Automation, standard and IT solutions may not be the most popular topic for some people, but they will change the industry in the next few years. Those who keep up with the times will have a brighter future, and those who are stuck in the future will have no future. It was this idea that brought 300 people to the third session of the EU's new information forum in Rotterdam, SS. Honorary chairman Harrij Schmeitz (right) at the event said at the opening. "We have a technical tour on Tuesday, mainly in the orchid nursery. The nursery planted about 10 million orchids, all with RFID chips, Schmeitz said.
WAL-MART and traceability
IFPS's chairman, Treacy ED, said WAL-MART, a big retailer, played a huge role in promoting the implementation of the standards in the United States. Prior to the implementation of product traceability is slow, until WAL-MART recognize its importance, and to send a letter to all suppliers. In a short period of time, 53% of all products have traceability. But this is a big challenge for small companies, because they have a lot of business through the phone to complete, can be very bad."
Van Luijk Hans is the chairman of I Com Frug and Nature Growers Van's manager, who stressed the importance of international agreements in the open ceremony. "85% of our products are for export, but many countries have their own standards, for example, there is no European or international standard." So there's a lot of different standards now. He pleaded for an international standard.
Forum not only discusses the standard, bar code and traceability, but also stressed the role of technology to improve the industry. Technology can provide improvements in a variety of ways - from the robot to the logistics cost savings in the greenhouse. There are also convenient consumer technologies, such as If (This Then That IFTT) applications. The application of Tesco can be set to meet the conditions automatically to the supermarket orders, for example, when milk is low, the refrigerator will automatically order, or the so-called "barbecue effect" -- the application of check the weather, if the temperature rise, will automatically order for the barbecue burger.
