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UNUS PRO OMNIBUS, OMNES PRO UNO Some merchants and coffee roasters also have blending processes as part of their trading process as well. There are a variety of distribution models needing a lot of flexibility in terms of logistics that may include comprise splitting and/or combinin containers, truckloads or even pallets. A lot of this functionality will not be found in a generic, multi-commodity CTRM out of the box. Agiboo has seen considerable success in recent years by offering commodity-specific and pre-configured versions of its Agiblocks solution to customers and it has gained a reputation for delivering these commodity-specific solutions as opposed to a more generic approach. As CEO Jan van den Brom says “The approach of providing pre-configured versions of Agiblocks for commodities like Cocoa or say Coffee is really paying off. It allows A ComTechAdvisory Whitepaper smaller businesses to implement faster and more cheaply by reducing implementation complexity.” As trade margins have decrease and oversight increased, keeping costs down and minimizing errors has naturally become the focus of many commodity- related firms. With change being the only constant in the industry, having an agile and adaptable, easy to implement out of the box CTRM with low total cost of ownership is now mandatory. By taking the commodity- specific approach, Agiboo has managed to meet these needs of the user community – particularly smaller more focused businesses – without also being able to offer an ecosystem of focused solutions and functionality to larger entities. © Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, 2020, All Rights Reserved.