For years I’ve been implementing SAP where agribusiness actually happens — grain elevators, weighbridges, trading desks, settlement offices — as one of a global pool of SAP ACM specialists.
The pattern I see on every project is the same: nobody loses margin because they can’t trade. They lose it BETWEEN systems — the contract in one place, weighbridge tickets in another, hedges in a third, and finance reconciling all of it at month-end. By the time the position is “ready”, the market has moved on.
And this is not only a grain story. The same mechanics run wherever price is fixed in pieces and quality decides value: oilseed crushing, sugar & ethanol, feed & protein, coffee & cocoa, malting & brewing, biofuels, food processing.
On November 17 I’m on air together with Mitch Law (Chief Product Manager, SAP) and my colleague Nitesh Pandey to show how it works as ONE record in SAP ACM/CM: physical contracts, logistics and quality on one side — and the full CTRM financial dimension on the other: derivatives and hedging, mark-to-market, position reporting, straight through to settlement and finance.
And we won’t just talk about it — we’ll run a real grain deal live in the system, start to finish. No screenshots.
If volatile markets expose your operations more than you’d like, this hour is for you. 📅 17 Nov, 15:30 CET — registration link in the post below.