Alvaro Mariani, Senior Risk Advisor at TRADESPARENT, with many years of experience in the commodity risk industry, talks about the truth behind daily reporting in Agri-commodities. It is not all sunshine and rainbows! Spoil alert to millennials! The following article contains 80's cinematography references! For you and others that may need a refresh, here is a clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZZhhA87d6g). I always find this clip fun to watch but it may also bring some p

Endless spreadsheets, loading errors, formulas not working, data sources scattered… Sounds familiar? Data integration, preparation and management is a recurring, manual, day-to-day challenge for timely and accurate reporting and analysis. Learn from our infographic and do not let this happen to you! 1. DATA INTEGRATION Data preparation and integration is a daily challenge for risk professionals. Massive data volumes is scattered in different sources such in Excel Spreadsheets

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