Procurant Launches Connector for IBM Food Trust

LOS GATOS, CA - Transforming the global supply chain is an endeavor all of us in the industry hold dear to our hearts. For Procurant, a Silicon Valley company, this supply chain transformation is getting closer to reality. The company announced the release of ProcurantConnect®, a cloud-based service that enables growers and shippers of perishable goods to easily connect and collaborate with trading partners. The solution also includes out-of-the-box support for transmitting product traceability data to the IBM Food Trust.
Ray Connelly, Vice President Supplier Strategy, Procurant“Trading partners in the food supply chain share a lot of information with each other, but variations in the way each company handles data leads to custom integration projects that can be expensive and time-consuming to set up and maintain,” said Ray Connelly, Vice President Supplier Strategy. “We now have a simple and cost-effective solution for food suppliers that are being asked to share new kinds of data in new formats with multiple trading partners.”
According to a press release, ProcurantConnect is a first-of-its-kind solution that provides a single connection point for sending and receiving a variety of files. All that companies need to do is pick a channel and select what information they want to exchange via a set of pre-built connection channels, data formats, and monitoring and notification capabilities.
ProcurantConnect® is a cloud-based service that enables growers and shippers of perishable goods to easily connect and collaborate with trading partners
Its features include:
The cloud-based service is part of a continuum of solutions from Procurant that leverage a single, global platform designed for the unique requirements of the food industry. All Procurant solutions benefit from the strengths of a shared infrastructure, including:
At the end of the day, the result is a platform that helps farmers, producers, shippers, distributors, and retailers in their strategic planning as well as their day-to-day supply chain processes.
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