The Agri-food supply chain is not only one of the most crucial and ancient of all; it is also instrumental in maintaining the nation’s economic, as well as physical, health. Although Britain imports around 40 percent of the food it consumes, the food and drink supply chain is the UK’s single largest manufacturing sector, accounting for 15 percent of total manufacturing turnover and seven percent of GDP. The supply chain employs 3.7 million people and is worth UK£80 billion (US$ 126.5 billion) per year. Farming alone is worth UK£20 billion (US$ 31.6 billion) to the UK economy and looks set to become ever more crucial, given the government’s ambition to restructure our economy towards manufacturing.

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he Agri-food supply chain is not ing weather patterns as a result of cli- including the difficulty of forecasting reli-
only one of the most crucial and mate change. Unpredictable weather means ably, and a lack of communication and
ancient of all; it is also instrumen- that yields are difficult to forecast, causing co-ordination.
tal in maintaining the nation’s economic, increased price volatility and making planning Maintaining visibility across the supply
as well as physical, health. more challenging across the entire supply chain is crucial to boosting performance,
chain. particularly where perishable goods are con-
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Although Britain imports around 40 per- With 2011 global grain prices hitting cerned. To minimise wastage, the entire
cent of the food it consumes, the food and three-year highs according to the UN FAO supply chain needs to know which goods
drink supply chain is the UK’s single larg- and a volatile economic outlook impact- are coming and when, so farmers, suppliers
est manufacturing sector, accounting for 15 ing stakeholders across the Agri-food sup- and retailers can plan effectively to save time
percent of total manufacturing turnover and ply chain; the European Food & Farming and costs.
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people and is worth UK£80 billion (US$ food is far more expensive. data shows that while it should take 20 min-
126.5 billion) per year. Farming alone is utes to load one-grain truck, the average for Hygiene, Health
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manufacturing. bottom lines, despite current pressures. hours. This often results in trucks queuing competence of flour millers and their colleagues.
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Global food prices in 2011 reached a than others. According to a recent two-year UK, it spends two waiting at collection and
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However, at the more fragmented, less sumer trends. An efficient order manage- longer-term data compilation and informa-
mature end of the grain supply chain – from ment system will ensure that grain is in the tion management, as process improvement
farmer to first manufacturer – poor weather, right place at the right time. Unlike a manual is another area where many contemporary
road conditions and inefficiencies have far system, which is incapable of accounting for agri-food supply chains could be enhanced.
greater impact, meaning that stock is ‘on time the variety of constrains within the business Regular data analysis allows logistics pro-
and in quality’ in only 60-70 percent of cases. – from vehicle access to storage locations viders to find the root cause of inefficien- Solution Engineering in Bulk Handling
The resulting excess stock holding, tying up to delivery instructions – a mechanised cies, and re-engineer the process to allow
time and money, impacts the entire supply system ensures that deliveries arrive when for maximum efficiencies. These efficiencies
chain and ultimately, bottom lines. recipients expect them. DHL has deployed translate as financial savings, which quickly
a grain management system for clients to repay the initial outlay.
Order management, operational bring deliveries to a 90 percent-plus on-time
technology and process performance level, on a par with other The importance of collaboration
improvement industries. This streamlining process works most
The industry’s complexity remains the Whilst effective order management is effectively when taken in tandem with other
root of its issues; because no two agri-food essential for reducing costs, it is best com- approaches, namely supply chain collabora-
supply chains are the same, it’s unlikely that plemented with advances in operational tion. A highly competitive market, dominated
an off-the-shelf enterprise resource system technology and load tracking. For all parties by a few large retailers but supplied by thou-
designed specifically for grain supply chains to be able to plan ahead, lorries need to be sands of small- and medium-sized producers
will be developed. fitted with on-board computers and mobile (farmers), has encouraged competition over
Instead, logistics suppliers need to focus communications spanning SMS and a web- price and product.
holistically on each supply based portal. Thus the effect of unforeseen Supply chain collaboration, where parties
chain in its entirety through delays such as traffic congestion is minimised. band together where possible to generate
business process mapping sys- These on-board measures can be sup- efficiencies of scale, could hold the key to
tems which can plot the life ported with back-end digital systems, which reducing waiting times, improving efficiencies
cycle of the agri-food supply ensure all delivery documents are scanned, and ultimately, unlocking significant value in
chain from grain in the field to the con- stored and shared across supply chains. the supply chain.
sumer’s fork, via lorries, storage, processors, Reducing the amount of paper saves admin- This is demonstrated by a recent ini-
supermarkets and bank accounts. istrative time and space, as well as enabling tiative coined: Project Marlin, a collaboration
This approach involves strategic planning quick retrieval of documents, ensuring faster between DHL, Openfield (Britain’s foremost
which takes long-term supply and demand turn-around of invoices and payment, saving farmer-owned cereal merchant), Rank Hovis
trends into account, whilst retaining an time and money. (Britain’s biggest flour millers) and a range of
awareness of economic, climatic and con- This data based approach also allows for industry bodies, select farmers and hauliers.
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the cereals supply chain. efficiency, resulting in References
Through Project Marlin, DHL was able to identify areas of serious time and ulti- Source: Food and Agriculture Our grain storage systems
hidden value in the supply chain. For example, many unprofitable
areas of downtime were linked to transport, so DHL designed
mately cost savings for
all involved.
Organisation of the United Nations, ‘FAO
Food Price Index ends year with sharp come with six continents
methods for making deliveries and collections more efficient,
such as giving hauliers a 15-minute delivery window instead of
By collaborating
with DHL, Openfield
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