Find out how to use smarter data systems across the supply chain, and how your business can get closer to 360° connectivity.
Sector: Agriculture
100% connectivity within agriculture supply chains
Boost supply chain efficiency and automate previously manual processes. Discover how your business can achieve 100% connectivity.
Agricultural retail in 2018: your views and insights
Boost supply chain efficiency and automate previously manual processes. Discover how your business can achieve 100% connectivity.
Frontier drives operational efficiencies and loyalty with supply chain automation
Discover how supply chain automation enabled Frontier to boost operational efficiencies.
Impact Fertilisers works with Proagrica to boost competitive advantage
See how Impact Fertilisers achieves high internal operating inefficiencies and addressing customers’ needs, 24/7.
Analytics and insight
Farm and agronomy solutions
Workflow tools
Gain greater efficiency and visibility across trading relationships and business processes.
Supply chain automation
Systems integration
How insight drives profitability
Acquiring data is important but using that data to drive business outcomes is what generates measurable value. Data insight can be used to drive greater profitability using smart …
Rethinking Procurement
Procurement relies on both parties – a retailer or distributor and their suppliers – operating along a set of mutually understood terms and criteria. Without the insight offered by data …
What is Agriculture 4.0?
Agriculture 4.0 is a term for the next big trends facing the industry, including a greater focus on precision agriculture, the internet of things (IoT) and the use of big data …
Connected Food: “Connected, collaborative, insightful”
As part of the Barbican’s major summer exhibition AI: More than Human, the Connected Food panel …
What is precision agriculture?
What is “precision agriculture” and why is it important? Precision agriculture is a collective term for advancements in technology that enhance farm production by utilizing …
5 Ways Data Science is Transforming Agriculture
Data science in agriculture is changing the landscape. We’re currently in an unprecedented and rapid rise in the adoption of …
Use your existing farm software tools for CRM data and analytics
CRMs are, for businesses in most industries, key to establishing and maintaining strong visibility …
The next step in…precision agriculture
Precision agriculture is on the rise, with market value expected to grow from approximately 5.09 billion U.S. dollars in 2018 to 9.53 billion U.S …
Lindsay Suddon on: The Supply Network
The following is an excerpt from Lindsay Suddon, Chief Strategy Officer at Proagrica, on the potential for data connectivity and insight to drive more value across the …
The next step in… connectivity driving productivity
Whilst the drive of population growth and shifting demographics are unequivocal, agribusinesses ultimately need to find solutions …
360° visibility in practice
360° connectivity can bring complete transformation to businesses across the agriculture supply chain. For example, take a retailer customer, specifically a grower: the grower’s agronomist has stated there’s a …
Invoicing – what a 360° view means for your business
The standard procedure for agri-businesses processing their transactions is to re-key orders submitted via email into an enterprise resource planning …
The empty shelf problem – always have the right stock at the right time
For a retailer, empty shelves are bad news – retailers and manufacturers lose the equivalent of 4% and 2.3% of annual sales …
Let’s focus less on putting out fires, more on delivering great service
Customer service, as it currently exists in agri-business, is broken. How can agri-businesses make …
Tackling the rebate headache in animal health
For manufacturers in the animal health sector, effective rebate management is key to ensuring consistent sales performance and customer loyalty.
DuPont creates a new standard for sales tracking and loyalty management
DuPont approached Proagrica for a new mobile application to allow them to track sales from their indirect customers in Asia.
System integration opens the door for growth for Kaap Agri
See how Kaap Agri boosts growth using Proagrica’s integration solutions.
The value of the network is greater than the sum of the parts
“As we move along a path of digital transformation it is becoming more and more important to integrate and …
Uncertainty in preparing for the future
In 2018, Proagrica surveyed the US ag retailer community, reaching out to over 5,000 businesses in the sector, to better understand key issues affecting profitability, growth, and the extent to which data and …
IoT (Internet of Things) – The new normal in agribusiness
Data is already creating a gigantic shift in how agribusiness is conducted, and this trend will continue in 2019. Farmers will use their data to apply the right products, at the right rates …
Unlocking the full potential of precision agriculture
Is your business ready? Goldman Sachs, in their report on the rise of precision agriculture, project that this technology will occupy 4.5% of the global market by 2020 – roughly double its proportion just five years ago.
Greater insight through data collection
Most agribusinesses are already data rich, whether data is collected passively or with a more dedicated goal in mind. However, without a clear vision guided by valuable insights provided by that data, agribusinesses are failing to …
Agribusiness in 2019 – connectivity will create a step change in productivity
In this series, we examine the key trends facing businesses in the agriculture supply chain in 2019. Is your business ready? In general, adoption of digital infrastructure has grown exponentially …
Top data trends for Agribusiness in 2019
As another year passes, business leaders are wise to examine their current operations and consider their position in the marketplace. 2019 will undoubtedly see further emergence of new data technologies.
Connecting smallholder farms and their suppliers in Africa
Smallholder farms represent up to 80% of the food supply in Africa, yet many of those farms lack robust links to their local markets, let alone international suppliers. Within this space, ag retailers …
Connectivity – meeting the rising food production demand in African agribusiness
According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates, the projected global population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050. To meet that demand …
Connectivity – the new normal for agribusiness in South Africa
In South Africa, 7.5m messages and R22bn in trade are transmitted every year via the portal and EDI solutions used by ag supply chain businesses within the Proagrica Network.
Inventory management systems: a guide for businesses in the supply chain
We previously examined how Elders, one of Australia’s leading agribusiness brands, implemented digital connectivity to transform their inventory management …
Solutions for all seasons
The amount of data created by growers is continually increasing, from what was planted, sprayed, fertilized and harvested and can inform the decision of what to repeat or avoid the following year. Until recently these records were usually …
How can your business ensure proper inventory management?
Our integrated solutions combine data, analytics and workflow tools to drive growth and profit for your business. Inventory management is a vital factor in any ag retailer’s success and …
Using the right tools to deliver better service
Our integrated solutions combine data, analytics and workflow tools to drive growth and profit for your business. More than 75% of ag retailers are actively seeking improvements to their current systems, both for themselves …
How can I boost my margins by optimizing rebates?
Enhanced Trading: How can I boost my margins by optimizing rebates? Low profit margins combined with the difficulties of rebate management are putting pressure on ag retailers.
What is Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Electronic Data Interchange – or EDI for short – is the ability to exchange documents and transactions from computer-to-computer between businesses in a standard electronic format. Agriculture supply chain …
What is Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Optical Character Recognition, or OCR, is technology that enables a business to process incoming documents, such as customer order PDFs, or scanned invoices, into data that can be automatically received into the organisations …
What are eCommerce portals?
Portals are online platforms that allow businesses to conduct interactions and transactions with customers and suppliers instantly, facilitating a more intuitive and connected operation. An integrated portal solution allows …
Data security – is transferring data safe?
Data security is a hot topic in digital agriculture. Two concerns dominate the narrative: Is my data secure? Why should my organization share my data? The former is certainly an issue for many, especially in the light of …
Interoperability – why it’s essential for the future of digital agriculture
Interoperability is the ability to share and utilize data between devices and systems without interference or confusion. The need for data to move between applications and the need for …
Large vs small business in ag retail
In 2018, Proagrica surveyed the US ag retailer community, reaching out to over 5,000 businesses in the sector, to better understand key issues affecting profitability, growth, and the extent to which data and analytics …