The Commodity Management Challenge

GrainSMART introduces a 'mirror image' concept: for each transaction relating to a Purchase contract there is a corresponding function for a Sales contract. This has led to a clean, easy to learn design in which purchase and sales contracts are created in the same window. Inbound and outbound tickets are applied to purchase and sales contracts using similar windows and function, direct ship tickets to both purchase and sales contracts and settlements can be either payments or invoices. Risk Position is updated real-time from all transaction types, which affect risk. Accruals are created from both purchase and sales transactions.

Benefits

• Easy to use but addresses complex issues
• Table driven which means the software adapts to your business. Not the other way around
• Introduces the best management practices from leading agribusinesses
• Risk reduction from real-time position and hedging transactions
• Very efficient data input/output providing productivity gains
• Low total cost of ownership
• A complete solution with no gaping holes which eliminates spreadsheet 'islands of data'
• High payback on Return on Investment with little downside risk