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eFoodChain project. Bruno Prépin. Stimulating innovation in the food supply-chain through smart use of ICT: assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the single market. Cereals. Dairy products. Fresh fruits and vegetables. eFoodchain objectives.
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eFoodChain project • Bruno Prépin
Stimulating innovation in the food supply-chain through smart use of ICT: assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the single market Cereals Dairyproducts Fresh fruits and vegetables
eFoodchain objectives • Conduct a market analysis to assess current utilization of ICT and e-commerce solutions in the agro food supply chain : published in August 2012 • Make an inventory of trade digital food supply chain and agriculture and establish a framework • Implement pilot projects in Europe to validate this framework • Promote the dissemination of all solutions developed throughout the project • Organize a European conference to present the project results in 2014
E-document objectives • Objectives : • Implement e-invoicing and dematerialization of all exchanged documents between cooperatives and their members. • Provide cooperative members a complete paperless solution for all documents issued by the cooperative that is easy to use Use of existing cooperative extranets as interface for document consultation Cooperative Member farmers Extranet Accountants
Currentdocumentaryprocess Cooperative Accountant EDI file withinvoice data Paperform of invoices and documents Paperform of invoices and documents Invoices duplicates Farmers Extranet On-line consultation of duplicates
Target : technical architecture Accountants INVOIC EDI message (UN/CEFACT) 1 Farmers Prestataire dématérialisation • Electronic signatures for the cooperative and farmers • Managing signatures certificates • Secure archiving of invoices and documents • Indexing documents • Access to consultation through the portal and web services 5 PDF + indexation file 1 4 On-line consultation of documents Alerts / Reporting Extranet 2 10 years (invoices) Cooperative Cooperative Memberfarmers Web service IT Provider web portal 3 3 sending an e-mail to warn of the presence of a new document on the Extranet
Schedule Working sessions Writing of specifications Sept.-Dec. 2012 IT provider selection Contractualization Jan.-June 2013 Pilots implementation June 2013-2014
Key successfactors and benefits • Real needs from the farmers and the cooperatives • Big money savings • 45 000 farmers already connected to extranets: a solution easy to deploy and to implement ! • Very easy to implement for cooperatives • Very easy use for farmers • Project part of a sustainable development approach
Key successfactors and benefits Price : 0,8€ per document Cooperative 1000 farmers 50 documents (per farmer/year) 40 000 € Paper 80 % savings 6 000 € to 10 000 € Price : 0,12 to 0,20€ per document Cooperative 1000 farmers 50 documents (per farmer/year) E-document
Implementaion of similarproject in Italy Partnership with farmers' union to implement an e-document pilot between a cooperative and its producers of beet pulp