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Agribusiness refers to techniques, services, equipment, agricultural and livestock production, including all its socio-spatial contexts. This industry is responsible for a large part of the economy in countries like Brazil, for example.
For you to have a better picture, in recent years agribusiness represented about 21% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and about half of all products exported by the South-American country. In addition to the economic context, agribusiness plays a fundamental role in feeding the world’s population, whether through fresh, processed, or ultra-processed foods.
This aspect raises concerns and questions for researchers in the field, who question whether agricultural and livestock production will be sufficient to feed the world’s population in the near future. This is because it is estimated that the world’s population will increase by 20% in about 30 years, reaching around 9 billion people.
And for this near future, Brazil has great chances of standing out since it is one of the few countries with the capacity to expand cultivation areas without harming the environment and preservation areas. However, to achieve balanced and advantageous growth in all aspects, three pillars must be followed: reducing production costs, maximizing profits, and increasing productivity.
In the pursuit of these pillars lies digital transformation.
When we talk about agribusiness, we often refer to numerous, huge businesses, involving weather, geographical, and sanitary factors, as well as parasites and pest control, among others. Thus, they require total control of all aspects to achieve positive results.
And basically, a significant portion of this control is impossible for humans to perform singlehandedly. This is where digital transformation comes in to help. In pursuit of the three pillars of agribusiness, digital transformation became very important to the sector, with software that assists in data analysis, report extraction, administration, and activity management.
Management solutions, which are often seen as administrative options in large urban corporations, must also be present in agricultural businesses because one should not hesitate to invest in technological elements for successful management that facilitates and increases productivity – no matter the sector.
Various activities can be managed by a business management application, such as raw material consumption and inventory management, fiscal routine management, document management, contract management, and a better control of data related to employees and machinery, such as maintenance forecasting. It creates processes with administrative routines and tasks.
Due to the interconnected nature of various pieces of information, it is essential to have direct data cross-referencing for in-depth analysis and comprehensive and detailed reports. This allows for a panoramic view of the business in all aspects, with data and information that contribute to the total management of the company.
Management solutions also assist in one of the most important areas for an organization: the human resources department. Both employees and clients, as well as suppliers, must be managed in an easy and practical manner.
In comprehensive applications, people management is carried out with user interaction, involving the sharing of paperwork and documents, time control, scheduled tasks and activities, and even payroll management. To adapt to changes, it is important for all this information to be available at your fingertips, accessible from anywhere, and without the need for printing, which contributes not only to the industry’s finances but also to the environment.
The list of benefits that management solutions bring includes:
- Process control and key metrics;
- Business flow monitoring and team efficiency;
- Information centralization;
- Tracking indicators;
- Among others.
In addition to what has been exemplified so far, agribusiness also stands to benefit from management solutions in terms of:
- Process management
- Document management
- Process management
Process Management
With a BPM (Business Process Management) solution, managers can access all relevant information and business activity status in real-time. In other words, all important process data is available whenever needed. This enables well-informed and much more accurate decision-making.
There are software solutions, such as Fusion Platform, that allow pending activities, tasks, and requests to be executed from anywhere (Fusion Mobile). Thanks to this functionality, agribusiness professionals save time by accessing all the necessary information on mobile apps and viewing or resolving them with just a few clicks.
A process management tool is also important for automating validation processes. It also allows modeling, automating, and managing processes to achieve benefits in terms of compliance, traceability, and operational efficiency.
To learn more about the benefits of BPM, check this article: What is Business Process Management (BPM) and What are Its Benefits?
Document management
An ECM (Enterprise Content Management) solution contributes to ensuring that everyone is well-informed about procedures and that they are followed. It also enables easy location of essential documents (such as purchase orders and invoices, for example) from anywhere with internet access, based on various criteria such as creation date, editing date, metadata, among others.
The tool also enhances collaboration efforts among the team to ensure that everything runs as efficiently as possible. We must also not forget that without the need for external storage and paper, in addition to reducing the amount of time and effort required for archiving documents, agribusiness companies reduce costs and enter the paperless era.
To learn more
So we just learned some of the benefits and the importance of digital transformation for the agribusiness. Fusion Platform is a tool that offers complete functionalities for these needs, making it possible for employees to interact, organize documents, processes, reports, and it integrates with other key systems. In short, it’s everything your company is looking for in a management system.
Want to learn more about how a management solution can help in agribusiness? Contact us or try Fusion Platform for free.
