SATURN for Retail Management
Transform your retail operations with cutting-edge modern technology
and enable unprecedented integration of end-to-end solutions and optimized hedging.
Decode
Load
Make Smart
Decisions
Smarter Retail Decisions with
SATURN Advanced Retail Management Solutions
SATURN Retail Management solutions empower load-serving entities, utilities, and aggregators to effectively manage customer portfolios, optimize pricing, and align supply with demand. The data-driven platform supports load aggregation analysis, segmentation, rate structuring, costing and pricing, competitor analysis, headroom analysis, migration analysis, and integrated risk and margin workflows.
Noteworthy
Aggregators
and Utilities
Advanced solutions enable retail product structuring and pricing for load aggregators and streamlined rate structuring for utilities.
Unmatched
Hedging
Rigorous risk management solutions enable retail-wholesale integration and balancing and empower unmatched hedging solutions.
Differentiated
Solutions
Advanced analytics enable end-to-end differentiated solutions – seamlessly integrated in one platform.
Reimagine
Load Aggregation
Customer segmentation. Cross-segments analytics. Optimized load aggregation.
Next-Generation Analytics
Replace legacy tools with advanced analytics and data-driven solutions that enable informed decisions with confidence.
Reinvent
Position Management
Real-time position management. Market intelligence. Real-time reporting.
End-to-End Position Management
Leverage end-to-end solutions and enable informed position management with confidence – seamlessly integrated with market, generation, trading, and risk solutions.
Rethink
Retail Management
Integrated load-supply. Integrated costing and pricing. Integrated solutions.
Integrated Energy & Risk Solutions
Enable integrated end-to-end solutions, data management, product design and pricing, rate design and structuring, competitor and headroom analysis, and position, margin, and risk management.
The SATURN Advantage
Why Choose SATURN
Discover how SATURN addresses the fundamental challenges facing energy and commodity companies today.
Retail Management Challenges
Basic applications. Basic integration.
Limited analytics. Limited insights.
No competitor analysis. Basic headroom analysis.
Limited product design. Basic P&L analysis.
Basic forecasting. Limited risk metrics.
Scanty load/supply integration. Slow processing.
SATURN
Sweeping Applications. Seamless integration.
Extensive analytics. Actionable insights.
Full competitor analytics. Detailed headroom analysis.
Innovative product design. Full P&L insights.
Advanced forecasting. Extensive risk metrics.
Full load/supply management. Integrated processing.
Legacy Software Challenges
Onerous workflows. Protracted processing.
Basic reporting. Limited configurability.
Awkward user interface. Dated layouts.
Long user onboarding. Difficult navigation.
Slow issue resolution. Novice support.
Too many bugs. Slow bug-fixing.
SATURN
Automated workflows. Automated processing.
Extensive reporting. Boundless configurability.
Intuitive user interface. Modern layouts.
Fast onboarding. Intuitive integration.
Same-day support. Subject Matter Expert support.
Zero-bug policy. Same-day resolution.
Explore Our Platform
Discover the Full Spectrum
of SATURN Capabilities
SATURN Retail Management streamlines load aggregation, customer segmentation, product and rate design, costing and pricing analysis, competitor and headroom evaluation, and margin and risk management, reporting, and business management workflows – all seamlessly integrated in one platform.
Test and evaluate different product designs and pricing, analyze costs, revenues, P&L, and risks, and develop optimized offering alternatives – all seamlessly integrated in one platform.
- Product Structuring
- Costing Analysis
- Pricing Analysis
- Rate Analysis
- Revenue Analysis
- P&L Analysis
Align power supply management with load forecasts, simulate different scenarios and evaluate costs, revenues, P&L, and risk outcomes – all seamlessly integrated in one platform.
- Market Analysis
- Supply Structuring
- Load/Supply Balancing
- Supply Costing & Risk
- P&L Analysis
- Position Management
Analyze competitor offerings and headroom, manage costing, product structuring, pricing, and risk management for competitive advantage – all seamlessly integrated in one platform.
- Competitor Analysis
- Product Design
- Pricing Analysis
- P&L Analysis
- Headroom Analysis
- Competitive Positioning
Analyze customers consumption patterns, size, location, risk, and value, churn, switching behavior, and migration trends – all seamlessly integrated in one platform.
- Load Aggregation
- Patterns Analysis
- Hourly Profiles
- Seasonal Analysis
- Customer Churn
- Risk Management
Identity and assess risks, analyze hedging alternatives, and develop most effective risk management strategies that preserve profitability – all seamlessly integrated in one platform.
- Market Analysis
- Scenario Analysis
- Load/Supply Analysis
- Costing Analysis
- Pricing Analysis
- P&L Analysis
- Headroom Analysis
- Competitive Positioning
- Risk Analysis
- Risk/Margin Tradeoffs
- Hedging Strategies
- Risk Management
SATURN offers extensive capabilities that empower users to make informed decisions with unprecedented speed in minutes.
- Advanced Analytics
- Superior Data Quality
- Seamless Integration
- Real-Time Intelligence
- Proactive Monitoring
- Enterprise-Grade Security
- Interactive Visualizations
- Personalized Customization
- Collaborative Intelligence
- Boundless Extensibility
- Unlimited Scalability
- Automated Reporting
SATURN offers built-in modern reporting and visualization tools seamlessly integrated with all applications empowering users to quickly prepare reports and presentations.
- Configurable Reports/Charts
- Aggregation & Filtering
- Statistical Analysis
- Documents Management
- Workflows Automation
- Emails & Notifications
- Configurable Templates
- Quick Uploads & Downloads
- Personalized Defaults
- Configurable Dashboards
- Configurable Heat Maps
- PDF & MS Office Integration
SATURN offers modern technologies empowering high security, data integrity, easy access, hardware management, high availability, efficient scalability, easy extensibility, and cross-device compatibility.
- Physical & Virtual Servers
- Shared & Dedicated Servers
- Optimized Grid-Computing
- Hardware Load Management
- High Performance Computing
- Enterprise Security
- Authentication Management
- Authorization Management
- Multi-Threaded Parallelization
- Seamless Extensibility
- Continuous Monitoring
- Cross-Device Compatibility
SATURN offers unparalleled markets parameterization, a critical functionality for rigorous stochastic simulation empowering accurate forecasting and effective risk management.
- Volatility Term Structure
- Price & Spread Min/Max
- Mean Reversion/Jumps
- Hourly Profiles & Volatility
- Negative Prices
- Extreme Events & Vols
- Inter-Commodity/Inter-Month
- Correlations Cleaning
- Principal Component Analysis
- Variance Reduction
- Calibration Timeframe
- EWMA & Decay Factor
Notable Game Changers
1990s
Independent energy suppliers entered the energy industry market to capitalize on emerging opportunities as a result of deregulation.
2000s
Smart meters provided consumers with real-time usage data, enabling time-of-use pricing and personalized energy insights.
2010s
Retailers started offering green energy plans as solar and wind technologies became more viable.
2020s
The retail energy sector continued its digital transformation, moving from legacy systems to advanced AI-powered platforms and advanced predictive analytics.
2021
Abacus released a new SATURN version that empowers load aggregators, large consumers, load serving entities, and emerging digital infrastructure to optimize their demand/supply management.
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