Commodities like meat, dairy, grain, and other big agriculture have unique challenges
Meat demand is predictable, but profitability for primal group cuts, product availability, and production planning changes are volatile.
Dairy products like milk create increased complexity as they flow through the commodity supply chain: each production decision creates multiple additional decisions.
Agricultural industries like grain and vineyards are uniquely vulnerable to changes in climate and fluctuations in demand due to shifting political winds. Low prices, low margins, and stiff competition all contribute to the variability of the grain market.
Black swan events like a pandemic or climate change create additional complexity as logistics routes experience delays, illness creates workforce labor volatility, and the people that power the commodities industry must deal with increased waste due to bottlenecks and variables.
Austin Data Labs Can Help
Our platform and our product modules help you make better decisions, faster, with more immediate bottom line benefits.
Supply Chain Module
Get better forecasts by layering market prices, market variability, logistics constraints, and your operational capacity and restrictions with your data.
Understand, predict, and prevent issues in your supply chain. Get valuable insights on which SKUs you must prioritize in production to assure maximum profit and minimum inventory loss.
Get ahead of the market by making pricing decisions in advance. Based on our predictive algorithms, market information, and your internal data history, we will give you the expected price for the coming weeks for your product.
No more price reductions for leftover stock or distressed or out of date inventory. You will know if market prices will fluctuate days in advance.
Production Availability Module
Know exactly how much is available for sale by item (or group of items) after all open orders and internal transfers are taken into account.
Eliminate inventory slippage, get an accurate incremental margin (breakeven) analysis, and understand your capacity availability.
Demand Forecasting Module
Get better forecasts by layering market prices, market variability, logistics constraints, and your operational capacity and restrictions with your data.
Understand, predict, and prevent issues in your supply chain. Get valuable insights on which SKUs you must prioritize in production to assure maximum profit and minimum inventory loss.