LME Education’s training courses will help the plastics industry to understand how hedging can help organisations to better manage polymer price volatility, protect profit margins by locking in purchase and/or sales prices, meet budgetary needs and improve ability to forecast. In addition, they will explore the benefits of transparent, transaction-based prices and the option of physical delivery.

Courses offered

• Introduction to the LME.
• Introduction to Hedging with Futures.

Key reasons to attend

• Learn about the advantages of pricing your polymer purchases and/or sales basis LME
• Understand the workings of the LME and how its services can add value to your commercial transactions.
• Appreciate the purpose of the delivery mechanism on the LME and its relationship with your supply chain

Who should attend?

These courses are designed to assist all those involved in pricing physical transactions in the plastics and metals industry and in assessing risk management tools.  Among those that would benefit from attending are individuals working within the following business areas:

• Procurement
• Sales and Commercial
• Finance
• Risk management
• Treasury
• Strategy

Industry Events

LME Online Learning: Plastics

It includes practical, real-world examples on how hedging can help the plastics industry protect against volatile price movements and the damaging effects these movements have on margins and cash flow.
 
The module is broken down into small, bite-sized sections which the user can access and view at their leisure, either as a complete module or as individual sections. Access to LME Online Learning is free, users simply have to register in advance in order to access the module.

Click here to access the LME Online Learning module