Welcome to a new era of trade efficiency and transparency. DiMuto offers a suite of comprehensive trade solutions designed specifically for importer-wholesalers like you, streamlining your operations and enhancing your competitive edge:
End-to-End Visibility: Gain unprecedented insight into your supply chain from source to shelf. Track, trace, and verify the authenticity of your products with ease.
Automated Compliance: Seamlessly navigate the complex landscape of regulatory compliance. Dimuto’s solutions ensure that your imports meet all necessary standards and certifications.
Efficient Documentation Management: Say goodbye to cumbersome paperwork. DiMuto’s platform simplifies and digitizes documentation processes, reducing administrative burden.
Smart Inventory Management: Optimize your inventory with real-time data and predictive analytics. Make informed decisions that drive profitability and reduce waste.
Market Access Expansion: Explore new markets and partnerships with confidence. DiMuto connects you with a global network of trusted partners, opening doors to new opportunities.
Elevate your trade operations and join us in revolutionizing the way you do business today.
Welcome to a transformative approach to AgriFood trade. DiMuto offers a suite of powerful trade solutions curated for agrifood traders, designed to amplify efficiency, transparency, and profitability.
End-to-End Visibility: Gain unprecedented insight into your supply chain from source to shelf. Track, trace, and verify the authenticity of your products with ease.
Automated Compliance: Seamlessly navigate the complex landscape of regulatory compliance. Dimuto’s solutions ensure that your imports meet all necessary standards and certifications.
Efficient Documentation Management: Say goodbye to cumbersome paperwork. DiMuto’s platform simplifies and digitizes documentation processes, reducing administrative burden.
Smart Inventory Management: Optimize your inventory with real-time data and predictive analytics. Make informed decisions that drive profitability and reduce waste.
Market Access Expansion: Explore new markets and partnerships with confidence. DiMuto connects you with a global network of trusted partners, opening doors to new opportunities.
Elevate your trade operations and join us in revolutionizing the way you do business today.
Welcome to a revolutionary approach to AgriFood trade. Dimuto offers a suite of powerful trade solutions curated for grower-exporters, designed to enhance efficiency, transparency, and profitability.
End-to-End Transparency: Gain unprecedented visibility into your supply chain, from cultivation to export. Trace, verify, and ensure the integrity of your products at every step.
Seamless Regulatory Compliance: Navigate regulatory complexities with ease. Dimuto’s solutions ensure that your products meet all required standards and certifications, ensuring smooth export processes.
Simplified Documentation Management: Bid farewell to paperwork hassles. DiMuto’s platform digitizes and streamlines documentation, saving you time and resources.
Intelligent Crop Management: Optimize your crop yield with real-time insights and predictive analytics. Make informed decisions that enhance profitability and reduce waste.
Global Market Expansion: Explore new markets and establish strategic partnerships with confidence. Dimuto connects you with a global network of trusted partners, opening doors to new opportunities.
Elevate your grower-exporter operations and partner with us in shaping the future of the industry. Download now to unlock the full potential of your agrifood trade with Dimuto’s innovative solutions.
Welcome to a new era of Agribusiness financing. DiMuto Financial Services revolutionizes how financiers engage with the agricultural supply chain, offering a suite of tools designed to optimize sustainable investments and ensure growth. Find out how you can leverage primary data and AI for ESG investing today.
DiMuto’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Management feature is the latest addition to their all-in-one Trade Solutions Platform.
With automated drafting of Sustainability Report using AI Tools, DiMuto’s ESG Management Feature alleviates resource constraints that hinder ESG Reporting, simplifies regulatory compliance, and enhances AgriSMEs’ reputations as responsible businesses.
AgriFood businesses can now participate in DiMuto’s Digital Transformation to gain unprecedented visibility into their supplier programs, enabling them to enforce sustainability standards and build responsible supply chains.
Singapore, 20 September 2023 – Global AgriFood Digital Transformation Solutions company, DiMuto, announced the launch of its new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Management feature. This feature aims to empower AgriFood business owners with real-time insight into their ESG impact across their supply chains and determine opportunities for them to adopt sustainable solutions.
Today, AgriFood stakeholders are under increased scrutiny from consumers, investors, regulators, and civil society to ensure ethical practices, environmental conservation, and social responsibility. For example, the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) 2024 requires AgriFood companies to disclose their ESG practices throughout their value chains. As a result, companies are compelled to consistently report their ESG impact. However, obtaining consistent, complete, and reliable data is a major challenge in accurate sustainability reporting.
In particular, AgriSMEs face these challenges due to the lack of historical data within the industry and because they may not have the required knowledge, resources, or systems for complete data coverage. According to Ernst and Young, agriculture sectors often lack historical carbon emissions data as compared to other industries, such as oil and gas. Furthermore, research by the World Economic Forum finds that the complexity of ESG reporting discourages companies’ willingness and ability to report in accordance with established standards, especially for smaller or privately held companies. Thus, DiMuto’s ESG Management feature provides a comprehensive solution for AgriFood companies to track and monitor their sustainability performance.
Digital Transformation helps AgriFood businesses to better track and manage every step of their supply chain, with benefits including higher supply chain transparency, efficiency, and reduced operational costs. Together with DiMuto’s ESG Management feature, AgriFood companies can now immediately determine their food waste from rejected or discarded products, carbon emissions from shipments and electricity usage, and water usage across locational facilities. These 3 key data metrics are then aggregated automatically on DiMuto’s ESG Dashboard. This dashboard helps Agrifood business owners easily see the environmental impact of their operations and follow product lifecycles in real-time. Additionally, this data can be immediately generated into a report using AI Tools to be shared with relevant parties, helping AgriFood businesses save valuable time and resources. Consequently, companies can now easily navigate the complex ESG regulations landscape and ensure that they are able to comply with evolving standards. Furthermore, larger AgriFood companies can also take charge of their supplier programs, allowing them to assess their trade partners according to their sustainability standards or goals to build stronger and more responsible supply chains.
“DiMuto is excited to be at the forefront of redefining global AgriTrade through a digital transformation. We are providing innovative solutions to address the pressing sustainability challenges faced by companies today,” said DiMuto’s Founder CEO, Gary Loh. “Our ESG Management feature is a game-changer in helping companies to understand their carbon footprint and make data-driven decisions to increase their social impact and reduce their environmental impact. Furthermore, the feature is seamlessly connected with DiMuto’s other platform features, making it easy for our customers to use immediately.”
To ensure the integration and verification of this data, DiMuto’s ESG Management feature is built on blockchain technology and is connected to the existing Farm Management, Production Management, Trade Management, and Inspection Management features on the DiMuto Platform. DiMuto’s blockchain-powered solution helps to ensure immutability, showing the who, what, and when of data inputs for accurate tracking and monitoring of businesses’ environmental impact.
The ESG Management feature will provide companies with detailed analyses of their carbon footprint, including a breakdown of emissions by product, location, and transportation mode. This data will help companies make informed decisions about reducing their carbon footprint and ensure companies are aligned in meeting their environmental targets.
“DiMuto’s ESG Management feature is a key step towards a more sustainable future,” said HuiMin Lee, DiMuto’s Chief Experience Officer. “We believe that companies have a responsibility to take action on sustainability, and we are committed to providing the tools and solutions to make this a reality.”
DiMuto is committed to driving positive change in the AgriFood industry and helping companies achieve their sustainability goals. The feature is now available to all companies using the DiMuto platform.
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About DiMuto
DiMuto redefines AgriTrade with AI, Data Visibility, and Finance — Using tech to create and connect a sustainable, global AgriTrade ecosystem.
With our three pillars of Marketplace, Trade Management, and Trade Financing, DiMuto supports every aspect of AgriFood trading, redefining the way goods are managed from farm to table, seamlessly and simply connecting every step, and making it visible throughout.
By traders for traders, we help AgriFood business owners optimize their operations efficiently and for them to build a foundation of trust between their buyers or sellers so that they can take action on improving and growing their businesses in a more sustainable, efficient manner.
Maximizing Business Efficiency, Minimizing Impact on The Planet.
Since 2019, DiMuto has successfully tracked and traced over millions of pieces in produce and millions in dollars of trade value on our platform, working with a global portfolio of clients in over ten countries and five continents. DiMuto is founded by Chief Executive Officer Mr Gary Loh, who is also the Executive Chairman of First Alverstone Group.
DiMuto Digital Transformation Solutions: Elevate Your Business with Digital Transformation
In today’s fast-paced world, the Agrifood industry faces numerous challenges, from supply chain inefficiencies to consumer demands for transparency. That’s where DiMuto comes in, offering a cutting-edge solution to digitize, digitalize, and transform your operations. Elevate your AgriTrade business with DiMuto’s game-changing Digital Transformation Solutions. Join DiMuto now to cultivate a future of success and impact in the world of agriculture trading.
There is increasing pressure from consumers, investors, regulators, and civil society to ensure AgriFood stakeholders align with ethical practices, environmental conservation, and social responsibility. This is why DiMuto is committed to providing an accessible digital solution to empower AgriFood businesses to plan, measure, and communicate such critical ESG information.
We are excited to release our latest whitepaper, titled “Digital Transformation: A Pathway to Sustainable AgriTrade”, which aims to guide AgriFood stakeholders in understanding the symbiotic relationship between ESG visibility and Digital Transformation to foster a more sustainable and technologically advanced supply chain ecosystem.
Explore the opportunities Digital Transformation offers the AgriFood industry to enhance ESG visibility. Together, we can build a resilient, socially and environmentally responsible global food system.
Thus, digital transformation is crucial for the agrifood supply chain, as it enables visibility in the supply chain, forming the bedrock for the role of AI and data analytics to create a more sustainable future for food.
The Need for Digital Transformation in the Agrifood Supply Chain
The agrifood supply chain is a complex network that involves numerous stakeholders – from farmers and producers to distributors, retailers, and consumers. Traditionally, this chain has been managed using analog methods that are labor-intensive, time-consuming, and often fraught with inefficiencies. The lack of real-time information sharing and visibility across the entire supply chain results in problems such as overproduction, underutilized resources, food waste, and limited traceability. This is where digital transformation steps in.
From Analog to Digital: Breaking Down Data Silos with Digitization
One of the primary challenges faced by the agrifood supply chain is the existence of data silos. Information is often trapped within individual stages of the chain, preventing seamless communication and collaboration.
What makes these data silos even more challenging to resolve is that much of this data exists in pen-and-paper format, even for large companies managing millions of dollars and thousands of products in their daily operations.
Above: Pen and paper are still being used to do quality check in many produce packinghouses today.
Additionally, companies often invest in additional manpower, time and resources to do additional sorting pre and post-shipment, just to reduce the possibility of facing rejections and quality issues further down the supply chain.
Above: Often, additional manpower is repeatedly deployed to check the quality of items such as fresh produce multiple times along the chain, often in a manual and time-consuming manner.
Thus, to have supply chain visibility, we must first digitize the analog to the digital, transforming operational processes in such a way that recording such data in the digital world is applicable, scalable and operational.
DiMuto’s QR code labels quickly creates a digital twin of each product and carton, allowing production and supply chain captured via our ecosystem of mobile app and web platform to be efficiently tagged to the digital twin of said product and carton.
DiMuto’s QR Label can also be automatically integrated into existing barcode labels, eliminating duplicate labels, and printed on the spot for ease of use.
DiMuto’s Digital Transformation solution captures end to end data in one single platform.Read more here.
Enabling Supply Chain Visibility in One Platform
Supply chain visibility is the cornerstone of an effective and efficient agrifood supply chain. With digitization, stakeholders gain access to real-time data regarding the status of products, from farm to fork. Digital transformation involves the integration of technologies like IoT (Internet of Things) devices, sensors, and blockchain to gather and share data across all stages of the supply chain. This real-time data sharing not only enhances visibility but also enables quick decision-making, reduces waste, and improves overall efficiency.
However, even when data is digital and processes are digitalized, another challenge is that there is currently no one solution that can do it all in the market. There are a multitude of specialized software tackling one part of the supply chain or specific activities, and no one software solution that can connect all the dots. DiMuto is designed specifically to solve this, providing the different stakeholders the option of manually uploading, or integrating with the different existing solutions in use by supply chain players. This helps create a complete picture of the supply chain data, creating true supply chain visibility.
Benefits for Agrifood Businesses
For agrifood businesses, the benefits of embracing digital transformation are far-reaching. The newfound supply chain visibility provided by digitization allows for proactive decision-making and improved resource allocation. Growers can fine-tune their planting and harvesting schedules based on real-time data, minimizing the risk of crop losses due to unforeseen weather events or disease outbreaks. Traders, Importers, and Exporters can streamline their operations by having precise knowledge of incoming shipments, enabling better production planning and reducing waste. Retailers can optimize inventory management, preventing stockouts and reducing excess inventory costs. Moreover, the ability to provide consumers with detailed information about the journey of their food enhances brand reputation and consumer loyalty. Ultimately, agrifood businesses that embrace digital transformation position themselves as leaders in sustainability, efficiency, and innovation, driving growth and success in an increasingly competitive market.
The Role of AI and Data Analytics
As data flows freely through the digitized agrifood supply chain, AI and data analytics step in to make sense of the massive datasets generated. AI algorithms can predict crop yields, optimize transportation routes, and even foresee potential disruptions. Advanced analytics provide insights into consumer preferences, helping farmers tailor their production to meet market demands. Additionally, AI-powered demand forecasting minimizes food waste by ensuring that the right amount of produce is grown and distributed.
Creating a digitally transformed food supply chain allows for positive feedback loops where Data Analytics and AI can be applied for sustainability and efficiency
Paving the Way for Sustainable Food Systems
A significant motivation for embracing digital transformation in the agrifood sector is the pursuit of sustainability. With accurate data and insights, stakeholders can adopt precision agriculture practices that minimize the use of resources like water, pesticides, and fertilizers. By preventing overproduction and enhancing distribution efficiency, digital technologies play a crucial role in reducing food waste. Ultimately, a more sustainable food system emerges, contributing to environmental conservation and social responsibility.
The agrifood supply chain urgently needs to transition from analog to digital solutions to enhance visibility, efficiency, and sustainability. Breaking down data silos and adopting technologies like IoT, sensors, and blockchain gives real-time insights to empower stakeholders to make informed decisions. AI and data analytics optimize the system’s efficiency to meet the challenges of a growing global population and increasing environmental concerns.
A Need For Digital Transformation Of Agrifood Supply Chain
In the face of a growing global population and the intricacies of the agrifood supply chain, digital transformation has become a necessity rather than a luxury. The shift from traditional methods to digitalization and automation is vital to enhance efficiency, transparency, and sustainability. By digitizing operations and breaking down data silos, real-time communication and collaboration among stakeholders can be achieved. QR code labels and digital twins, exemplified by DiMuto, facilitate supply chain visibility and data capture from production to distribution. Incorporating technologies like IoT, sensors, and blockchain enables informed decision-making, waste reduction, and increased efficiency. AI and data analytics further contribute by predicting yields, optimizing routes, and tailoring production. Sustainability is a driving force behind this transformation, allowing resource conservation and waste reduction, ultimately leading to a more sustainable food system with environmental and social benefits.
The trade of fresh produce across borders is crucial for meeting global food demand and providing consumers with a diverse range of fruits and vegetables year-round. However, quality claims often lead to disputes between trading partners. Technological advancements and collaborative practices can facilitate supply chain visibility and reduce these disputes. By ensuring transparency and accountability throughout the supply chain, stakeholders can proactively address issues, foster trust, and ultimately enhance the efficiency and harmony of cross-border fresh produce trade.
Challenges in Cross-Border Fresh Produce Trade
Fresh produce trade across borders involves many intermediaries, complex logistics, and varying regulations. These complexities create opportunities for quality-related disputes to arise. Challenges include discrepancies in product quality upon arrival, differing interpretations of quality standards, and difficulties in tracing the origin of quality issues. Such disputes disrupt trade flows and strain relationships between trading partners, eroding confidence in the supply chain.
The Role of Supply Chain Visibility
Supply chain visibility refers to the real-time tracking and monitoring of goods as they move through the supply chain. This involves collecting and sharing data at every stage, from cultivation and harvesting to transportation and distribution. When applied to cross-border fresh produce trade, supply chain visibility can offer several key benefits:
Implementing technologies like blockchain can create an immutable record of each step in the supply chain. This traceability enhances accountability by making it easier to identify the source of quality discrepancies, thereby reducing disputes about responsibility.
Supply chain visibility promotes adherence to international quality standards by providing a consistent framework for quality assessment. Trading partners can access standardized data to evaluate product quality, reducing subjective interpretations.
Visual Documentation: Enhancing Accountability and Transparency
Before products are shipped, visual pictures of the produce’s quality can serve as a baseline reference for both the exporter and the importer. These images capture the state of the produce at the time of packaging, providing evidence of its quality, size, color, and condition. In the event of a quality dispute, pre-shipment images act as an objective record against which the post-shipment condition can be compared.
Upon the arrival of the fresh produce at its destination, visual images of the actual condition can be compared to the pre-shipment images. Any discrepancies, such as signs of deterioration, bruising, or other quality issues, become immediately apparent. This visual evidence makes it easier to assess whether any deterioration occurred during transit or due to mishandling.
Being able to track the pre-shipment and post-shipment quality efficiently and reliably is also key, which can be achieved through product traceability and digitization with QR codes and image-capturing devices at critical supply chain points.
In case of a quality dispute, having visual proof readily available streamlines the resolution process. Rather than relying solely on written descriptions, stakeholders can refer to the images to evaluate the extent of the issue.
Access to comprehensive supply chain data empowers stakeholders to make informed decisions. Producers, distributors, and retailers can collaborate based on accurate insights, aligning expectations and reducing the likelihood of misunderstandings.
Enhanced visibility fosters open communication between trading partners. By sharing real-time data, concerns can be addressed promptly, and solutions can be developed collaboratively. Learn more about DiMuto’s solutions – we help AgriFood companies with Digital Transformation, unifying products, documents and payments all in one single platform for supply chain visibility. See our Product Sheet here and read a case study of how we helped solve quality disputes here.
Supply chain visibility holds the key to reducing trade disputes over quality claims in cross-border fresh produce trade. By providing transparency, traceability, and data-driven decision-making capabilities, stakeholders can enhance the efficiency of the supply chain and foster stronger partnerships. As the world continues to rely on cross-border trade to meet food demands, embracing supply chain visibility can contribute to a more harmonious and reliable global fresh produce trade ecosystem.
A Need For Digital Transformation of Agrifood Supply Chain
In the face of a growing global population and the intricacies of the agrifood supply chain, digital transformation has become a necessity rather than a luxury. The shift from traditional methods to digitalization and automation is vital to enhance efficiency, transparency, and sustainability. By digitizing operations and breaking down data silos, real-time communication and collaboration among stakeholders can be achieved. QR code labels and digital twins, exemplified by DiMuto, facilitate supply chain visibility and data capture from production to distribution. Incorporating technologies like IoT, sensors, and blockchain enables informed decision-making, waste reduction, and increased efficiency. AI and data analytics further contribute by predicting yields, optimizing routes, and tailoring production. Sustainability is a driving force behind this transformation, allowing resource conservation and waste reduction, ultimately leading to a more sustainable food system with environmental and social benefits.
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