SAP RSM Components

The Rural Sourcing Management solution is comprised of a mobile application as well as a Web interface that includes reporting functions.

Mobile Application

The mobile application is designed for Android smart phones and is intended for use in the field. The mobile application provides full electronic traceability from the earliest stage of individual farmer deliveries to the weighing bridge. The application is fully offline-enabled with full bandwidth optimization. With electronic data capture using the smart phones, the need for paper is virtually eliminated.

Functions that can be accomplished from the mobile device include:
  • Farmer registration and master data updates
  • Farmer surveys
  • Price information
  • Farmer purchasing
  • Certification process support and traceability
  • Advances and capturing of (m-) payments
  • Transportation logistics
  • Grading and quality indicators
  • Farm field mapping
  • Input Distribution
  • Delivery Agreement
  • Training Attendance
  • Garden Sales
  • Cash loans
  • Secret Farmer PIN authorization

Web Interface

The Web interface is a Cloud application that provides for comprehensive supply chain management. The Web interface is intended for use by management and Central Operations to monitor and maintain the various pieces of the master data and transaction data. With the Rural Sourcing Management Web interface, you will have more efficient operations overall, due to up-to-date information on storage and logistics. The interface also allows for a direct exchange of information with market participants and gives immediate responses to quality incidents.

Functions that can be accomplished from the Web interface include:
  • Mass master data management
  • Transaction data access management
  • Market information and price distribution
  • Device synchronization and monitoring