Kairos Commodities provides a unique opportunity for CPOs to position procurement as a prominent value driver and a real opportunity to strengthen the strategic competitiveness of their companies.
Kairos Commodities gives you online access to updated and well structured information:
- High quality supply market analyses with advanced analysis of relevant factors such as inventory levels, supply/demand balance, cost drivers, etc.
- Business cycle analyses with very high accuracy as well as macro trends and their correlation to different commodities – you will know the correlation between the overall economy and the price development of your specific commodity/cost driver
- Supplier cost development tracking tool that includes currency fluctuations on both sell and buy side
- Price forecasts with an unbeaten track-record due to a unique combination of advanced analyses
- E mail alerts for shift in price trends – short term trends as well as long term trends – you will never miss a change in the trend in the market
- News feeds from Bloomberg, Reuters and more than 200 other news providers sorted by specific commodities
- Value-at-risk simulation tool
Click here for a brochure that describes what Kairos Commodities delivers.
Click here for a list of commodities and currencies Kairos Commodities analyzes.
You and your team will gain:
- Increased understanding of commodity markets, their different dynamics and the correlation between business cycles and commodity markets
- Knowledge of when and how to enter the markets with the appropriate contracting strategy
- Upper hand in negotiations with suppliers due to superior information access and preparation
- Unparallelled cost saving opportunities. Increased ability to drive superior and sustainable cost avoidance and cost savings, in many companies in the area of 5-15% of the total commodity volume
- Knowledge about commodities always shared, updated and documented in case key staff leave the company
- Easy to provide top management or other key stakeholders with executive or in-depth briefings on commodity markets, country-specific economies, world economy markets etc. On demand – you just push the button!
- Easy to give less experienced staff quick access to and understanding of complex market dynamics, historic data etc.
- Enables the procurement function to be constantly updated and proactive in relation to the commodity markets
- Positions the procurement function as a real strategic value contributor far beyond the cost-cutting role
- Heavily reduced workload in relation to finding and analyzing market data