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INTRODUCTION
Many CTRM vendors have tried to create what we often refer to as the ‘all singing, all dancing’
CTRM solution. Their goal is to create that single CTRM solution that can cater for and meet the
requirement of all commodities, both physical and financial, and also meet the needs for all
industry segments in energy, metals and soft / agri commodities. However, after more than two
decades and numerous attempts to get there, it is probably safe to say that most have failed
to develop and bring to market a truly all singing, all dancing CTRM solution. However, new
technologies and architectures make this vision ostensibly achievable through the use of an
ecosystem of functionally deep vertical and wide horizontal services or applications. This white
paper examines the idea of a single CTRM solution for all commodities and contrasts that with a
different approach that some vendors are now pursuing in trying to develop commodity specific
CTRMs that offer deep vertical and supply chain functionality.
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