Bring Commodity Price Risk into Cost and Margin Discussions

CRU Risk Navigator was developed in response to a challenge we repeatedly heard from the market: understanding risk is often less about finding information and more about knowing what matters.

In this video, Matthew Perlman, Product Owner of CRU Risk Navigator and Senior Innovation Manager at CRU, reflects on the customer needs and market observations that helped shape the platform.

Get a concise overview of the CRU Risk Navigator, its coverage and how it brings CRU intelligence together to show changing supply and price risk.

Understand Price Risk, Supply Risk and the Methodology

Commodity price risk is distinct from supply risk, though both can be relevant to business planning. Understanding commodity price volatility and the drivers behind changing market conditions can help finance teams frame analysis and internal discussions.

The CRU Risk Navigator applies CRU’s connected commodity intelligence to changing supply and price risk. It provides a view of changing supply and price risk across copper, aluminium and steel. 

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Connect Market Context to Finance Workflows

Commodity price risk can be considered alongside planning assumptions, margin analysis and leadership reporting.   Reviewing raw-material prices and relevant market drivers can add external commodity context to your finance and business-controlling workflows.

The CRU Risk Navigator can support finance and business-controlling teams as they bring a consistent commodity-risk view into commercial planning. Finance and operational teams can work from the same independent, evidence-based view of market risk in their discussions, while applying their own internal analysis to assess business-specific exposure   The view can support leadership updates and help teams prepare for commodity-risk questions, alongside existing financial models, reports and market updates.

Support Leadership Conversations about Cost and Margin

Commodity price risk can be relevant to leadership discussions about cost, margin, planning and supply continuity. A commodity price forecast can provide market context to consider alongside internal assumptions and analysis; it does not determine the organisation’s financial exposure.

The CRU Risk Navigator provides an external view of supply and price risk and its drivers that finance leaders can consider alongside business priorities. Its methodology and scope can be reviewed as part of assessing fit with existing CRU content and workflows. This can support discussions with CFOs, leadership teams and boards, without claiming quantified savings, return on investment or automated exposure measurement.

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