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Nilus uses SAP Business One to boost its initiatives against hunger
Argentinian company Nilus streamlines processes with SAP Business One .
San Juan ( Puerto Rico ), in which more than 30 collaborators work , is dedicated to the distribution of food of high nutritional quality among social institutions and families that inhabit vulnerable neighborhoods .
More efficiency , more healthy food dishes
One of their main challenges was to make their operations more efficient , since they appealed to a high percentage of manual processes that generated risks of errors and delays .
Nilus , a triple impact company that develops technology to combat food insecurity , has chosen SAP Business One to streamline its processes and accompany its growth in the region .
As such , it underpins its plan to reach more and more people and continue working for the second Sustainable Development Goal ( SDG ): zero hunger . The implementation , deployed remotely , was carried out by Seidor , a SAP business partner .
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ), between a quarter and a third of food intended for human consumption is lost or wasted each year . Only in Argentina does that figure rise to 16 million tons ( 362 kg . per capita ), equivalent to 12.5 % of the total produced in the country . In Latin America this percentage reaches 15 %.
WE RELY ON TECHNOLOGY TO GENERATE SOCIAL IMPACT , GUARANTEEING THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTHY FOOD AT A LOWER PRICE IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES .
The start-up founded in Argentina , with a presence in Buenos Aires , Mexico City and
Thanks to SAP Business One , they have unified information in one place , pre-established processes and industry best practices . This solution allowed Nilus to streamline its volume of activity between 50 % and 65 % with the same equipment , which translates into more plates of healthy food delivered to more low-income people in different communities .
Ady Beitler , Co-Founder and CEO of Nilus , said : “ In a context where only a tiny part of the food that is wasted is delivered to people in vulnerable situations , we rely on technology to generate social impact , guaranteeing the distribution of healthy food at a lower price in vulnerable communities .”
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Nilus was the winner of Social Innomarathon 2019 , a regional competition of SAP and Socialab that seeks to promote entrepreneurship with social or environmental impact in Latin America through sustainable business models that use technologies , digital tools and data management . p
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