A Leading Lamb Processing Plant – AgriERP

Centralized System Enables Full Traceability & “Superior” Decision-Making

Problem

Conventional ways of keeping records across the business cycle were cumbersome and unconsolidated, hampering day to day activities.

Need

They needed a complete solution that automates, streamlines, and provides an up-to-date and integrated view of the business processes starting from breeding to distribution management.

Solution

AgriERP improved business processes from master planning to dispatch & shipments. The solution eliminated paper based siloed data and provided a consolidated view of performance at all levels.

About

The Company

North America’s largest lamb processor and marketer with more than 1000 ranches run by families, the processing plant is all about sustainability and transforming the animal care landscape. With a revenue of more than $280 million per annum, the great minds behind this leading lamb processing plant are dedicated to responsible and careful domestic resource management and want to take the meat processing and packing industry to the next level.

Understanding the Challenge

Data Silos & Manual Processes Slowing Down Performance

As the company grew, manual processes simply slowed the business down and prevented it from achieving new heights. Siloed data became a hindrance to operational efficiency and organizational growth. This is when the client understood that conventional methods that included paper-based records were cumbersome and becoming obsolete.

As the business was growing, business operations became more and more complex. It was a challenge to track and manage resources and the activities on the farms.
Since all the functions were working in silos, it was getting increasingly difficult to get a consolidated view of the overall performance of the company. From animal welfare to packing and selling of the product, synchronization was an issue. This made decision-making slow and difficult.
Lack of availability of data at right time was hampering growth.
Manual processes and paper-based tasks slowed down the pace of work, causing delays and frustration.

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Why is Digital Transformation
Important?

Successful meat producers and processors in the 21st century need to be extremely productive, efficient, and resilient if they are to stand the test of digital, the data driven, revolution in the sector. It plays a pivotal role in driving optimum outcomes by controlling and managing data across the value chain.

Building The Solution

Integrating Business Functions & Streamlining Processes

The AgriERP solution, powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain, helped manage and integrate business functions and streamlined all major business processes from slaughtering to packing and distribution. The solution also included a suite of web and mobile applications, such as an HR/Payroll solution and Power BI analytics.

Our Approach

The Strategy
Folio3 strategy to cater to customer needs revolve around four major steps:
1- Understanding The User Journey
2- Building Wireframes & Designs
3- Development
4- Deployment, Testing & Training
The Technology
The ERP platform used for the solution was Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain. Other proprietary Folio3 applications offered as part of the solution were the AgriERP web app, AgriERP mobile app, warehouse management app as well as production app.

The Solution

Master Planning

Coverage Planning: We facilitate the planning and scheduling of all the resources, materials as well as capacities, ensuring that the management got a consolidated view of everything from a single point of access.

Cutting Planning: This includes ethical slaughter planning, data entry, synchronizing industry best practices and using them in meat cutting planning and optimization.

Production Planning: Optimizes meat cut and recipe based on sales demand and forecasts results.

Meat Production

Production Management: Our solution ensures that production orders accessed through the “Production app” & helps to start production with specific routes.

Package Labeling with Identification Number: The production app prints customer-specific labels including serial numbers and batch numbers to facilitate packing.

Inventory Movement: Inventory created automatically and then moved to relevant warehouses to the teams, thereby minimizing human errors as well as delayed tasks.

The Resulting Transformation

Centralized System Enables Full Traceability & “Superior” Decision-Making

A fully customer-centric solution, AgriERP eliminated the manual paper-based system and helped bring business functions in one place to provide a consolidated view of performance as well as progress. The solution has put an end to data silos, integrated functions, and streamlined the entire business process, enabling the client to be far more proactive.

Access to real time data

The managers now have real-time access to the data they need at all times and from wherever they may be. AgriERP is accessible from most mobile and hand-held devices.

Tracks tasks & performance

It became easier to track sales, field attendance, inventory, production orders, and even warehouse logistics.

Transparency and Visibility

It ensured greater transparency and more control with the help of a consolidated view of the entire business from one place, including all the business functions and processes. This means there was total visibility in the activities occurring in the field as well as in the administrative units.

Data record accuracy and increased efficiency

There was a substantial increase in the accuracy of data recorded as well as the efficiency of the employees.