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FOR YEARS, BCML MADE THE MOST OF A MIX
            OF ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
            AND MANUAL ENGAGEMENT CUSTOMISED
            AROUND THE NEEDS OF THE SUGAR SECTOR

            A reinvented BCML is making deeper   The Company piloted projects
            technology investments to accelerate   on plant and spares maintenance
            efficiency.                   with the objective to enhance
                                          plant uptime and moderate spares
            The Company made a decisive
            investment in SAP S/4 HANA with   inventory.
            the objective to create a technology   The Company covered cane
            backbone that would not just   development with relevant
            translate into stronger controls and   technology interventions that
            enhanced seamless information   comprised geo-tagging, satellite
            access; it would enrich the   mapping and accurate farm output
            organisational culture.       estimation.
            The Company migrated from ‘On   The result is a BCML culture that
            Premise SAP ERP’ to ‘SAP S/4 HANA’   trusts factfulness and makes data the
            hosted at Secured and Managed   basis of its decision-making.
            HANA Enterprise Private Cloud
            environment.





              Technology-driven efficiency





                                  Increased       Integrated
                Standardised      cross-unit
                 operating       information      information
                  protocol                        dashboard
                                    flow
                          Informed
                         forecasting;     Real-time
                                          operations
                      accurate decision-  monitoring
                           making

























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