Training in AI, international SCM and commodity trading
Phlo builds software for commodity traders, customs brokers and trade-finance teams, with AI in the loop. Our courses come out of that work. We run them for teams in-house or online, and as small open cohorts for individuals.
AI-assisted software development
How teams ship production software with AI coding assistants: specs, prompting, review, testing and guardrails. Hands-on, in your own codebase where possible.
- Pair-programming with AI on real tickets
- Review and test AI-written code
- Team conventions and safe adoption
AI strategy & consulting
Find where AI pays back in your business. We map processes, size the opportunities, pick the first use cases and build a roadmap your team can run.
- Use-case discovery workshop
- ROI-ranked opportunity map
- 90-day pilot plan and governance
AI in middle & back office
Automate the repetitive work in finance, operations and trade admin: documents, reconciliations, data entry, reporting and email triage.
- Document and email automation
- Reconciliation and reporting workflows
- Measured time saved per process
International SCM and customs
How goods move across borders: Incoterms, freight, documentation, customs and duty. The customs part is taught by filing declarations in tradePhlo Declarations, the software our customers use for UK CDS import and export, NCTS transit and Dutch DMS, with tariff classification in tradePhlo Intelligence.
- Incoterms, freight and trade documentation
- Import, export and transit declarations, step by step
- Tariff classification, origin and duty calculation, on the software our customers use
Commodity trading
The physical commodity trade from contract to cash: deal capture, logistics, pricing, hedging, trade finance and the KPIs that tell you whether a trading business is healthy. Taught with opsPhlo, our trading and accounting system, and drawn from Saurabh Goyal's book 50 KPIs for Commodity Businesses.
- Trade lifecycle and contract terms
- Exposure, hedging and risk basics
- The KPIs that matter for a trading business
AI literacy for everyone
A practical half-day or full-day course for non-technical staff: what AI can and can't do, using assistants safely, data protection and prompt skills.
- Everyday prompting skills
- Safe-use and data-protection rules
- Team playbook to keep
How we run it
For a team
Half a day to a few days, built around your own processes, data and code. At your office in the UK or the Netherlands, or online.
Done with you
For AI work, we can go past training: find the use cases with you, then build the first ones alongside your people so the skills stay in-house.
For individuals
Small online cohorts for professionals and graduates who want practical skills in AI, international trade or commodity trading for their careers.
Tell us what you need
We'll reply within two working days with a suggested format and price.