From field to vase

The busy period in floriculture has arrived in the Netherlands. With top days coming such as Easter, Mother’s Day and Pentecost. It is not surprising that the flower auction clocks start an hour earlier during this period. These are also days on which the supply chain and logistics processes must be optimally organized. Because nothing is so annoying than that your load is not delivered to your customer on time. Or that you are missing a number of Danish trolleys during this period!

The busy period in floriculture has arrived in the Netherlands. With top days coming such as Easter, Mother’s Day and Pentecost. It is not surprising that the flower auction clocks start an hour earlier during this period. These are also days on which the supply chain and logistics processes must be optimally organized. Because nothing is so annoying than that your load is not delivered to your customer on time. Or that you are missing a number of Danish trolleys during this period!

As a flower grower, you also want to deliver an optimal product to your customer in busy periods. Then you do not want to deal with administration that is not in order. Or call your carrier back and forth about lost carts. And yes, that is easier said than done. But it is precisely during this period that you do not want a shortage of carts. Or spend a lot of time calling back and forth with your exporter. Now the key question, what is the solution and where do you start?

Maximize customer value

It sounds like a utopia:

  • Deliver the right products;
  • That are also of optimum quality;
  • And will be delivered at the right time;
  • At minimal costs and efforts.

The list above describes Supply Chain Management (SCM). As a flower grower (or company) you want it to be optimized. At SCM it is all about business units that work together to maximize customer value. That means that the “from field to vase” must run like a well-oiled machine.

Multiple components lead to better customer value through an optimum supply chain, one of which is logistics. Supply chain logistics include planning, inventory management and transport. Growers are confronted with this on a daily basis if their plants or flowers are transported to the auction and / or customer. It is these daily operations, logistics processes, that must run smoothly.

Connect the chain

Returnable Transport Item management (RTI) makes planning and managing inventory easier. TrackOnline is such an RTI management system that connects the grower with his supplier, transporter, customer and the rest of the chain. In TrackOnline the grower can see how many carts are with which supplier. So a grower can also see how many carts are in stock. Moreover, the administration is linked to this and immediately transparent for the parties involved. Communicating is also faster with the realtime communication tool in TrackOnline.

You can see TrackOnline as a platform that connects you to your chain. This gives you as a grower insight into the chain and so it can be optimized. You adjust the planning to the lead time in the chain and then you can plan ahead to better manage the stocks.

Insight into the stock management of your carts and fast communication with the grower, transporter and supplier ensures an optimal chain. With less paperwork and administration that is in order, cooperation becomes more efficiënt. With TrackOnline you know where your carts are and you are prepared for the busy period.