Download our comprehensive report to gain invaluable insights into developing a robust, farm-to-fork traceability system for bulk-sourced dairy products.
This PDF document chronicles the real-world experiences and strategic innovations implemented by a key food processor in Kenya to ensure the highest standards of milk quality and traceability. Facing the complexities of collecting milk from numerous smallholder farmers and processing it in bulk, this dairy encountered significant challenges. This report details how they systematically overcame them, transforming their supply chain into a model of transparency and reliability.
What you'll learn from this report:
This PDF document chronicles the real-world experiences and strategic innovations implemented by a key food processor in Kenya to ensure the highest standards of milk quality and traceability. Facing the complexities of collecting milk from numerous smallholder farmers and processing it in bulk, this dairy encountered significant challenges. This report details how they systematically overcame them, transforming their supply chain into a model of transparency and reliability.
What you'll learn from this report:
- Strategic Overhauls: Discover how the company completely retooled its field officers, empowering them with new protocols for precise farm-gate collection and conditional acceptance of raw milk.
- Multi-Stage Quality Control: Understand a layered approach to quality testing, meticulously applied at every critical point: farm-gate, cooperative batching, cooling center reception, refrigerated transport, and processing plant intake.
- Integrated Batch Management: Explore the rigorous batching system, ensuring continuous linkage from individual farmer contributions through cooperative aggregation, bulk tanker loads, processing runs, and finally, to every finished product lot.
- Technology in Action: See how the company effectively integrated temperature sensors for real-time temperature monitoring, GPS tracking, and digital data capture across its entire cold chain.
- Lessons from Experience: Benefit from discussion of the initial challenges and mistakes encountered, alongside the practical solutions and improved processes that ultimately delivered consistent quality and consumer trust.
