--- title: "Feature of the month: Evaluating your commodity portfolio in Dynamics AX" description: Evaluating your commodity portfolio in Microsoft Dynamics AX image: https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Feature_of_the_Month/Developments_in_MILAS_Linkedin-01.jpg --- [Support](http://www.adifo.com/support) - [en](http://blog.adifo.com/en) - [nl](http://blog.adifo.com/nl) - [de](http://blog.adifo.com/de) - [中文](http://blog.adifo.com/cn) [![Adifo](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Adifo_May2016/Images/logo-2.svg)](http://www.adifo.com) Menu # Blog # Feature of the month: Evaluating your commodity portfolio in Dynamics AX by [Bartek Cach](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/author/bartek-cach) 13 Oct 2016 [![commodity portfolio evaluation Microsoft Dynamics AX](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Feature_of_the_Month/Features_of_the_month_commodity_portfolio_evaluation.jpg?width=777&name=Features_of_the_month_commodity_portfolio_evaluation.jpg "commodity portfolio evaluation Microsoft Dynamics AX")](http://blog.adifo.com/en/topic/feature-of-the-month) *Every month we publish a "feature of the month" where we ask one of our consultants to highlight a feature in [MILAS AX](http://www.adifo.com/products/milas-ax-logistics-and-financials) (our specific ERP modules for Microsoft Dynamics AX). This month Bartek Cach shares his insights.* Companies that are involved in the trading of commodities (in the physical and future markets), have to evaluate their commodity portfolio on a daily, weekly or monthly basis - depending on the company. Unfortunately, most companies store their contract information outside of their ERP system. This makes the evaluation of the contract portfolio versus market prices needlessly complicated. As an experienced industry partner Adifo Software recommends another approach… By using our sector specific ERP solution, [MILAS AX - based on Microsoft Dynamics AX](http://www.adifo.com/products/milas-ax-logistics-and-financials), we can easily **evaluate the commodity portfolio at the click of a button**. ## How to evaluate your commodity portfolio in your ERP Companies already store the contracted price, quantity and duration of the contract in their ERP, but why should they stop there? Rather than having to store the mark to market prices in a separate datasheet, MILAS AX has been developed to store and evaluate mark to market prices. Our solution also automatically calculates the average contract price of the commodity in a certain period. ![commodity portfolio evaluation Dynamics AX](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Feature_of_the_Month/Commodity_portfolio_evaluation.jpg?width=777&name=Commodity_portfolio_evaluation.jpg "commodity portfolio evaluation Dynamics AX") Once MILAS AX has calculated the average buying price, it can be evaluated with the mark to market prices to provide more insights in the buying position: Is the company buying more competitive than the current market price? What about another factory, group of commodities or just a single contract? With MILAS AX all these insights can be monitored in real time with the position monitor and the data can easily be exported to Excel at the click of a button. ![Commodity portfolio MILAS AX](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Feature_of_the_Month/Commodity_portfolio.jpg?width=777&name=Commodity_portfolio.jpg "Commodity portfolio MILAS AX") A centralized ERP solution contains a lot of data but many companies are not yet taking full advantage of the opportunities at their disposal. **The MILAS AX commodity and risk management module allows you to get better insights and take better decisions.** [![Webinar: How to be more profitable in the commodity market](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2044671/bb28017b-1d0b-490e-8880-a0d5432556cb.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2044671/bb28017b-1d0b-490e-8880-a0d5432556cb) Share this News - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Back to overview](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en) [Contact us](http://info.adifo.com/en/contact) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - [BESTMIX Feed Formulation (65)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/bestmix-feed-formulation) - [Tips & Tricks Tuesday (50)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/tips-tricks-tuesday) - [MILAS Logistics and financials (37)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/milas-logistics-and-financials) - [Adifo (36)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/adifo) - [BESTMIX Quality Control (33)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/bestmix-quality-control) - [BESTMIX Formulation as a Service (30)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/bestmix-formulation-as-a-service) - [Feature of the month (13)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/feature-of-the-month) - [Integrations (8)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/integrations) - [Labeling (5)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/labeling) - [BESTMIX Academic version (4)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/bestmix-academic-version) - [BESTMIX LIMS (4)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/bestmix-lims) - [Seminar (4)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/seminar) - [China (3)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/china) - [Petfood (3)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/petfood) - [Americas (2)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/americas) - [Award (2)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/award) - [BESTMIX Recipe Management (2)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/bestmix-recipe-management) - [Microsoft (2)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/microsoft) - [BESTMIX Food Quality Control (1)](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/topic/bestmix-food-quality-control) [see all](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/feature-of-the-month-evaluating-your-commodity-portfolio-in-dynamics-ax#) ### Address Industrielaan 11B, 9990 Maldegem, Belgium ### Phone [+32 50 303 211](tel:+3250303211) ### E-mail [support@adifo.be](mailto:support@adifo.be) [bestmix.support@adifo.be](mailto:bestmix.support@adifo.be) [milas.support@adifo.be](mailto:milas.support@adifo.be) ### [Helpdesk](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/support) Bestmix: [+32 50 303 201](tel:+3250303201) Milas: [+32 50 303 200](tel:+3250303200) ### Social [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/AdifoSoftware)[twitter](https://twitter.com/AdifoSoftware)[linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/adifo) ### Sign up for our newsletter. - [Home](http://www.adifo.com) - [Feed formulation](http://www.adifo.com/feed-formulation) - [Recipe management](http://www.adifo.com/recipe-management) - [Quality management](http://www.adifo.com/quality-management) - [Logistics and financials](http://www.adifo.com/logistics-and-financials) - [Products](http://www.adifo.com/products) - [Contact](http://info.adifo.com/en/contact) - [About us](http://www.adifo.com/about-us) - [Integrations](https://www.adifo.com/integrations) - [References](http://blog.adifo.com/references) - [Partners](http://www.adifo.com/partners) - [Industry](http://www.adifo.com/industry) - [Jobs](http://www.adifo.com/jobs) - [Events](http://blog.adifo.com/events) - [Blog](http://blog.adifo.com/en) - [Downloads](https://www.adifo.com/downloads) - [Support](http://www.adifo.com/support) - [Newsletter](http://www.adifo.com/newsletter) - [Mission and vision](http://www.adifo.com/about-us/mission-and-vision) - [Values](http://www.adifo.com/about-us/values) [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/AdifoSoftware)[twitter](https://twitter.com/AdifoSoftware)[linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/adifo) - [Privacy](http://www.adifo.com/privacy-cookie-policy)