Case Study: GMK Holdings achieves real-time risk control and 45x better reporting with SAP HANA

Building the First Risk Control System powered by SAP HANA in the Commodity Trading Sector

GMK Holdings, a Shandong, China–based producer of copper and processed chicken with about 13,000 employees, needed real-time visibility to reduce trading and operational risk, standardize processes across subsidiaries, and ensure product quality and compliance. The company faced complex commodity and financial derivative trading exposure and fragmented data that limited timely decision making.

GMK implemented a risk-control system and unified ERP on the SAP HANA platform to centralize trading, procurement, and customer data and compute risk KPIs in real time. The solution delivers in-time suggestions to traders and managers, standardized financial and managerial reporting, and measurable benefits — including 45× better risk-control reports, 36× more efficient data comparison, a 30% cut in manual effort, and 3–4 minute system takeover with zero data loss.

GMK Holdings

Dan Luo

IT Director