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Brazil’s farmers harvest benefits of data

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Data-as-a-Service
Applicable Industries	Agriculture
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Data Science Services Training
Challenge	Castrolanda, a Brazilian agricultural co-operative, is facing the challenge of transforming from a physical organization into a digital co-operative. The expansive business has generated a wealth of data that could potentially be leveraged by its members. However, the data is unstructured and difficult for members to access. Everything has to be done in person, as their data portal is too inefficient to provide solutions in a digital way. The vision of Castrolanda is to bring structure to the data, give all members self-service digital access and educate them on how to use Qlik to gain business insights. Read More
About Customer	Castrolanda is a powerful agricultural co-operative based in Brazil. Founded in 1951, it now has 1,000 farming members and 3,000 employees. The co-operative includes 36 business and industrial units across 20 cities in the states of Paraná, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Every member has a vote on the General Assembly, which elects a board that runs the daily business. Members pay for a host of agricultural and technical advisory services aimed at enabling them to trade to their full potential. There is also a fidelity agreement where members’ products are sold to Castrolanda, which adds value and re-sells them at a profit. Operations include potatoes, corn, wheat, beans, beer, and a new energy business, but the two largest Castrolanda industries are milk and meat. Castrolanda specializes in pork, of which 30% is exported, and members supporting the milk business produce one million liters per day. Read More
Solution	Castrolanda uses Qlik Sense for data analysis and Qlik Continuous Classroom for training. Data will be made available to staff and members on the Qlik Analytics Platform (QAP) which will support self-service BI. The co-operative is working closely with its business areas to help them use Qlik Sense for self-service BI. They will then introduce their members to QAP and develop a portal that will enable them to access it from their farms. Looking to the future, Castrolanda plans to create a data warehouse and a data lake where it can aggregate its own business information with data from members’ farms. It will also hope to continue its Qlik education on features such as Machine Learning, the Cognitive Engine, Augmented Intelligence, Internet of Things (IOT) and Qlik GeoAnalytics. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Data-as-a-Service

Applicable Industries

Agriculture

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Data Science Services

Training

Challenge

Castrolanda, a Brazilian agricultural co-operative, is facing the challenge of transforming from a physical organization into a digital co-operative. The expansive business has generated a wealth of data that could potentially be leveraged by its members. However, the data is unstructured and difficult for members to access. Everything has to be done in person, as their data portal is too inefficient to provide solutions in a digital way. The vision of Castrolanda is to bring structure to the data, give all members self-service digital access and educate them on how to use Qlik to gain business insights.

About Customer

Castrolanda is a powerful agricultural co-operative based in Brazil. Founded in 1951, it now has 1,000 farming members and 3,000 employees. The co-operative includes 36 business and industrial units across 20 cities in the states of Paraná, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Every member has a vote on the General Assembly, which elects a board that runs the daily business. Members pay for a host of agricultural and technical advisory services aimed at enabling them to trade to their full potential. There is also a fidelity agreement where members’ products are sold to Castrolanda, which adds value and re-sells them at a profit. Operations include potatoes, corn, wheat, beans, beer, and a new energy business, but the two largest Castrolanda industries are milk and meat. Castrolanda specializes in pork, of which 30% is exported, and members supporting the milk business produce one million liters per day.

Solution

Castrolanda uses Qlik Sense for data analysis and Qlik Continuous Classroom for training. Data will be made available to staff and members on the Qlik Analytics Platform (QAP) which will support self-service BI. The co-operative is working closely with its business areas to help them use Qlik Sense for self-service BI. They will then introduce their members to QAP and develop a portal that will enable them to access it from their farms. Looking to the future, Castrolanda plans to create a data warehouse and a data lake where it can aggregate its own business information with data from members’ farms. It will also hope to continue its Qlik education on features such as Machine Learning, the Cognitive Engine, Augmented Intelligence, Internet of Things (IOT) and Qlik GeoAnalytics.

Impact #1	Members will have access to business insights on their own devices from their own homes or farms.
Impact #2	Digital transformation will change the organization’s image and help it retain younger members.
Impact #3	The ability to effectively analyze data will support better decision-making, success and profitability.

Impact #1

Members will have access to business insights on their own devices from their own homes or farms.

Impact #2

Digital transformation will change the organization’s image and help it retain younger members.

Impact #3

The ability to effectively analyze data will support better decision-making, success and profitability.

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Brazil’s farmers harvest benefits of data

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