Transparent payments and no attributions. Overview of the Harvest Seasons Platform to Optimize Wild Plant Harvesting

How to digitize business on wild plants. Gathering Seasons Platform Overview

The potential of industrial harvesting of wild plants in Russia is more than $4 billion^[1]Against this background, the regions are actively developing a business for the collection and processing of berries, mushrooms, nuts and other wild resources. Many of the entrepreneurs faced typical problems for the industry: postscripts of receivers, cash settlements, an opaque procurement process and the lack of a single system for all participants in the process.

Especially for solving such problems , Sber Business Software has developed the Collection Seasons platform.

"Collection seasons" is a platform for optimizing the procurement process and managing the entire wild plants supply chain: from point-of-call to warehouse delivery. The platform allows you to control the transparency of pricing at reception points, the volume of purchased and actually delivered products. And also - legally pay berry pickers and other wild plants, excluding postscripts at reception points.

Digital settlements and exit from gray areas

Direct payment to collectors. You see the exact weight of the raw materials accepted and transfer the money to the card to the collector. The employee at the reception point weighs the products and presses the payment button. This avoids attributions and cheating at reception points.

Cashless payments. The platform already has ready-made integration with the SberBank payment system. It allows you to transfer payment to collectors through the application interface. Money can be transferred directly from the company's current account to the card of any bank. Terminals at receiving points will not be required.

System of purchase limits. You can allocate a specific purchase amount for each manager - limits. And managers will distribute these limits to their buyers. This will avoid the purchase of surplus or unnecessary products.

You can also view the total amount of purchases posted for each collector.

Infrastructure and logistics management. The manager's workplace allows you to set up the receiving locations, purchase price, transfer limits for each receiver, and lists of goods.

All your collection points, branches, warehouses, collection points, hostels and cars will be displayed on a single map. A single picture allows you to conveniently manage objects, optimize supply chains and see the status of receivers. For example, "Leads a reception" or "Goes to the warehouse."

Convenient communications. Collectors can leave feedback and feedback on the collection point. Managers can respond to messages and send notifications to collectors and receivers directly in the application. This way you can quickly learn about the situation at the collection sites and transmit important information.

Full client path conversion: How does this work?

All work goes through applications. Collectors see the places of fees on the map, find the nearest reception point and the route to it.

The manager indicates in the system the price and type of berries that he is ready to accept. The employee at the reception point opens the application and selects the type of berry from the list of available for reception. For example, lingonberry or cloudberry. Then the receiver indicates the weight of the berries and falls on the maximum price of the goods, which allows you to purchase products at a market price.

In the finale, the receiver presses the payment button and the money is transferred directly from the company's account to the collector's card. Checks and reporting will be generated automatically. The collector, receiver and management will be able to see documents in their applications. Checks to the collector will also be sent automatically to e-mail.

Rates and Payment Model

"Collection Seasons" is already available for subscription connection - just leave a request on the site. You can test the service for free until December 31, 2024. Right now, Sberbank Business Software is developing opportunities to take into account the sale of fresh products. In the future, the company plans to create an online exchange inside the platform to sell berries, mushrooms, nuts directly from farmers and processors.

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