Case study
How CACI’s optimisation software gave Agrovista a 10/10 experience
Summary
When Agrovista, a leading supplier of agronomy advice, farming services and seed and crop protection products, wished to grow but faced unpredictable challenges when trying to do so, it became clear that data and technology would be crucial in supporting their growth ambitions.
Agrovista delivers agronomic potential to their customers by helping them manage their operations more efficiently and profitably. To do this, their services are provided in two streams: one being as specialists from the business who visit farms to assess disease pressure, weeds, infestations and nutrient deficiencies to increase the yield, the other as logistics and support teams that focus on the delivery of the solutions to any problems that arise in the specialists support stage, such as the provision of pesticides or nutrients.
Company Size
500
Industry
Agriculture
Services used
Summary
When Agrovista, a leading supplier of agronomy advice, farming services and seed and crop protection products, wished to grow but faced unpredictable challenges when trying to do so, it became clear that data and technology would be crucial in supporting their growth ambitions.
Agrovista delivers agronomic potential to their customers by helping them manage their operations more efficiently and profitably. To do this, their services are provided in two streams: one being as specialists from the business who visit farms to assess disease pressure, weeds, infestations and nutrient deficiencies to increase the yield, the other as logistics and support teams that focus on the delivery of the solutions to any problems that arise in the specialists support stage, such as the provision of pesticides or nutrients.
Challenges
Agrovista’s operations team endeavoured to fulfil all customers’ orders and further improve service levels and interactions with customers without losing that focus on core business functions. Due to their planning team’s unfamiliarity with route optimisation software, the business was keen to avoid major changes for the team. They also needed to find a way to efficiently ship products out from their 20 depots across the country, which was particularly difficult in rural areas.
Solution
Agrovista invested in CACI’s route optimisation software. This software was used to plan routes that met Agrovista’s business constraints, including a same-day delivery requirement. The implementation took advantage of the flexible integration options offered by the software, embedding it within Agrovista’s existing systems and automating the route creation process. This meant that compliant and efficient routes were pre-created for the planning team, all within software that they were familiar with.
Results
The newly automated process for route optimisation helped Agrovista achieve several goals. For example, the ability to plan efficient routes that adhered to all of Agrovista’s unique constraints allowed the business to deliver all orders on time, keeping their customers happy and minimising costs. The software changes that were made caused minimal disruption to staff and the wider business, instead increasing the time-efficiency of the planning and operations teams and simplifying processes, enabling them to re-focus efforts on the core business.
As one of their top trusted suppliers, CACI’s reactivity and proactivity helped the business achieve their cost-reduction and route optimisation goals and will continue to support their rapid expansion strategically, effectively and at cost. Agrovista was impressed with CACI’s people, systems and processes, scoring CACI a 10/10 for their overall partnership experience. Going forward, Agrovista is actively looking to grow their relationship by adding other products and services from CACI’s logistics portfolio.
