WayCool Builds India's Sustainable Food Chain With SAP S/4HANA
WayCool Builds India's Sustainable Food Chain With SAP S/4HANA
Feature by Susan Galer
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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 27, 2024 / There's no better proving ground for the incredible power of digitalized food chains than India, one of the most populated countries worldwide. As India's leading food agritech company, WayCool Foods has pioneered a data-driven strategy designed to close the gap between supply and demand, decreasing food waste and increasing revenue for every organization across the value chain.
2024年6月27日 / ACCESSWIRE / 馬薩諸塞州諾思安普敦 - 數字化食品鏈的不可思議強大之處最好的證明地點莫過於印度,全球人口最多的國家之一。作爲印度領先的食品農科技公司,WayCool Foods開創了一種數據驅動策略,旨在縮小供需的差距,減少食品浪費,並增加整個價值鏈的每個組織的營業收入。
"With one integrated platform that connects data from farmers through processing, warehouses, and retail, we are transforming the traditional food chain from supplier-driven to demand-driven," said Karthik Jayaraman, co-founder and managing director at WayCool. "We selected RISE with SAP because it is a flexible, cloud-based foundation for our growing business. SAP S/4HANA provides a single source of truth company-wide and across our ecosystem, helping us produce and deliver the delicious food that consumers want on their table."
"通過一個整合的平台連接農民、加工廠、倉庫和零售商的數據,我們正在將傳統的食品鏈從供應商推動的轉變爲需求推動的。"WayCool的聯合創始人兼董事總經理Karthik Jayaraman表示:"我們選擇了SAP RISE,因爲它是一種靈活的基礎架構,適用於我們不斷增長的業務。SAP S/4HANA爲全公司提供了一個真正的數據來源,橫跨生態系統,幫助我們生產和交付消費者想要擺在餐桌上的美味食品。"
The company has already reduced food wastage by up to 96% while improving the average income of farmers by over 13%.
該公司已將食品浪費降低多達96%,同時將農民的平均收入提高了13%以上。
Data Insights Align Food Supply with Demand
數據洞察以符合需求的方式對接食品供應
Putting predictability and farming in the same sentence might seem like a stretch in a world rocked by disruptions like extreme weather and geopolitical conflicts. However, WayCool orchestrates a groundbreaking collaborative effort. It starts with farmers who produce the fruits, vegetables, and other staples that feed the Indian population and extends to partners, warehouse operations, distribution, and retailers.
把可預見性和農業放在同一個句子裏可能看起來有些牽強,因爲極端天氣和地緣政治衝突等干擾是使之不可能的。然而,WayCool發起了一項開創性的協作工作,從生產水果、蔬菜和其他主食來滿足印度人口的農民開始,向合作伙伴、倉庫運營、銷售和零售業伸展開來。
"Sharing information with our partners in procurement who run processing and warehouse facilities, along with transportation logistics and retail, we can align supply with the right pricing for greater efficiencies and governance that produces the highest quality products," said Avinash Kasinathan, chief technology officer at WayCool. "Data transparency also means that farmers can base field production on actual market demand and consumption."
WayCool首席技術官Avinash Kasinathan表示:“向採購合作伙伴(運營加工和倉庫設施的物流人員)分享信息以及運輸物流和零售業,我們可以根據更高效的治理和定價使供應與需求相一致,生產出更高質量的產品。” “數據透明度還意味着農民可以根據實際市場需求和消費情況爲田地生產提供建議。”
Farmer Income Grows with Data-Driven Strategy
基於數據驅動的策略促進農民收入增長
WayCool's ability to trace products from farm to end consumer provides the company and its ecosystem with forecasting and planning insights based on real-time customer feedback and market demands. Using this connected data, WayCool makes recommendations to farmers on what fruits and vegetables to grow for the highest yields and uptake at the best prices.
WayCool能夠追溯產品從農場到最終消費者,以實時客戶反饋和市場需求作爲公司及其生態系統的預測和規劃洞察。利用這些連接的數據,WayCool向農民提供了關於生產哪種水果和蔬菜以獲得最高產量和最佳價格音信。
Fourth-generation farmer Hari Prasad, located in a village called Karnataka on the outskirts of East Bangalore, is one of the over 200,000 farmers that WayCool provides with detailed cultivation plans.
位於班加羅爾東部郊區名爲Karnataka的村莊中的第四代農民Hari Prasad是超過20萬農民之一,WayCool向其提供了詳細的耕作計劃。
"Unlike traditional farming, WayCool recommends what to plant, when, and where, letting us know up front what they'll purchase at fair prices based on harvest time frames and factoring in staggered market demands," he said. "We don't have to worry about whether or not we'll sell our yield, and we can calculate continuous earnings in a more predictable and consistent manner."
他說:“與傳統耕作不同,WayCool建議在何時何地種植,並提前告知我們根據收成時間段以公平價格購買的商品,考慮到錯開的市場需求。我們不必擔心是否能銷售我們的收成,可以更加預測和持續地計算收益。”
Although farmers may have smaller yields, harvesting crops on a more consistent basis throughout the year levels out supply and demand spikes and downturns. If crop prices fall one week and rise the next, farmers can average out major risks with a steadier stream of income over time.
雖然農民的產量可能較小,但全年在更加一致的基礎上收穫作物可以平衡供應和需求的上下波動。如果作物價格一週下跌一週上漲,農民可以通過更穩定的收入流來平均化主要風險。
AI-Based Technologies Reduce Waste and Boost Crop Yields
基於人工智能的技術降低浪費,提高農作物產量
WayCool has infused AI capabilities across its digitalized supply chain to increase quality yield and decrease waste. AI is built into the recommendation engine that tells retailers which products on their shelves will sell faster according to store location demographics. In the field, farmers use AI-based image recognition to quickly identify plant diseases and set up treatment plans. Internet of Things (IoT)-based sensors in the soil send farmers alerts on weather patterns to guide more cost-efficient and sustainable irrigation decisions. The company is exploring generative AI use cases as well.
WayCool在數字化供應鏈中注入了人工智能能力,以增加產品品質和降低浪費。AI內置於推薦引擎中,告訴零售商根據店鋪位置和人口統計數據,哪些產品會更快地銷售。在田野中,農民使用基於AI的圖像識別技術快速識別植物疾病並制定處理計劃。土壤中基於物聯網(IoT)的傳感器將氣象模式的信息發送給農民,以指導更具成本效益和可持續性的灌溉決策。公司正在探索生成式AI用例。
Sustainable Agriculture Vision for the World
面向全球的可持續農業願景
For WayCool and its partners, sustainable business encompasses the full range of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments. Digitalization has an important role, for example, in regenerative farming practices. Farmers can use data-driven insights to produce stronger seeds for biodiversity, growing crops that are more climate-resilient and use less water and fertilizer in healthier soil.
對於WayCool及其合作伙伴而言,可持續業務涵蓋了環境、社會和治理(ESG)承諾的全範圍。數字化在恢復力強的農業耕作實踐中起着重要作用。農民可以使用數據驅動的洞察力爲生物多樣性生產更強的種子,生產更具氣候適應性的作物,使用更健康的土壤,使用更少的水和肥料。
Looking ahead, Jayaraman is eager to bring WayCool's digitalized business model from India to other regions such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
展望未來,Jayaraman渴望將WayCool的數字化業務模式從印度帶到其他地區,如東南亞、中東和非洲。
"The food supply chain is a huge global market, yet agribusiness is one of the least digitized industries," said Jayaraman. "We've experienced how technology is revolutionizing food chains in India, and we're excited about bringing people in other parts of the world greater access to affordable, quality food for the next generation of sustainable agriculture."
Jayaraman表示:“食品供應鏈是一個巨大的全球市場,但農業企業是最少數被數字化的行業之一。” “我們已經經歷了技術如何爲印度的食品鏈帶來變革,我們很高興爲世界其他地區的人們帶來訪問經濟實惠、優質食品的機會,這對於下一代可持續農業至關重要。”
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