FX risk
The Analysis → FX Risk (Kur Riski) page brings together the products whose purchase or sales currency differs from your company’s base currency. If all your products are bought and sold in a single currency, the page is empty.
To make a product foreign-currency, change its purchase or sales currency on the product card. Currencies and rates are managed on the Settings page.
Currency position
Section titled “Currency position”For each currency, both in that currency and in your base currency:
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Stock | Stock on hand of products bought in that currency, at today’s rate |
| Open orders | Orders placed with suppliers and not yet received |
| Suggested orders | Orders suggested by the latest forecast run |
| FX difference in stock | The gap between the value of goods on hand at today’s rate and at the rate on the day they were received |
The FX difference in stock is calculated only for products with delivery records. A positive value means the same goods would cost more to buy today.
Rate scenario
Section titled “Rate scenario”Pick a currency and move the slider to raise or lower the rate by up to 30%. The card recalculates:
- the change in the budget for open and suggested orders,
- the change in the replacement value of stock,
- the change in annual gross profit and the number of products that start selling at a loss.
The scenario assumes selling prices and sales volume stay the same.
Break-even rate
Section titled “Break-even rate”For a product bought in one currency and sold in another, the break-even rate is the purchase rate at which the profit drops to zero:
break-even rate = selling price in base currency ÷ unit cost in foreign currency
Example: a product bought for 2 dollars and sold for 104 lira has a break-even rate of 52. With the dollar at 50 the distance is 4%; if the rate rises by 4%, the product makes no profit.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| At a loss | The rate has passed break-even; the product sells at a loss at today’s rate |
| At risk | The distance is below the threshold (10% by default) |
| Safe | The distance is above the threshold |
| Not rate-dependent | Purchase and sales are in the same currency; the rate does not affect profit |
Products that are “At a loss” or “At risk” get an FX risk alert. The threshold is changed on the Settings page.
Rate trend and volatility
Section titled “Rate trend and volatility”The page shows the selected currency’s rate over the last 12 months, its change over the last 30 days and 12 months, and its annual volatility. The first sentence below gives the range within which the rate typically moves over the average lead time of products bought in that currency. The second gives the rate expected at delivery if the average change of the last 12 months continues, with the same range around it; when the rate moves steadily in one direction, the first range alone is misleading because it stays around today’s rate.
What this page does not show
Section titled “What this page does not show”- Stock is valued at today’s rate (replacement cost); this is not an accounting value.
- Official FX differences arising from invoice and payment dates, and deferred payments, are not taken into account.
- The application stores the quantity sold, not the amount; FX gains or losses realised in the past cannot be shown. Gross profit is estimated with today’s price and today’s rate.