How the intelligence engine works.
Transparency is a prerequisite for trust. This page explains how the Navigator assessment is structured, how platform scoring works, and how CTI ensures the integrity of every recommendation.
Weighted dimensions. Not subjective rankings.
The Navigator scores platforms across weighted dimensions that reflect the factors most predictive of successful platform selection. Dimensions are weighted to prioritise commodity fit and functional capability, with integration complexity, risk profile, total cost of ownership, and deployment model carrying meaningful but secondary weight.
Each dimension produces a score grounded in verified platform capability data. The aggregate produces a ranked output calibrated to your specific trading profile, not to a generic industry template.
Conditional logic. Stakeholder capture. Zero redundancy.
The assessment adapts to your organisation. Conditional logic ensures you only encounter questions relevant to your commodity mix and operational profile. A power-focused utility never sees crude logistics questions. A physical commodities trader is not asked about exotic derivatives pricing.
Where multiple stakeholders complete the assessment independently, the engine captures each perspective and measures alignment. Divergence between roles is flagged in the intelligence report before it can derail vendor evaluation.
Pre-population reduces burden further. Where your organisation's profile can be confirmed from available data, the assessment presents it for validation rather than asking from scratch.
Every score is grounded in verified capability data.
Platform capability data is validated against multiple independent sources: vendor-published documentation, public release notes, regulatory filings, implementation partner disclosures, and independent market research including published vendor perception studies and industry sourcebooks.
CTI does not rely on vendor self-reported capability claims without independent verification. Where capability data cannot be confirmed, confidence indicators reflect the limitation and the intelligence report notes the gap.
The scoring serves one interest.
CTI holds no vendor partnerships, referral agreements, implementation contracts, or reseller arrangements with any ETRM or CTRM platform vendor. No vendor has input into scoring methodology, dimension weighting, or capability assessment.
This is not a disclosure. It is the architecture. The analysis serves one interest: the organisation making the decision.