ADM is one of the world’s leading agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with roots that reach across farms, processing facilities, and supply chains around the world. The company helps turn essential crops into the building blocks of food, feed, and renewable products.
With an extensive footprint across complex, multiregional supply chains, ADM has made building transparent and responsible sourcing a top priority. However, as regulatory and customer requirements change, providing traceability-to-origin at scale has only become both more important and yet, more challenging.
ADM has partnered with TRACT to solve this critical gap and bring structure, visibility, and consistency to its sustainability and risk management processes.
The Challenge of Fragmented Data and Limited Visibility
A common challenge across global supply chains is achieving consistent visibility into origin and risk when data is spread across multiple geographies, suppliers, and systems.
“As transparency expectations increased, we recognized an opportunity to strengthen visibility across our supply chains by bringing origin and risk data together in a more consistent and scalable way” said Claudia Mendez, EUDR Execution Coordinator at ADM.
Without a single, structured system, it was difficult to get a clear view to assess risk in the same way across the business.
This fragmentation also made it difficult to prepare for regulatory requirements like
EUDR and respond to growing customer pressure for transparency and due diligence.
“We were looking for a solution that could help us streamline origin data, enhance risk assessment and support our readiness for evolving regulatory requirements.”
A Centralized Approach to Traceability
ADM found their solution with TRACT. The platform is designed specifically for supply chains where complexity and scale are part of daily operations.
According to Mendez, “TRACT is a strong solution for companies that need traceability to origin at scale and want to prepare for evolving regulatory and customer requirements. It’s particularly valuable for complex, multi-regional supply chains.”
TRACT enabled ADM to centralize key components of its supply chain data, including geospatial data, supplier information, and risk analysis, into a single platform. This one-stop-shop enabled a more structured and consistent way to manage these insights across regions.
Information that was previously scattered is brought together in one place, creating an aggregated view across suppliers and regions. This made it possible to manage origin data, supplier information, and risk insights more consistently, without relying on multiple disconnected systems.
“TRACT brings together the different data points we need into one place, giving us a clearer and more complete view of our supply chain,” says Mendez.
With teams working in one system, we are now able to apply consistent methodologies for assessing risk, managing supplier data, and reporting on supply chain performance.
“It allowed us to move beyond timely processes and fragmented systems into a more structured and scalable solution,” says Mendez
From Manual Processes to Data Driven Insight
Since adopting TRACT, ADM has already seen meaningful improvements in how it manages supply chain operations.
Data is now more organized and accessible, giving teams clearer visibility across regions. This improved structure makes it easier to respond to customer due diligence requests with consistency and speed.
The company has also made meaningful progress toward EUDR readiness, building the foundation needed to meet regulatory requirements with greater confidence.
ADM is transitioning from reactive, manual processes to a more proactive, data-driven approach to supply chain management.
Mendez notes, “we’ve already seen improvements in data organization, visibility, and our ability to assess traceability coverage.”
What’s Next: Expanding Sustainability Efforts
As implementation continues, ADM is focused on using TRACT to deepen supplier engagement and bring sustainability data closer to daily decision-making.
“TRACT supports our sustainability goals by enabling traceability to origin, deforestation risk assessment, and more transparent supply chain monitoring. This allows us to better identify risks, engage suppliers, and meet both regulatory and customer sustainability expectations,” adds Mendez.
For ADM, using TRACT at scale brings greater consistency, transparency, and scalability across its operations.
These efforts reflect a broader commitment to building more transparent, responsible and resilient supply chains.
“We’re proud of the progress we’re making in building transparent and responsible supply chains, and our commitment to continuously improving how we manage sustainability and traceability across all regions we operate in,” says Mendez.