Tea Management Agency – Virtualcity Limited

Automation of the purchasing process of tea through an Electronic Weighing Solution at the lowest level of aggregation centers.
Second phase (in process) will further improve farmer productivity through provision of extension services, traceability capabilities, and further improving automation.

RESULTS

Increased efficiencies at the collection center leading to increased productivity. Transaction time reduced from 3 mins to 22 seconds
Reduced administrative costs by 75% (approximately) due to reduction on delivery costs and elimination of paper documents
Reduced incidences of fraud as there’s no manipulation of data. Ghost suppliers reduced by 100%
Increased revenues for farmers as average weight increased by 13.5%
Improved relationships between the growers, tea buyers and the factory from transparency and constant updates of communication
Mapped 47 Factories, reached and impacted 350k farmer
Improved weighing accuracy while reducing labor costs with faster collection processing
Increased the farmer earnings by approximately 9%-13% due to elimination of fraud and ghost farmers at point of purchase