Managing commodity price risk : : a supply chain perspective / / George A. Zsidisin, Janet L. Hartley, Barbara Gaudenzi, and Lutz Kaufmann.

• Superior document: Supply and operations management collection,
• VerfasserIn: Zsidisin, George A.,; Hartley, Janet L.,; Gaudenzi, Barbara,; Kaufmann, Lutz,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hartley, Janet L.,; Gaudenzi, Barbara,; Kaufmann, Lutz,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : : Business Expert Press,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: Second edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Supply and operations management collection.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 147 pages)

Almost every organization is exposed to financial risk stemming from commodity price volatility. Risk exposure may be direct, from the prices paid for raw materials transformed into products sold to customers, or indirect, from higher energy and transportation costs. The purpose of this book is to p...

Table of Contents

• Section I. Background
• 1. Introduction to commodity price risk management
• 2. Assessing price risk exposure and risk tolerance
• Section II. Forecasting commodity prices
• 3. Forecasting short-term commodity prices
• 4. Forecasting long-term commodity prices
• Section III. Managing commodity price risk
• 5. Managing commodity price risk, direct commodity purchases
• 6. Managing commodity price risk, value chain purchases
• Section IV. Cases and additional observations
• 7. Political risk: the case of heavy rare earth metals
• 8. Using commodities as collateral: the case of China / Antonio Cesarano
• 9. Further insights on financial hedging instruments / Ugo Montagnini
• Notes
• References
• Index.