“ Creating the right talent , having the right mindset and the right approach with empowered and motivated people will drive the organisation forward ”
— Arindam Sengupta , VP Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
Software solutions have also been implemented across the business . Such unified systems have brought increased clarity and understanding of business operations . “ We took the decision to roll out a brand new enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) system across the entire supply chain , which enables us to have critical visibility on data ,” says Sengupta . “ Data is one of the most important factors behind making decisions , but that was one of our weak points . Our data was very segmented , mostly very manual and driven by
different legacy systems . One of the first things that we decided , which has already been rolled out , is a single ERP from agri to marketing – end to end . That will enable us to capture and make visible data on what we are doing , where we are spending and what we are and aren ’ t doing correctly .” The more decentralised nature of agribusiness compared to other industries makes the inherent scalability of software solutions attractive , as has been the case with digital purchasing at Dole . “ On the back of ERP , we are also implementing new procurement software from Ivalua . Ivalua is very suitable for us , very flexible and caters to our needs . What we are trying to do is not only digitalisation and analysis of the entire experience of interaction with suppliers , vendors and partners , but also the development of an eMarketplace . The dream is to move towards a more Amazon-like user experience for the end users , who are our end customers internally , where they can
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