Leveraging New Technologies (Cloud and Mobile) for Agri and Food Supply Chain

Sreeram P Founder & Director, FrontalRain Technologies

CII event, Chennai 22/10/2011

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Global Agri and Food Supply Chain

New challenges have emerged over the last few years
Food regulations More stringent food safety, traceability requirements Strict labeling and packaging guidelines Global Macroeconomic volatility Food inflation Commodity Price fluctuations Consumer Needs Demand for high quality products Diversity of choice All year availability

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New Technology Cloud and Mobile

New technologies have emerged providing new opportunities
Cloud Computing Zero or Low CAPEX Pay as you go Overall lower TCO No or lower IT administration
Accessible from anywhere Typical context of Agri-Food company in India Geographically distributed operations Transactional volumes on retail/export side are growing SKU basket is growing Data Storage growing due to compliance requirements More need for real-time data to handle business volatility Need for opening up the Enterprise data from a traceability perspective

Mobile Low Handset prices Pervasive Data connectivity Build and deploy custom business applications

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Critical Success factors

New technology alone will not ensure success
Focus should be on a integrated business process across the entire value chain Move beyond the accountant and integrate the entire company. Start by setting Business objectives and continuously track value and benefits. Move from after the fact data recording proactive decision making through real time data capture. IT deployment is a continuous process. Transition from Business Operations Business Planning Collaboration

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FrontalRain Technologies - Focus

Our Mission is to take these new technologies and benefits to SME Food and Agribusinesses Software for Agribusinesses Technology to power your supply chain Software to propel your growth A B C of FrontalRain A = AgriBusinesses B = Business Processes Supply Chain Management C = Computing
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Our Product

Food Supply Chain Software on the cloud

Grower Management Solution

Process Manufacturing Solution

Logistics Solution

Collaborative Trading Solution

Specialized Service Solution

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Solution Benefits

One Integrated solution across the entire value chain Farm, Processing, Market supporting all departments Collaboration capability for Suppliers, Customers , Employees and Experts to interact in one platform

Multi-site operations can be handled

Browser based can be accessed Anywhere and Anytime Mobile devices/SMS to reach new audience Real time analysis and Reporting
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Reach us

Sreeram P FrontalRain Technologies

Email: p.sreeram@frontalrain.com Mobile: +919886722005 Website: www.frontalrain.com

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