Never before in history has the call for agricultural efficiency been stronger than today. Food products must be produced at sharp prices for global markets to the highest quality standards. Consumers want ever more information about the food they buy and eat. Leading to increased transparency into production processes. Regulators want to trace additives, fertilzers, feed, and supplies used in production. Wholesalers and supermarkets need to reduce their CO2 footprints. Small retailers need access to modern supply chains, challenging the current systems of quality control and power. Coena provides a comprehensive solution for producers, packagers, marketeers, sales-persons, regulators, logistics providers, and supermarkets to create a complete business network.
The needs of the agriculture sector producers
- Collaboration between all supply chain members from the producer to the seller
- Extended supply chains based on trust, transparency and mutual support
- Flexibility and fast delivery of demand-driven products
- Detailed market information
- Legal knowledge and governmental support
- Effective communication between all business partners
- High speed and performance in transactional processes
- Diminish of social and cultural differences
Coena and the agriculture sector producers
- Product information management, inventory management, business communication and global marketplace in one single application
- Standard product information by creating a single product language
- Real-time perspective on your product flows
- Intimacy with other producers and customers from all over the world
- Relevant information about the local/global market, products, competition, business partners and customers needs
- Effective and fast communication between business partners
- Open database of possible business partners from a global marketplace
The benefits of using Coena in the agriculture sector
- Universal understanding of product specifications
- Anticipation of customer needs and preferences based on market knowledge
- Inventory management performance based on market forecasts
- Reduced inventory costs by diminishing losses
- Improved and faster delivery due to more extended networks
- Transparency of the entire supply chains
- Higher benefits and lower risks by sharing them with your business partners
- Better information and acknowledgement of agriculture technologies, techniques and business strategies
- Raised awareness of your products in a worldwide audience
Agricultural Cooperatives
Coena provides a complete solution for demand and supply management for Agricultural Cooperatives. Cooperatives can connect all of their members to a real-time business network using Coena Hub. Producers can use Coena Node to manage their capacity and inventory, and coordinate this with the cooperative.
Cooperatives can coordinate standards for packaging, product control, processing, and communications. Cooperatives selling a standard product can specify the required specification to which all producers must adhere. For instance, a class A organic golden delicious apple should have specific dimensions and weights, colors, and must be produced with natural materials.
Cooperatives can also manage the entire process of resource allocation, monitoring the volume of produce, coordinating logistics process (pick-up and delivery), and allocating large orders from customers to individual producers. Producers selling through the cooperative can allocate stock for collection, and the cooperative can instruct logistics providers to pick-up and consolidate the stock. The stock can then be processed and supplied to supermarkets.
Buying farming equipment and supplies
Members of the cooperative can also achieve significant savings through consolidating their procurement. For instance, a producer who needs to order 100 kgs. of fertilzer can consolidate demand using Coena Node, and supply this information to the Cooperative. Using Coena Hub, the Cooperative sends a consolidated order of 10,000 kgs. to the fertilzer supplier, who provides a 30% discount off the list price. These savings are passed on to the members, who can then track their individual orders from the supplier to their farm.