“Akisai” Food and Agriculture CloudUtilizing ICT to ensure plentiful food supplies in the future

Overview

With the aim of utilizing ICT to ensure plentiful food supplies in the future, Fujitsu's “Akisai” cloud service connects distributors, local communities, and consumers through an enhanced value chain that begins with the on-site utilization of ICT.

* The name "Akisai" is a coined word that was created through a conjunction of the Japanese words for "autumn," which is the harvest season, and "coloration," for the different colors found on fruits and vegetables during that season.User Benefits

Farmers: Enabling enterprise-style agricultural managementBy bringing clarity to management, production, and quality control, along with PDCA-cycle management, Fujitsu'sAkisai service will contribute to improved profitability for farmers in the following ways:

・Improved productivity (increased yields per unit area)・ Higher quality / stronger branding (increased sales volumes and unit prices) ・ Creating high-revenue portfolios (increased profitability)・ Training of a new generation of farmers (expanded scale)

Food processors, wholesalers, retailers, and restaurants: Creating new value together with producersThrough enhanced centralized management of quality control and supply and demand adjustments with contracted producers, Fujitsu’s Akisai service will enable companies to construct a fixed-quantity, fixed-time, fixed-quality, and fixed-price supply model. In addition, the service will also help tostrengthen branding and improve profitability in the following ways:

・Providing consumers with safety and security through quality assurance・Reducing opportunity- and disposal-related losses through scheduled production and procurement・Ensuring stable profits through procurement at optimal costs

Local governments and organizations: Revitalizing local regions with a focus on six-step industrialization

By leveraging ICT in the agricultural industry, and through producer-centric management, Fujitsu’s Akisai service will contribute to revitalizing local regions that depend heavily on farming and production.

New Product

SaaS-based Agricultural Production Management Solution

A service that stores, manages, and aggregates data gathered during the agricultural production process, from production planning to harvesting and shipping. In addition, the service also promotes enterprise-style management practices.

Business Administration SaaS

This service offers an all-in-one package of features that are essential for business administration, from accounting to payroll and tax reporting. No specialized knowledge is needed, and users can perform accounting and tax management functions that comply with agricultural standards by simply inputting daily transactions. The service can also generate the various forms necessary when reporting taxes.

Cattle Husbandry SaaS

A service that utilizes bovine behavioral characteristics and observes changes in the number of steps collected by a pedometer to detect times when cattle are ready to breed. The service will send a notification message to the user once this state is detected, which reduces missed opportunities to fertilize female cattle, while also enabling breeding with higher conception rates. As a result, users are able to enjoy lower overhead costs.

Product Structure of the Akisai Food and Agriculture Cloud

Service Overview

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SaaS-based Solution forAggregation Management

A service that aggregates, visualizes, and manages production process information from multiple producers, such as condition monitoring data for each crop, supply and demand adjustments, and quality control information. By managing raw materials from each supplier at the planning stage, this service supports the creation of a fixed-time, fixed-quantity, fixed-quality, and fixed-price model.

Available Oct. 2012

Available Oct. 2012

A service enabling enterprise-style agricultural management, from the field to the office

Comprehensive support for field cultivation, greenhouse horticulture, and livestock

An innovation support service promoting systematic management practices

Innovation Support Service

A consultation service designed to assist producers in overcoming challenges. Fujitsu staff members work closely with producers to address challenges by creating proposals and providing practical support, such as determining optimal ICT deployment strategies and work style innovations.

Available Oct. 2012

Greenhouse Horticulture SaaS and Greenhouse Environment Control box

A service that connects greenhouses to the cloud, thereby enabling remote monitoring and remote control functionality via PCs and mobile devices.

In addition, by utilizing greenhouse data stored in the cloud, this service also helps to improve cultivation technology.

Available Oct. 2012

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