings for a leading commodity trading and import company in just three weeks.

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Trading solutions growing more sophisticated but easier to use

Well known providers of commodity trade management software have brought a number of new solutions to the market in the last 12 months, with a focus on providing user friendly solutions that are reliable, accessible, easy to use, available on range of platforms, and value enhancing.

UK-based Gen10 notes that, as traders grow and their trades become more complex, any issues they have, such as technology, don't go away, "they intensify." Company spokesperson Andrew Dalby  noted that specialty coffee is becoming more and more popular, and that this involves large numbers of transactions of smaller quantities and an ever increasing range of grades. "Existing systems and spreadsheets simply weren't designed to cope with this," he said.

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Gen10 Helping The World of Coffee See Things More Clearly

Nordic World of Coffee 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden 16-18 June 2015 - Gen10 launch their latest addition to their commodity trading, risk management and supply chain solutions with the G10 Supply Chain Map.

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An Interview with Founder-CEO Richard Williamson

ComTechAlert

"Recently, we asked Richard Williamson, CEO of G10 to answer a few questions about his company, the market and CTRM. Given Mr. Williamson’s status of a long-­time veteran of the Ags CTRM market, his answers provide an honest and insightful assessment of the market and the trends that influence it. It makes very interesting reading and we thank Mr. Williamson for his time."

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G10's CEO Richard Williamson named as CTRM Thought Leader

Richard Williamson

Generation 10's Founder-CEO,  Richard Williamson, has been named as a CTRM Thought Leader by Commodity Technology Advisory (ComTech), the leading analyst organization covering the ETRM and CTRM software markets.

ComTech created the CTRM Thought Leaders program to recognize individuals that have made significant contributions to the technologies and related processes that are a critical component to the commodities trading industries. The Thought Leaders will serve on a standing ComTech panel of CTRM experts and will provide insights on industry trends and other issues facing commodities companies.

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The Use of Spreadsheets in Commodity Trading

Spreadsheets have long been an integral part of a trading company’s armoury of tools and software. Despite the growing maturity of commercially available Commodity Trading and Risk Management software (CTRM) solutions, the increase in regulation and oversight and, the alarming number of horror stories involving spreadsheets in losses, mistakes and fraud, they seem difficult to eliminate. Generation 10 were pleased to sponsor Commodity Technology Advisory to carry out a survey to find out why.

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