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ERP Software for Ethanol & Distillery Industry

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    Transform Your Ethanol Business with a Smart, Compliant & Yield-Focused ERP

    Ethanol and distillery operations run on tight margins, strict regulations, and complex production cycles. When data lives in spreadsheets and departments work in silos, plants lose yield, miss compliance deadlines, and struggle to control costs.SAP Business One, implemented by Ingold Solutions, unifies your procurement, production, inventory, finance, and dispatch on one platform—giving you real-time control over every litre produced. The system is built to support process manufacturing industries like ethanol with batch processing, production planning, quality oversight, compliance, and distribution.

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    Industry Pain Points — and How SAP Business One Solves Them

    Your reality: Feedstock quality varies, fermentation performance shifts, and limited tracking makes it hard to pinpoint losses.· Track batches at every stage: feedstock → fermentation → distillation → storage → dispatch Capture actual vs. standard yield, loss %, and by-product output in real time Analyze deviations quickly to improve recovery and consistency

    Complex raw material & by-product management

    Your reality: Molasses/grain/maize procurement, variable moisture/quality, and multiple by-products (DDGS, COâ‚‚, ENA, spent wash) complicate inventory and valuation. SAP Business One helps you:

    • Centralize procurement, vendor quality, contracts, and pricing
    • Maintain multi-warehouse stock with lot/batch traceability
    • Manage by-products as co-products with clear valuation and sales integration

    Regulatory pressure & excise compliance

    Your reality: Daily production registers, storage movement logs, dispatch permits, and excise reporting must be perfect. Manual errors = penalties, delays, or audits.

    SAP Business One helps you:

    • Keep a digital audit trail for every batch and movement
    • Automate documentation and compliance reports for inspections
    • Ensure traceability from raw material receipts to finished goods dispatch

    Production planning vs. real shop-floor activity

    Your reality: Plans change daily with molasses supply, tank availability, utility shut-downs, and demand fluctuations.

    SAP Business One helps you:

    • Plan and schedule production with capacity and material constraints
    • Convert plans into work orders and track WIP in real time
    • Replan quickly based on actual fermentation/distillation status

    Quality control gaps

    Your reality: If lab data isn’t linked to batches, off-spec ethanol, ENA, or co-products cause rework and customer issues.

    SAP Business One helps you:

    • Attach QC results to batch records automatically
    • Define quality checkpoints at RM, in-process, and FG stages
    • Block/approve lots based on test outcomes

    Inaccurate cost tracking & profitability blind spots

    Your reality: True cost per litre changes with feedstock price, energy use, plant runtime, and wastage—yet many plants estimate costs after the fact.

    SAP Business One helps you:

    • Track actual production cost per batch (material + utilities + overheads)
    • Compare standard vs. actual costing to spot inefficiencies
    • Get profitability by product (ethanol, ENA, DDGS, COâ‚‚, etc.)
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    Key Features of SAP Business One for Ethanol & Distillery

    Batch & Yield Management

    Full batch genealogy with real-time yield and loss analysis.

    Production Planning & Shop-Floor Execution

    Plan, schedule, and monitor fermentation/distillation cycles with live WIP.

    Quality & Lab Integration

    QC checkpoints, lot approvals, and compliance records tied to batches.

    Inventory, Tank & Warehouse Control

    Track bulk storage, multi-warehouse stock, and batch movements precisely.

    Procurement & Vendor Management

    Digitize sourcing, rate contracts, GRNs, and supplier performance.

    Compliance-Ready Reporting

    Excise/audit logs, dispatch registers, and regulatory documentation on demand.

    Real-Time Dashboards & Analytics

    Live KPIs for yield, losses, utilities, inventory ageing, and profitability.

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    Why Ethanol Companies Choose Ingold Solutions

    Ingold Solutions is an SAP-certified partner specialized in process and manufacturing industries. We don’t just implement ERP—we tailor SAP Business One around distillery realities like yield tracking, batch operations, compliance needs, and co-product profitability.

    Why work with us?

    Industry-first blueprint: Pre-configured processes for ethanol & distillery operations to speed up go-live.

    No cookie-cutter ERP: We adapt workflows to your feedstock type, plant layout, and compliance format.

    End-to-end support: Consulting, implementation, training, customization, and post-go-live optimization.

    Cloud or on-premise: Deployment matched to your IT and data policies.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Is SAP Business One suitable for ethanol and distillery manufacturers?

    Yes. SAP Business One is built for small and mid-sized process manufacturers and supports end-to-end distillery operations: procurement, batch production, inventory, quality, finance, and sales in one system. It’s widely positioned for ethanol/process industries needing real-time control and scale.

    Yes. SAP Business One supports batch manufacturing and batch genealogy, allowing you to track each lot through every stage and compare actual vs. standard yield. Batch management is native in SAP and designed for traceability and process control.

    Ethanol plants require strict documentation, audit trails, and movement registers. SAP Business One maintains transaction-level traceability and reporting needed to support compliance and inspections.

    Yes. SAP Business One supports multi-BOM/process setups and flexible production planning for varying input materials and recipes typical in ethanol manufacturing.

    It can. SAP Business One lets you treat by-products as co-products with inventory, costing, and sales linkage, giving visibility into total plant profitability.

    SAP Business One includes MRP and production planning that connects demand, capacity, and material availability. It also supports batch/lot inventory and multi-warehouse tracking.

    Yes. SAP Business One is designed for integration with external applications, and MES-style shop-floor connections are common in process industries.

    Yes. SAP Business One supports standard and actual costing for batch/process manufacturing, letting you capture material, utilities, and overheads per batch.

    Timeline depends on plant size, locations, and integrations. SAP Business One implementations in process industries are typically phased to avoid downtime.

    SAP Business One requires continuous optimization as regulations, feedstock mix, or capacity changes. Partners provide post-go-live support and enhancements.