Commodities Management Solution The end of “subsistence business.”

Olympic swimmers think about winning, not just keeping their head above water. But for industries with complex supply chains, complex contracts and lean margins, just trying to stay afloat in a whirlpool of details becomes the main focus.

Subsistence business: surviving, but not thriving

One of our major energy clients found that the commodities tracking systems that served them in the early years were so outdated that they were actually keeping the company from growing. Their total view of resource life cycles was blurred. Reporting was fragmented, and compliance reporting was particularly complicated and prone to errors. Barely treading water, they asked Fusion Alliance to dive in and help.

“If you have more access to information and can pull it from the system more efficiently, you can do better analysis – and you can provide regulators with better answers to their questions.”

Manager of Fuel Accounting

Complex challenges need systemic solutions.

Fusion ComTrac represented a supply chain commodities management application that could revolutionize the way they tracked coal and the other bulk fuels used to generate electricity – from mine to railcar to light switch. The completely configurable, web-enabled application offered real value for their business with rapid deployment and open server architecture.

With the sea of details under control, they could begin to observe and analyze their entire system. The corporation became more effective, job satisfaction increased, meaningful innovation took place, and the people at every link in their supply chain benefitted from the improvement in tracking and reporting capabilities. Getting the big picture means making better decisions.

Getting the big picture means making better decisions.

With Fusion ComTrac in place, this energy giant had a broader, more complete view of their business and could turn their attention again to growing within the industry. Today, more than half of the top utilities industry leaders have implemented the Fusion ComTrac solution, signifying the end of “subsistence business.”