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Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas

• Business processes simplification supported by SAP S/4HANA®, reducing complexity and enabling compliance, data traceability, visibility, and reporting • Adoption of best practices for production planning and execution, quality management, and plant maintenance, setting the path for a future Industry 4.0 vision • Scalable and future-ready technology foundation built on an intelligent infrastructure for ERP • Ability to increase analytic power and user transaction speed with the SAP Fiori® user experience for a wide range of business processes

75% Efficiency in the finance reporting process 15% Reduction in asset maintenance expenses

40% Improvement in seeds stock level and visibility across the supply chain

Agribusiness | Argentina SAP S/4HANA and SAP Fiori UX

Providing Transparency to Cooperatives and Producers Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas, known as ACA, is dedicated to adding value in the agro-industrial value chain with four key businesses offerings: grain origination and logistics, agro-inputs, foreign trade, and value-added services. Made up of more than 140 agricultural cooperatives and 50,000 producers, ACA is Argentina’s most important grain operator, with a 17.8% share of the total grain produced in the country – equivalent to 23.4 million tons. The company operates four ports, nine barges, one tugboat, and facilities for bioetanol, pig farms, a flour mill, recovery plants, and cold storage plants.

Challenges

• Complex system landscape & integration. No Single source of truth • Limited resilience for business processes • Low employee productivity & customer experience/ satisfaction

“Adopting SAP S/4HANA allowed us to operate in a more agile and efficient way to cover the needs of our cooperatives and producers.”

Outcomes

• Improved finance operations • Optimized operations, inventory and supply chain management • Improved TCO (Total cost of ownership)

IT Manager, Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas -Pedro Latini

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