BACKGROUND
The matter of manufacturing and distribution of food has existed since hundreds years ago as it is one of the necessities of life. In the past, most people were confined to traditional methods for getting their daily need of food. Each family was owning agricultural land, where its productivity often is associated with both weather conditions and its physical abilities. Nowadays, people tend to keep pace with urbanization and modern technological methods for getting food. As a result, the number of companies producing food products and restaurants has increased. Thereby, the demand for faster methods for distributing food is expanding daily, which has led to the urgent need of software solutions to facilitate and manage the production and distribution processes. Several software aids will be discussed in my report including conservation food and improving the systems of food delivery.
This report will discuss and explain the main problems of the traditional ways to the manufacture and distribution of food and propose new software solutions.
PROBLEMS
Through this section, some problems and difficulties, which are faced with the absence of software systems, are discussed. In addition, several up-to-date statistics and reliable citation are provided.
A. Disabilities faced with traditional methods:
This section will discuss the disabilities we face when using traditional methods for harvesting, delivering and selling food. It will discuss one of the main factors, which have led to the urgent need for software solution.
1. Worker shortages
In the past, agricultural land owners were overrun with farmworkers, but not anymore. Nowadays, we are not seeing the available number of farmworkers as the pervious, an...
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2. Revenue management
In the framework of revenue management, the duration of prices and services has to be managed in the favor of maximizing revenue generated from a small food business. As small business, restaurants can benefit from the revenue management, and many other food factories. In the past, most people were defined to whatever food is cooked in home. However, a big number of people currently depend completely or partially on restaurants to get their daily need of food. As a result, the number of restaurants and food companies is increasing, and the demand for software systems has climbed to manage their revenue, facilitate processing and retrieving information and improving their planning and operation decisions. More recently, it has become rare to find any food business does not rely on any kind of software to manage its revenue. (S6:1-6)
Our mission is to provide our customers with the best products and services that we have created a new market space for. We strive for 100% customer satisfaction and taking what used to be multiple purchases of software into one operation system. That can increase many aspects of the important sectors within the restaurant industry. I.e. decrease employee-training time, increase outputs, real-time record keeping ‘including inventory’, and more.
In the future economy, the agriculture business would be largely driven by consumer needs. The demand for variety would increase. The physical network of eChoupal will be strategic locations where they can grade and route customized supplies to meet the variety needs. Furthermore, ITC may need to have the ability to trace the origin of the products. Having the e-Choupal set up, ITC can easily integrate future consumer’s needs into the eChoupal network. The eChoupal has provided a solid business platform for the future.
In our fast pace society, we base everything on time and money. This need to save money and time has transformed the way we see food and purchase food. Food is an essential part of all cultures. It plays a role in every person’s life. The population has the power to choose what we eat and how the food industry is shaped. There are many important questions that we need to ask ourselves in order to keep the food industry in check. These questions are: How do we know our food is safe? What should we eat? How should food be distributed? What is good food? These are simple yet difficult questions.
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Nowadays, the food market is increasing dominated by supermarkets and smaller independent retail outlets are suffering. “The economies of scale” argument and increasing concern about food safety are the reasons for this trend. [16]
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