Wholesale Petroleum and Petroleum Products Business Guide
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Ineffiziente EEX-Futures-Liquidität und Mangelhafte Kontrakt-Kuration
Typical execution slippage: 0.5–2% of notional per large order = €50k–€200k per rebalancing cycle. Unhedged gaps due to liquidity constraints: 2–5% of portfolio = €200k–€500k per quarter exposure. Annual slippage cost for mid-sized wholesaler (€100M exposure): €250k–€1M.EEX offers yearly Power Base futures for German prices up to 6–10 calendar years ahead, but liquidity is concentrated in front-month and quarterly contracts. Wholesale traders using layered hedging strategies (5% exposure per month over 24 months, per Lufthansa model) must choose between: (1) EEX month/quarter contracts (more liquid but require frequent rebalancing); (2) OTC forward contracts (less transparent, higher counterparty risk); (3) Crude oil NYMEX contracts as proxy (basis risk). Manual selection without real-time liquidity analytics leads to: (1) Executing large orders into thin markets (10 MW blocks in early-month power contracts); (2) Missing arbitrage opportunities between EEX and NYMEX (WTI vs. Brent spreads); (3) Forced use of less-efficient OTC swaps due to exchange execution friction.
Fehlende Echtzeitdaten für Dispatch-Entscheidungen und mangelnde Fahrersichtbarkeit
€30,000–€50,000 annually per dispatch center (12–15 hours/week × 50 weeks × €40–€70/hour in dispatcher time saved + €2,000–€5,000 in error-correction costs from misdirected shipments)ABS Bonifer's improvement in 'visibility into operations through daily reports' indicates previous opacity in dispatch decisions. Petroleum distributors without real-time systems cannot answer: 'Where is each tanker right now?' or 'Which fuel station is about to run out?' Real-time positioning systems (standard in modern dispatch software) eliminate dispatcher guesswork and enable dynamic load allocation based on actual inventory depletion rates.
Excessive Mileage und nicht optimierte Fahrtrouten
€12,000–€25,000 per tanker truck annually (15–20% route inefficiency × typical operational cost); for a 200-vehicle fleet: €2.4M–€5M annual mileage wasteABS Bonifer explicitly reported 'Decreased mileage' as a measurable result of PDI WinDMS implementation. For a 450-vehicle fleet in 7 countries, manual scheduling created suboptimal route clusters. Automated optimization typically yields 12–18% mileage reduction through sequencing algorithms. At €0.60/km (fuel €0.35 + maintenance €0.25), reducing annual mileage by 8,000–12,000 km per vehicle saves €4,800–€7,200 per vehicle per year.
Hohe DSO durch Bonitätsprüfungsverzögerungen
€10.000+ Zinskosten/Monat bei €5M Forderungsvolumen; DSO 60-90 TageIn der Branche mit hohen Volumina führt langsame Credit Evaluation zu blockiertem Kapital in Forderungen.