From XLS to AI ERP – Agricultural business digital transformation in one year

Key metrics

30% less workload

User-friendly dashboards empowered employees with clear insights, reducing time spent searching for information by 50%. Automated manual tasks, reducing administrative workload by 30%.

Real-time data access

Generated detailed reports in minutes, compared to hours previously, aiding audits and external reporting. Real-time data access improved decision-making speed, enabling quicker responses to market changes.

10% less excess inventory

Optimized stock levels in warehouses, cutting down excess inventory by 10%. Enhanced tracking of agricultural inputs and outputs reduced spoilage rates by 12%.

Summary

Agrotime Ltd., established in 1992, is a leading Bulgarian agricultural company headquartered in Isperih, Razgrad Province. The company operates across multiple sectors, including arable farming, pig farming, and fruit cultivation, managing approximately 10,000 hectares of farmland. With a workforce of over 370 permanent employees and around 120 seasonal workers, Agrotime is a significant employer in the region. The company is also one of the largest pig producers in Bulgaria, with an annual capacity of 60,000 pigs. Agrotime managed to digitalize they business with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and to use achieve transparency in real time data and analysis for their business.

Customer challenges

As Agrotime Ltd. expanded its operations, it faced several challenges:

Operational Complexity: Managing diverse agricultural activities, including grain production, pig farming, and fruit cultivation, required efficient coordination and resource allocation.
Data Management: Handling large volumes of data from various departments requires a centralized system to ensure accuracy and accessibility.
Process Integration: The need to integrate processes across different business units to enhance productivity and decision-making became increasingly apparent.

FTS Bulgaria Solution

A Complete Software Solution Empowering Agriculture and Agribusiness.

FTS offers a flexible software solution for agribusiness. Based on the Microsoft Dynamics 365, the FTS Agri ERP system helps to automate your business processes and serves as a single source of information for all specific activities from sow planning to accounting for finished product and its warehousing and storage.

Customer benefits

The successful implementation of the ERP system at Agrotime Ltd. demonstrates the importance of adopting integrated technological solutions in the agricultural sector. By addressing operational challenges and enhancing efficiency, Agrotime has reinforced its position as a leading and innovative agricultural company in Bulgaria.

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Customer: Agrotime Ltd.

Website: https://www.agrotime.com

Customer size: Medium (50 – 999 employees)

Country: Bulgaria

Industry: Agricultural business

Products and services: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

“With the FTS Bulgaria team, we were able to implement the best practices for digitalizing our business and achieve transparency of data and processes, which was not achievable before the implementation of this project. Working with FTS whetted our appetite for software modernization and we continue on this path together.”

Ivan Krachunov, owner Agrotime Ltd.

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