As global demand for sustainable and ethical sourcing grows, connecting smallholder farmers and rural producers with larger supply chains has become increasingly important.

This article explores how SAP Rural Sourcing Management empowers organizations to create transparent and sustainable supply chains by providing real-time data on crop production, quality, and logistics.

Outlining a Sustainable Agriculture Supply Chain

SAP Rural Sourcing Management offers a comprehensive solution designed to bridge the gap between rural producers and larger supply chains, enabling agribusinesses to efficiently manage, monitor, and optimize their sourcing from rural areas.

By digitizing the sourcing process, the SAP Rural Sourcing Management solution improves traceability and compliance and supports rural communities by providing them with better access to markets and fair compensation for their products.

Key Features

Supply chain management

  • Maintain full traceability by connecting farm and logistics processes and improving visibility
  • Monitor, track, and manage output movements from source to consumer

Regulatory compliance

  • Improve governance for critical people, data, processes, and assets
  • Ensure compliance with all current and future agricultural regulations

Mobile access features

  • Reduce manual paperwork associated with data capture through mobile access features
  • Allow offline access to optimize bandwidth and improve performance
  • Digitize traceability across the end-to-end sourcing process

Executive analytics

  • Access advanced supply chain analytics to manage and optimize Big Data
  • Collect, modify, and visualize data from any source on a single, comprehensive platform
  • Empower complete offline enablement by supporting robust security standards

Anytime, anywhere data analysis

  • Analyze large volumes of data in real-time on any device
  • Visualize and verify each agricultural origination source for critical products

Centralized operations

  • Facilitate the exchange and integration of data directly between market participants
  • Address issues and quality incidents quickly to improve productivity and performance
  • Drive comprehensive agricultural supply chain management

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