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How Farm Management Software enables Smart Supply Chain Visibility and Transparency during Covid Crisis?

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How Farm Management Software enables Smart Supply Chain Visibility and Transparency during Covid Crisis?

 




The shift from the traditional agricultural methods to modern farming practices in the agriculture industry is driving the demand for Climate-Smart Farm Management Software to enable Digital Agriculture Supply Chain Management Visibility and Transparency during the Covid-19 Crisis.

 

Agro Supply Chain Management Solutions are primarily concerned with the flow of products and information between the farmer groups,  supply chain member organizations, procurement of materials, transformation of materials into finished products, and distribution of those products to end customers. 

 

Components of Agriculture Supply Chain Management?

 

In the Agri-business, supply chain management (SCM) implies managing the relationships between the businesses responsible for the efficient production and supply of products from the farm producing organisation level to the consumers to meet consumers' requirements and stay reliable in terms of quantity, quality and price.

 

Extensive pre-planning and coordination are required up and down the entire value chain to affect key control processes such as forecasting, purchase scheduling, production and processing programming, sales promotion, and new market and product launches etc. 



Intelligent Supply Chain Visibility & Transparency: 



Today’s Digital information-driven, integrated supply chains are enabling AgriTech organizations to reduce inventory costs, product value, extend resources, accelerate time to market, and retain customers. 

 

The real measure of supply chain success is how well activities coordinate across the supply chain to create value for consumers while increasing the profitability of every link in the supply chain. In other words, supply chain management is the integrated process of producing value for the end-user or ultimate consumer. 

 

 

  • Reduced Inventory Cost & Response Time:

 

Early processing-based supply chain management success included improved relationships between warehousing and transportation within companies as a result of reduced inventory and better response time to customer requests for products and services Transparency. 

 

 

  • Logistics Stage:

 

Supply chain management then entered a logistics stage where other functional areas within companies joined forces to incorporate Food Production, procurement, processing, transportation, distribution, and marketing to effectively compete in the marketplace. 

 

 

  • Digital Data Interface:

 

This stage was aided by the use of telecommunications, electronic data interface, and other technological advances that made the transfer of information more transparent across the functional areas between the farmer and FPO’s..

 

Agriculture Supply Chain Management Transparency and Visibility includes;

  • Processing
  • Storage
  • Transport Planning
  • Wholesaling/ Retailing
  • Market Access



How the Pandemic has impacted Agriculture Supply Chains?

 

The global FMS is estimated to grow tremendously during the COVID -19 lockdown crisis. During this period Food processors, crop aggregators, input suppliers, and other agribusinesses are essential to ensuring that farmers have access to markets, seeds and seedlings, fertilizer, tools, services, and capital.

 

The growth of the Farm Management Software as a tool is driven by the important factors called - Market challenges.

 

Market Challenges:

 

The most common market challenges during the pandemic crisis were low market price and difficulty finding a buyer this was often linked to disruptions in transportation, food safety, the closure of certain markets, and the slowdown of operations at packhouses and other agribusinesses amid social distancing.

 

How Smart Farming Tools and IOT are transforming the Agriculture SCM?



Government Departments and Agro Development Agencies support farmers and FPO's to encourage the adoption of Modern Digital Agricultural technologies such as the Software Application - “Farm Management Software -FMS”, operated through the Internet of things to do an agricultural survey, monitor and evaluate the crop health, focus on livestock productivity, and increase the farm efficiency overall market connectivity across the value chain.

 

Overcoming these challenges requires finding innovative ways to support the market linkage. We’ve seen great success in harnessing digital tools to facilitate transactions to link producers and purchasers of agricultural products.



Coordinated Agricultural Supply Chains:



Coordinated supply chains involve structured relationships among producers, traders, processors, and buyers whereby detailed specifications are provided as to what and how much to produce, the time of delivery, quality and safety conditions, and price. These relationships often involve exchanges of information and sometimes assistance with technology and finance. Coordinated supply chains fit well with the logistical requirements of modern food markets, especially those for fresh and processed perishable foods. These chains can be used for process control of safety and quality and are more effective and efficient than control only at the end of the supply chain. 

 

How does Farm Management Software help to Overcome Supply Chain Constraints?

Farmsio has developed a new business model, that can help overcome supply constraints. We’ve worked with farmer producer organizations in Asia and Africa that have traditional aggregated crops from smallholder farmers. Amid rising costs to transport their farm produce during the pandemic, we helped these farmer-run businesses aggregate demand for agricultural outputs.



With Farmsio’s Farm Management Software, the growers are required to follow certain specifications and are often provided with inputs and Agro technical advice about agronomic and post-harvest practices. 



Effective Market Linkage  - Solution:



Registered Farmer intimate about their farm produce that is ready for the harvest through the Climate-smart farming mobile app. Web Admin will intimate to the field officer about the appropriate harvest date. Once the harvest has been made, the bags are labelled with a unique identification number for better Food traceability to ensure food safety

 

Since there are hundreds and thousands of small farm holders under every farmer group managed by a single or multiple FPO entities. There prevails a rush in supplying farm produce at the collection point. 

 

Farmsio has come up with a custom made solution to avoid wastage of food and reduce the unpredicted waiting time at the collection centres. That is "allocate and schedule a dedicated date and time" based on the crop harvest date for the individual farm holder to deliver their products at the collection centre. 

 

Allocating a scheduled time for the individual farmer will help to scale down the rush hour during the pandemic.   





Conclusion:

 

Agro Business is a Dynamic Market, buying habits, markets and trends change overnight. Market Dynamics of the trade calls for far-reaching infrastructure and expertise for our products to move from origination to destination. We at Farmsio have an in-depth understanding of the market and our skilled personnel and systems are able to monitor the movement to meet the demands of our customers.

 

Our Experts at Agriculture Supply Chain Management Solutions using Farm Management Software has been developed over the time tested period bringing about efficiency in movement and cost optimization across all Agro products.





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