Benefits
- Improved management of cane supply agreements throughout the supply chain (growers, hauliers, harvesting contractors).
- Ensure an equitable distribution of mill throughput to all growers by enforcing a rateable delivery schedule throughout the season.
- Improved out-grower reporting helps keep suppliers informed and motivated throughout the milling season.
- Better reporting on out-grower performance allows management to pin-point supply bottlenecks, and where to target extension and advice efforts.
- More accurate yield forecasting to better optimize season length and improve marketing decisions.
- Harvest scheduling at the mill group level to ensure optimum use of available transport and maximise cane age at harvest.
- Improve quality and yield through simplified operational planners e.g. ripener application, irrigation dry-off advice etc.
- Base grower payments on a single secure source of primary data.
