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Leading Australian Producer Picks NZ’s Radford Software To Transform Operations

Australia’s largest processor and packer of potatoes
and onions, Mitolo Family Farms, has engaged New Zealand
fresh produce software provider Radford Software to
streamline operations across the entire value chain, from
soil to supermarket.

Radford Software chief executive
officer Adam Cuming said he was delighted that South
Australian-based Mitolo Family Farms had chosen Radfords to
support its next phase of
growth.

“Onboarding a customer of Mitolo’s
calibre reinforces our international growth strategy as we
continue to focus on building client relationships across
Australia and into the North American market,” Mr Cuming
said.

“The partnership developed during the
global pandemic which continues to present logistical
challenges. However, we’re proud to have secured
Mitolo’s confidence over the past 12 months within the
constraints of the pandemic, without having set foot on the
farm,” he said.

Mitolo Family Farms is a fully
integrated business encompassing seed development, farming,
processing, packing and distribution. It produces multiple
lines over 40,000 hectares in three states for domestic and
export markets. Radfords will be involved in its onion and
potato operations.

Growth inspired new
objectives

He said sustained success and future
growth ambitions inspired Mitolo to rethink the way it grew,
packed and sold produce – with the objective of better
integrating all aspects of the business, improving customer
service and finding new administrative efficiencies. In
early 2020, Mitolo went looking for a software systems
partner to transform operations and prepare the business for
more customers and new markets.

“For Mitolo, the
choice of Radfords as our primary implementation partner for
our new ERP system became obvious throughout the selection
process. The product will provide a relatively off-the-shelf
fresh produce solution for our fairly complex application
requirements from growing seed through to dispatch. As well
as the solution, what differentiated Radfords was their
practical, on-the-ground knowledge of fresh produce and a
genuine willingness to help us succeed in our project. To
date as we move through detailed design, that has not
wavered and we have a high level of confidence in the
Radfords team,” Mitolo Family Farms chief commercial officer
Sue Edwards said.

Radfords will provide
operational-specific platforms to transform Mitolo’s
current manual systems and processes across the entire
business – from farm management and product traceability
to sales and marketing, business reporting and
planning.

As well as Radfords’ core
traceability and inventory management solution, FreshPack,
Mitolo will adopt Radfords’ FreshGrow and FreshQuality
platforms, together with its data warehousing and business
intelligence tool, FreshInsights.

FreshGrow is
Radfords’ end-to-end management solution, streamlining
day-to-day operations on farms and orchards, ensuring input
and resource data is captured and maintained in one central
location. FreshQuality simplifies the QC process and and
recording of produce quality assessments, capturing test
results throughout the supply chain – from soil to
supermarket.

The first phase of the Mitolo project is
due to go live in May
2022.

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Radfords has
been helping fresh produce operators transform the way they
grow, pack and sell for more than 30 years. Its software
solutions are designed to give complete control and
visibility across the supply chain, from soil to
supermarket. Based in New Zealand, Radfords is trusted by
many of the world’s leading fresh produce growers,
producers and
distributors.

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