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ERPNext case study: Agriculture

ERPNext Agriculture Case Study: From Field Procurement to Finished Stock

Produce was bought from many farmers on paper, with no batch trail and no processing yield. ERPNext tracked procurement, batches and processing end to end.

Results at a glance

  • 28%Less procurement wastePeriod not stated · Internal measure
  • 100%Batch traceability end to endPeriod not stated · Internal measure
  • 10 wkFrom kickoff to livePeriod not stated · Internal measure

The challenge: Buying from many farmers, with no trail and no yield

Produce came in from dozens of farmers, recorded on paper slips at the gate.

Once it went into processing, the link to the source batch was lost, and nobody could say how much finished stock a given intake actually produced.

  • Gate procurement was on paper, so rates and quantities were hard to reconcile.
  • No batch trail from a farmer intake to finished stock.
  • Processing yield was unknown, so losses hid in the gap.
  • Quality issues could not be traced back to a source batch.

The solution: ERPNext from gate intake to finished goods

We set up ERPNext so each farmer intake is recorded as a batch at procurement, carried through processing as a manufacturing step, and tracked to finished stock.

Quality checks sit at the points that matter.

  • Farmer procurement captured against supplier and batch at the gate.
  • Processing runs as manufacturing, so yield is measured, not guessed.
  • Every finished lot traces back to its source intake.
  • Quality checks flag issues before stock moves on.

How it was delivered: Made gate capture fast enough for a busy intake

Intake is busy and quick, so we kept gate capture simple, a few fields per batch on a tablet.

We set up the processing steps with the plant team so yield reflects how they actually run, then went live before the peak season.

Go-live took ten weeks, timed ahead of the main intake.

The outcome: Less waste and a clear trail end to end

Procurement waste fell by 28 percent once intake, processing and stock were measured together.

Every finished lot traces back to a farmer intake, processing yield is finally a number, and quality issues can be tracked to their source.

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