Cargill
Building an Integrated Poultry Supply Chain Management System from Farm to Fork
- Chinese name
- 嘉吉集团
- Headquarters
- Shanghai & Chuzhou (Anhui), China
- Industry
- Consumer Goods (Food/Agriculture)
- Products & Services
- Food Processing, Breeding, Slaughter, Animal Feed
- Website
- www.cargill.com
- Partner
- MTC
- Solution
- SAP ERP; MTC Easy Farm (poultry)
Company Profile
Cargill was founded in 1865 and is a diversified multinational company engaged in food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services, with operations in 65 countries. Cargill Investments (China) Co., Ltd. employs over 7,000 people across 52 operating locations in mainland China. In 2011, Cargill Animal Protein (Anhui) Co., Ltd. was established to operate an integrated poultry supply chain covering feed production, hatching, breeding, slaughter and processing. The company implemented SAP ERP's poultry solution to manage production records and quality traceability across these stages, improving operational control and food-safety compliance.
Business and Management Requirements
Implementation Goals
- Achieve management requirements across all business segments with a high return on investment
- Establish a highly integrated management platform across the entire supply chain
- Build a full supply chain production process management and quality traceability system covering feed, breeding, slaughter, and further processing
- Complete rapid SAP system deployment within a limited timeframe
- As a global enterprise, meet internal and external financial compliance requirements
- Achieve integration with other information and industrial control systems
Systems and Applications in Scope
Implementation partner: MTC
Client Feedback
SAP ERP is flexible and efficient. With a relatively modest initial investment, we achieved excellent returns in a short period of time.
Implementation Outcomes
- Completed the Cargill SAP system deployment in just eight months, achieving the integrated poultry supply chain implementation goal
- Established a full supply chain quality management and traceability system covering feed, breeding, slaughter, and further processing to ensure food safety
- Dramatically improved execution efficiency: orders, shipments/receipts, payments, cost accounting, and fiscal year reporting to US headquarters all completed smoothly.
- Achieved integration across all business units, delivering a complete farm-to-fork management system with rapid deployment, high ROI, and measurable gains in food safety and operational efficiency.
- Meets China local tax and fiscal compliance and aligns fiscal-year reporting with the US headquarters
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