Trading products in the agrifood industry is a complex activity that often encompasses movement of large quantities across large geographic areas.

(inflation adjusted) has been in a decline since 1908 (view the chart). This means that the cost of the transactions must continue to decline in order for the world to feed itself economically. E-Markets Attribute E-Xchange^SM trading management tool enables the traders of grains and by-products automating the back office trade documents to significantly cut the cost of processing these trades.

Along with cutting processing costs, the Attribute E-Xchange trading management tool gives the buyers the opportunity to source and define the exact qualities they are searching for in their products. It allows sellers to exactly describe the characteristics of the product they are selling for the market. The robust functionality of the Attribute E-Xchange trading management tool used in this fashion gives the supply chain the ability to source, track and direct specific trait products as defined by the attributes that create value for their given use.

E-Markets Attribute E-Xchange trading management tool, the first of its kind in agriculture commodity trading, was designed as a sophisticated electronic platform elaborating on the specific quality of a product enabling buyers and sellers to negotiate based on those qualities.

The features of the Attribute E-Xchange trading management tool include:

• Ability to automate the collection and dispersal of trade documents.
• Ability to manage the status of the trade processing by both parties in real time.
• A sophisticated engine for specifying detailed product attributes negotiating on an attribute-specific basis.
• Flexibility for trading relationships through private and/or public trading pits.
• Buyer and seller-side trade specification and initiation.
• A sophisticated negotiation management method.
• Access to real-time trade status information.
• Trade history tracking.
• Ability to be customized/branded to fit precise customer and market needs.
• Ability to link to back-end accounting software.