{"id":3170,"date":"2021-11-19T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/india\/?p=3170"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:10:47","slug":"efficient-food-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/india\/2021\/11\/efficient-food-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Efficient Food Supply Chains with IoT-based Transportation Management Software"},"content":{"rendered":"
With an intricate supply chain system, the food sector is one of the most complex industries in the world. That burger you enjoy may have ketchup from Belgium and gherkins from Turkey, for all you know. Such is the interconnectedness of \u2018farm\u2019 to \u2018fork\u2019 in the borderless world that we live in. And Internet of Things (IoT), especially IoT-enabled transportation management software, has come to play an essential role in it.<\/p>\n
IoT has proven to bring profits for supply chain management systems. Besides financial gains, IoT can also bring visibility, transparency, adaption, flexibility, and virtualization across the supply chains. And each of these aspects becomes crucial to the sector, given consumers\u2019 demand for ethical and fair-trade food as also the need for food safety. IoT can help the industry enhance output and productivity at the agricultural, storage, and delivery stages. These services can be performed through operations including-<\/p>\n
According to research by By 2025, the market for the food industry is expected to be growing at a CAGR of 7%.<\/p>\n
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Let\u2019s look at the application of IoT across the three significant stages of the farm to fork supply chain:<\/p>\n
At the agricultural end<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n IoT has broadened the possibilities of achieving maximum production and has helped the industry stay environment friendly. IoT tools like cloud computing and sensors have made managing water and soil, water distribution, and accessing meteorological information easier. Technology requirements in the agricultural industry are also growing due to the increased awareness about product origin and process stability among consumers. Proper storage and distribution of the produce are also important factors that have led to increased use of IoT at the agricultural level.<\/p>\n Some examples of innovative use of IoT in agriculture<\/p>\n At the resource management end, IoT can create a \u2018smart\u2019 farming environment. Using tools such as cloud computing, big data, multiple-communication-protocol management, artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technologies like Blockchain, the resources can be better utilized and produce increased. These tools can also improve the traceability and productivity of the manufacturing and packaging processes.<\/p>\n With the help of these tools, IoT can perform functions such as comprehensive analysis, predictions and recommendations. IoT can also execute task automation, considering historical and real-time information about crops, machinery, livestock, or humans. All these allow farmers and supply chain managers to foresee factors such as production levels, storage requirements, distribution, and supply chain plans. Such data enables supply chain heads to plan their strategies in advance.<\/p>\n At the storage end<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n IoT systems can be used to reduce wastage of food products at the storage and transportation ends. This also ensures improved food safety by the utilization of tools such as real-time temperature tracking sensors.\u00a0The sensors can also be used to manage temperatures in the storage facility. They can also be used to monitor other food safety parameters such as\u00a0moisture,\u00a0humidity, pH and odor.<\/p>\n IoT devices allow supply chain heads to trace and monitor goods from the production end right up to last-mile delivery. This helps the brands to gather granular and real-time data. This data can be used to improve both systems and processes, such as optimizing production and distribution schedules. By enabling supply chain heads to monitor food safety data points, the IoT systems assure active cold chain management. IoT for food supply chain management has helped organizations gain higher profits and improved customer satisfaction. It has also assisted supply chain heads to\u00a0save energy through efficient energy spending.<\/p>\n\n
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