Agworld Case Studies Managing data in grass seed production

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Managing data in grass seed production

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Agriculture
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services
Challenge	Barenbrug, one of Australia’s largest seed companies, was struggling with data management. The company was dealing with double handling of information and had difficulty tracking all activities performed on each trial. The agronomists at Barenbrug were unable to access all historical information when needed and had to go back to their office and sift through paper records to find the required information. This was a time-consuming process and often led to delays and inefficiencies. Read More
About Customer	Barenbrug, trading for nearly thirty years as Heritage Seeds, is one of Australia’s largest seed companies and is a member of the international Royal Barenbrug Group. Their key products include temperate and tropical pasture varieties, fodder crops, forage cereals, field crops, turf and amenity grasses. Barenbrug’s research and development programs are conducted at their facilities near Howlong, NSW and Gatton, QLD as well as additional regional sites across Australia. The company contracts around 150 growers per annum to produce seed and has many long-term relationships with its seed production growers. Read More
Solution	Barenbrug decided to implement the Agworld Platform across their organisation after trialling a number of different solutions. The Agworld Platform provided a unified platform for Barenbrug’s agronomists and other employees at the trial and seed increase facilities at Howlong, NSW and Gatton, QLD. This allowed them to have superior visibility into the exact history of each of the 30+ bays and 50+ different trials. Barenbrug's seed-increase agronomists, based in Victoria and South Australia, were able to communicate with external partners such as growers and agronomists via Agworld and ensure that accurate records were kept of the growing process at all times. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Agriculture

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

Barenbrug, one of Australia’s largest seed companies, was struggling with data management. The company was dealing with double handling of information and had difficulty tracking all activities performed on each trial. The agronomists at Barenbrug were unable to access all historical information when needed and had to go back to their office and sift through paper records to find the required information. This was a time-consuming process and often led to delays and inefficiencies.

About Customer

Barenbrug, trading for nearly thirty years as Heritage Seeds, is one of Australia’s largest seed companies and is a member of the international Royal Barenbrug Group. Their key products include temperate and tropical pasture varieties, fodder crops, forage cereals, field crops, turf and amenity grasses. Barenbrug’s research and development programs are conducted at their facilities near Howlong, NSW and Gatton, QLD as well as additional regional sites across Australia. The company contracts around 150 growers per annum to produce seed and has many long-term relationships with its seed production growers.

Solution

Barenbrug decided to implement the Agworld Platform across their organisation after trialling a number of different solutions. The Agworld Platform provided a unified platform for Barenbrug’s agronomists and other employees at the trial and seed increase facilities at Howlong, NSW and Gatton, QLD. This allowed them to have superior visibility into the exact history of each of the 30+ bays and 50+ different trials. Barenbrug's seed-increase agronomists, based in Victoria and South Australia, were able to communicate with external partners such as growers and agronomists via Agworld and ensure that accurate records were kept of the growing process at all times.

Impact #1	Improved visibility into the history of each of the 30+ bays and 50+ different trials.
Impact #2	Enhanced communication with external partners such as growers and agronomists.
Impact #3	Accurate records of the growing process were maintained at all times.

Impact #1

Improved visibility into the history of each of the 30+ bays and 50+ different trials.

Impact #2

Enhanced communication with external partners such as growers and agronomists.

Impact #3

Accurate records of the growing process were maintained at all times.

Benefit #1	Saved time by eliminating the need to go back to the office and sift through paper records.
Benefit #2	Prevented the potential rejection of 50 tonnes of seed worth over $110,000 by using data from Agworld to create a detailed report.

Benefit #1

Saved time by eliminating the need to go back to the office and sift through paper records.

Benefit #2

Prevented the potential rejection of 50 tonnes of seed worth over $110,000 by using data from Agworld to create a detailed report.

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Managing data in grass seed production

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