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BeanFlux
Operational platform · Coffee and cacao · Colombia

The operational platform
for trading companies
in coffee and cacao.

Your trading company moves tons of coffee. Your working tool is still Excel. BeanFlux is the first platform built specifically for this business — not adapted.

Built for coffee and cacaoColombia firstNot adapted. Designed.
GRN-2026-0387 · New intakeIn progress
Supplier
Finca San José · Huila
Type
Wet parchment coffee
Gross weight
3,200 kg / 68 bags
Initial moisture
13.8%
Moisture readings3 samples
Sample 113.6%
Sample 213.8%
Sample 314.1%
Average13.8% ✓
Weighing · QC → pending

The complete flow

Intake → QC → Inventory → Contracts → Dispatch

A single operation connected end to end. No manual re-entries, no bridge spreadsheets. Every movement updates inventory, cost, and contract position in real time.

01
Intake
Weighbridge, driver, plate, initial moisture
02
Quality Control
Yield factor, physical analysis, quality band
03
Inventory
By lot and warehouse — wet, dry, or green
04
Contracts
Fixed price, FNC differential, forward
05
Dispatch
Multi-lot, weight difference, close-out
Exclusive differentiator

Wet → Dry → Green.
The cost that never distorts.

When weight drops through drying and hulling — the shrinkage — total cost is preserved without distortion. Cost per kilo rises; the total holds. Watch the kilos fall and the cost stay put.

Shrinkage preserves total cost
BeanFlux carries total cost forward correctly through every transformation — cost per kg rises, the total holds. A distorted cost of the kilo sold after drying is the silent error that destroys margins.
Lots separated or combined by weight
Drying and hulling batches with separate (1:1) or weight-based combined allocation, capturing by-products: chaff and husk.
Real yield by supplier
Expected vs. actual by origin — see exactly which suppliers cost you in drying and hulling shrinkage, period over period.
Wet Parchment Coffee
3,840 kg
LOT-2026-0420 · Scale receipt · 16.8% moisture
Drying DRY-2026-0042Shrinkage 14.2%
Dry Parchment Coffee
3,294 kg
Final moisture 11.8% · 16 days drying · COP 3,498/kg ↑
Hulling TRL-2026-0011Shrinkage 16.5%
Green Coffee
2,751 kg
Factor 87 · COP 4,188/kg ↑ · Ready for the buyer
Total cost preserved
+14.8%
COP 11,520,000
The kilos change three times. The total cost, never. Margin on contract CNT-VTA-0088.
What you already tried

You already looked for a system.
It didn't work.

01

The software had no concept of a yield factor. You had to invent formulas, add helper columns, and in the end the numbers never matched what you were actually paying per net kilo. Because the system was never built to calculate that.

02

Inventory was handled by SKU — as if coffee were a product sitting on a shelf. But you need to see lots, with quality, moisture, warehouse location, and know how much is committed against contracts. That didn't exist.

03

The differential price tied to the FNC base isn't a concept that exists in tools built for other industries. Every contract had to be put together by hand, with no link to the reference price and no automatic differential calculation. A constant drain.

The result was always the same: months of implementation, a system that half worked, and the decision to go back to spreadsheets. Not because you didn't want a system — but because the system didn't understand your business.

Still working in a spreadsheet? See the comparison →

Core modules

The platform that knows your business from the inside.

Every module was designed around how a coffee trading company actually operates — with the exact terminology, calculations and workflows of the business.

01 — Lot traceability

Complete lineage for every lot. Forward and backward.

Every intake generates an immutable lot with its GRN, supplier, quality factor and cost. Trace any green coffee lot back to the wet intake and the origin supplier — and forward, all the way to the export shipment.

Auditable history of moisture readings for quality disputes with buyers
One-click lineage badges: "← Drying batch DRY-2026-0042" on every inventory row
International buyer traceability requirements covered with no extra work
Lineage — LOT-2026-0421Green Coffee
Wet intake
GRN-2026-0385 · Finca El Paraíso · 14-May-2026
Origin
Drying batch
DRY-2026-0042 · Moisture 13.2% → 11.8%
14.2% loss
Milling
TRL-2026-0011 · Factor 87
→ Green
Assigned to export
CNT-VTA-0088 · Exportadora Andina · 28-Jun-2026
Delivered
02 — Quality control

Coffee quality, exactly as it's bought.

Quality entry by yield factor with bands your trading company defines — name, range and price adjustment. Physical analysis with configurable defect limits and alerts when a lot falls out of spec.

Price adjusted by the factor band, on top of a base price anchored to the day or the contract
Valuation anchoring at QC: the operator picks contract price vs. day's market, with an immutable price record
No preloaded values — each trading company configures its own bands and defect categories
See full module →
Quality analysis — LOT-2026-0421Superior · +5%
90
«Superior» band · range 85–90
Target factor per contract: 94.0
Black beans
0.8%
Sour beans
0.4%
Broken beans
1.5%
Final price
19.185,6COP/kg
03 — Advances and financing

The financial layer cooperatives and trading companies actually need.

Cash advances to suppliers with GMF handling and automatic settlement against deliveries. In-kind advances — fertilizers, seeds, inputs — tracked item by item, with COP value computed automatically.

Backing types: consignment, surety, or collateral — with credit limits, promissory notes and asset registry
Multi-method payment splits (cash + transfer) with GMF calculation for each method
Automatic settlement: advances are deducted from purchases on every coffee intake
Active advances3 open
Carlos Mejía · Surety
ANT-2026-0041 · Cash payment
COP 1,200,000
Outstanding balance
Finca El Paraíso · Consignment
ANT-2026-0039 · Transfer
Settled
COP 800,000 · 3 deliveries
Luis Ríos · In-kind
ANT-2026-0038 · Fertilizer 3 bags
COP 180,000
Pending delivery
GMF calculation — Mixed payment
Cash: COP 800,000 × 0.4%COP 3,200
Transfer: COP 400,000Exempt
04 — Contracts and market position

Fixed-price, FNC differential, forward — in a single panel.

Purchase and sale contracts with fixed-price, differential price (FNC base +/–), and forward contracts with price-fixing history and drawdown tracking. Your open position in real time: how much you must deliver, at what price, in how many days.

Inventory matching against contracts — multi-lot assignment with live profitability
Delivery expiry alerts and weight-difference detection at dispatch
Consignment inventory tracked separately from owned inventory
See full module →
Sale contracts — open position2 expire in 30d
CNT-VTA-0088 · Forward
Exportadora Andina · Due 28-Jun
180/200
bags · COP 1,240,000 each
CNT-VTA-0086 · Differential
Regional Roaster · FNC base +COP 4,000
60/150
bags · price to be fixed
CNT-VTA-0083 · Fixed-price
Exportadora Sur · Completed
320/320
bags · closed
To dispatch
110 bags
Total exposure
COP 136M
05 — Inventory management

By lot, by quality, by warehouse. In real time.

Every coffee lot has its own record: origin, quality, moisture, current warehouse and status. Know at any moment how much you have available to sell and how much is already committed against contracts.

Clear distinction between owned coffee and consignment coffee — two logical inventories, one unified view
Per-lot kardex updated in real time with every intake, movement and dispatch
Coffee committed against contracts flagged automatically — never sell what's already assigned
See full module →
Inventory — Main Warehouse3 active lots
LOT-2026-0421 · Dry parchment
180 bags · 4,320 kg net
Available
LOT-2026-0418 · Wet parchment
64 bags · → CNT-VTA-0088
Committed
LOT-2026-C003 · Consignment
95 bags · Exportadora Andina
Custody
Available (owned)
180 bags
In custody
95 bags
06 — Purchase settlement

From the weight on the scale to a signature-ready document.

Register the purchase and the system generates the full settlement: net weight, yield factor, withholdings and deducted advances. No double entry, no manual calculations.

Configurable withholdings by supplier type: retefuente, reteICA, coffee contribution, estampilla
Advances deducted automatically from the payable balance on every settlement
Purchase record generated instantly — ready to print and collect the supplier's signature
See full module →
Settlement — GRN-2026-0385Pending signature
Gross weight4,820 kg
Tare (64 bags × 0.7 kg)−44.8 kg
Yield factor (87)89.3%
Retefuente 1.5%−COP 18,600
Coffee contribution−COP 62,500
Advance ANT-2026-0039−COP 800,000
Net payable
3,621,400COP
07 — Margin reports

Real margin per operation. Before you close the month.

See how much you earned on each contract and each dispatch — calculated on the real cost of the coffee from intake onward. Not a close-of-period estimate: the available margin in real time, per lot.

Accumulated cost per lot: purchase, yield factor, transport, milling, loss and storage
Margin per dispatch: profitability of each delivery, not just the full contract
Compare profitability by lot, quality, supplier or period — without building the analysis manually
See full module →
Margin — CNT-VTA-0088 · Exportadora AndinaClosed
Purchase costCOP 180,500,000
Transformation + expensesCOP 8,200,000
Total lot costCOP 188,700,000
Sale priceCOP 223,200,000
Gross margin
34.5M COP
Profitability
15.5 %

See the system live

A real receipt, end to end. Six real steps.

Supplier, linked order, assigned pallet, inbound delivery note generated. No paper, no spreadsheets.

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Elige el Proveedor
01 / 06
Elige el ProveedorEl sistema muestra los proveedores registrados al instante — sin códigos, sin buscadores externos.

Founding Group · Until October 31

Reach the harvest with your warehouse in order

We're opening the BeanFlux founding group: a first group of coffee trading companies starting with founding terms, agreed in writing from day one.

  • Parallel start — you change nothing. We set up a mirror of your operation while you keep working as usual. Nothing gets switched off, nothing gets replaced in the first month.

  • Your numbers, every day. Position, exposure by supplier, milling results — your operation, seen clearly, every afternoon.

  • Founding terms. Direct line to the team · locked-in rate · no fixed-term contract: stay as long as it works for you.

Let's talk on WhatsApp →

Terms are discussed directly.

Coffee and cacao in a single platform

Coffee and cacao.
One platform that
understands both businesses.

Lots by quality and fermentation level, contracts with ICCO references instead of FNC, traceability of fine flavor cacao. Cacao operations carry the same complexity as coffee — lots, factors, contracts, margins. BeanFlux manages both on the same platform, each with its own workflows and price references.

Why trust BeanFlux

Built from the inside
Built with trading companies in Santander, Huila and Quindio — people who have spent decades buying, selling and exporting coffee.
Hands-on implementation
You are not left on your own. Your team starts with direct support — from the migration to the first settlement.
Your data, always yours
Your complete data, downloadable at any time. No data lock-in and no hidden conditions.
Built for Colombia
FNC, differential, advances, GMF, withholding tax. The concepts of the Colombian market, integrated from day one.

Editions

Three editions. One for each type of operation.

Three editions designed for different types of operation across the coffee and cacao supply chain. Each one includes exactly the modules your operation needs.

Acopio
Buying at origin
For collection centers: purchasing, quality, and inventory by lot.
Intakes and weighing
Quality control
Inventory by lot
Purchase settlements
Schedule a demo
Comercial
The complete operation
For trading companies or milling operations: the complete operational flow, from purchase to dispatch.
Everything in Acopio included
Differential pricing and yield factor on every settlement
Forward contracts and open position
Wet → dry → green processing
Dispatches and multi-lot allocations
Schedule a demo →
Cooperativa
For associations
Includes advances, member financing, and receivables management.
Everything in Comercial included
Advances to members, in cash and in kind
Promissory notes and collateral management
Receivables and credit limits
Schedule a demo
Exporters · Early accessStarting December 2026, every lot bound for the European Union must be backed by farm geolocation and chain of custody. BeanFlux originates that data where it is born — at the moment of purchase. And your buying offers, published once on the platform, reach your entire supplier network — with responses organized in a single place.
Learn about the program →

FAQ

Questions we hear all the time

Straight answers — about the system, implementation, and pricing

Schedule a Demo

BeanFlux was built specifically for coffee and cacao trading companies. It understands the processes unique to this business — quality factor calculations, parchment coffee grading, differential pricing, fixed and differential price contracts. Whether your operation handles coffee, cacao, or both, the system covers the full operational flow.

20 minutes · No sales pitch

Do you run a coffee or cacao trading company?

We show you the system running with a real scenario from your operation. No generic demos. No slide decks. The system exactly as it is.

Live system demo
See BeanFlux running with real data from a trading company similar to yours.
Your questions, answered
Ask about any specific workflow: intakes, milling, contracts, advances.
A clear proposal in 48 hours
Pricing tailored to your operation. No fine print, no surprises at the end.
What happens next
1
We confirm your slot before the next business day.
2
A 20-min demo with your real scenario — nothing generic.
3
A proposal with pricing tailored to your operation in 48h.