Most Recommended Food Supply Chain Companies

WWW.THEENTERPRISEWORLD.COM | AMERICAS EDITION | JUNE 2022 Most Recommended FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN Companies Anthony Howcroft, CEO & Founder Where Innovation meets Technology!







From Editor’s Desk “Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.” — Stephen Gardiner As it is rightly said that nothing in this world is permanent, and that applies to our ever-changing needs and demands too. What remains a constant need is – Food. Yes, whatever we do, it brings us back to food, as you are what you eat. There is no questioning the importance of food and especially the Food Supply Chain industry. There is always a growing need for trusted and reliable Food Supply Chain companies, that can rise to challenges and deliver exceptional results, every time. Today’s food supply chain is one of the most crucial and complex industries, with many moving parts, often at risk of disruption. Many companies operate in this challenging domain and are perpetually searching for an advantage via comprehensive, scalable, and cost-effective solutions that enhance their business and propel their growth. The complexity of the food supply chain calls for a sophisticated approach, increasingly with AI and machine learning, to address the issues. Yet the skills and resources to deliver on these technologies are scarce. Featuring for The Enterprise World’s this issue of Most Recommended Food Supply Chain Companies are the stories of such successful businesses, that have made it through every odd storm and made it to the top. For the Cover Story read about- Swarm Engineering: SWARM Engineering is a rising star that is transforming the way food supply chain companies are managing their key challenges for competitive advantage. With a unique approach to Challenge Management – a specialist aspect of the multi-billion-dollar market for decision intelligence – and offering an array of advanced solutions that incorporate AI, Machine Learning, and Operational Research, SWARM Engineering is rapidly gaining a dedicated band of followers. The company have acquired several prestigious clients and shown multi-million-dollar cost savings with substantial return-on-investment ratios. SWARM Engineering began its journey in 2016, with a focus on transforming the way people tackle operational challenges in their business. The company aims to provide fool proof and comprehensive solutions to challenges such as balancing supply and demand more effectively, managing logistics in a highly disruptive environment, or integrating sustainability metrics into core sourcing decisions. These are just a handful of the scenarios where SWARM Engineering can provide value. Their goal is to democratize AI so that any business user can define and solve operational challenges as easily as they might build a report in a BI tool. Foods Connected: Foods Connected innovates & transforms food supply chain processes through our one-stop-shop software solution that delivers increased transparency over each element of supply chain management for our customers in the simplest way possible. All of our supply chain functionality is tailored to real-world applications, based on requirements from our customers and the in-depth knowledge of our team of industry experts. Foods Connected is designed specifically for the food industry, specializing in end-to-end supply chain management including; Supplier Compliance, Food Safety & Quality, CSR, Procurement & Supply Chain, Specifications & NPD, Traceability and Reporting & Analytics. Foods Connected has been built entirely by food industry experts, many of whom previously worked on factory floors and therefore have first-hand experience of the issues food businesses face daily and have a solid understanding of how best to implement customer projects to maximize returns and mitigate risk. Shalmali Shalmali W.

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Leaders in Spotlight For the Cover Story read about- define and solve operational challenges as easily as they might build a report in a BI tool. Swarm Engineering: SWARM Engineering is a rising star that is transforming the way food Foods Connected: Foods Connected innovates & supply chain companies are managing their key transforms food supply chain processes through challenges for competitive advantage. With a our one-stop-shop software solution that delivers unique approach to Challenge Management – a increased transparency over each element of specialist aspect of the multi-billion-dollar market supply chain management for our customers in the for decision intelligence – and offering an array of simplest way possible. All of our supply chain advanced solutions that incorporate AI, Machine functionality is tailored to real-world applications, Learning, and Operational Research, SWARM based on requirements from our customers and the Engineering is rapidly gaining a dedicated band in-depth knowledge of our team of industry of followers. The company have acquired several experts. Foods Connected is designed specifically prestigious clients and shown multi-million-dollar for the food industry, specializing in end-to-end cost savings with substantial return-on-investment supply chain management including; Supplier ratios. SWARM Engineering began its journey in Compliance, Food Safety & Quality, CSR, 2016, with a focus on transforming the way Procurement & Supply Chain, Specifications & people tackle operational challenges in their NPD, Traceability and Reporting & Analytics. business. The company aims to provide fool proof Foods Connected has been built entirely by food and comprehensive solutions to challenges such industry experts, many of whom previously as balancing supply and demand more effectively, worked on factory floors and therefore have first- managing logistics in a highly disruptive hand experience of the issues food businesses face environment, or integrating sustainability metrics daily and have a solid understanding of how best to into core sourcing decisions. These are just a implement customer projects to maximize returns handful of the scenarios where SWARM and mitigate risk. Engineering can provide value. Their goal is to democratize AI so that any business user can

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Today's food supply chain is one of the most crucial and complex industries, with many moving parts, often at risk of disruption. Many companies operate in this challenging domain and are perpetually searching for an advantage via comprehensive, scalable, and cost- effective solutions that enhance their business and propel their growth. The complexity of the food supply chain calls for a sophisticated approach, increasingly with AI and machine learning, to address the issues. Yet the skills and resources to deliver on these technologies are scarce. SWARM Engineering is a rising star COVER STORY that is transforming the way food supply chain companies are managing their key challenges for competitive advantage. With a unique approach to Challenge Management - a specialist aspect of the multi-billion-dollar market for decision intelligence - and offering an array of advanced solutions that incorporate AI, Machine Learning, and Operational Research, SWARM is rapidly gaining a dedicated band of followers. The company have acquired several prestigious clients and shown multi-million-dollar cost savings with substantial return-on-investment ratios. Leading the Food Supply Chain - SWARM Engineering SWARM Engineering began its is to democratize AI so that any approach. The team's initial goal was to journey in 2016, with a focus on business user can define and solve give this to data scientists to tackle transforming the way people tackle operational challenges as easily as they hard supply chain problems. Through operational challenges in their might build a report in a BI tool. their journey, the SWARM team business. The company aims to provide discovered that many of their target foolproof and comprehensive solutions The company started by creating an customers didn't have any data to challenges such as balancing supply engine that could solve complex scientists, or those they had were too and demand more effectively, combinatorial math problems, using a overwhelmed to tackle anything new. managing logistics in a highly unique multi-agent + machine learning Thus, paving the way for SWARM to disruptive environment, or integrating sustainability metrics into core sourcing decisions. These are just a handful of the scenarios where SWARM can provide value. Their goal 14 | JUNE 2022

innovate and simplify AI, to make it of specialist knowledge required to What triggered the growth of available for business users facing understand the mechanisms behind the SWARM Engineering, and operational issues, rather than create company's technology. This changed as established their success and yet another tool just for experts. they gained traction and attracted some dominant position in the market? big venture firms. S2G Ventures in Because they were building a complex particular have transformed their route SWARM first made a name for itself AI product, they found in the early to market, not just with capital, but working as part of the Terra cohort of days that it was hard to raise money knowledge, and connections into the startups in a Rabobank sponsored from business angels, as there is a level agri-food space. incubator, on a project for GrainCorp 15



COVER STORY in Australia. This attracted interest that they have had to manage the What sets SWARM apart? from other companies via word-of- rollout carefully with a staggered mouth and led to several major launch, asking interested parties to Many companies have made large projects. However, recent interest has register for the early access program. investments into their transactional been accelerating thanks to glowing systems such as SAP, reviews of the SWARM Challenge SWARM are not shy in discussing the Llamasoft/Coupa, Oracle Netsuite, and Modeler which lets business users benefits their technology provides. The so on. These are critical foundational rapidly define their problems and team aims to show a minimum of 4x platforms on which the business match them to AI solutions. Since the ROI and has exceeded this ratio by a operates. Some firms are also making first demonstration, responses to the good margin on nearly every project, big-ticket investments in large-scale AI new product have been phenomenal, with some customers showing a 15 – initiatives, building data lakes and and Holly Self, VP Marketing told us 30x return. machine learning layers to provide 17

COVER STORY insights. These are often multi-year people in the middle gap new How does SWARM Engineering go a and multi-million-dollar strategies. capabilities and powers. step beyond, and what new revolutionary services are in line? In between these two areas is a large The SWARM product suite replaces middle slice of the organization that is spreadsheets with an AI SaaS that SWARM has a bold roadmap and still using excel or google sheets to helps people make better decisions to believe the Challenge Modeler and make decisions, with data extracted deliver a huge impact on the bottom Solution Engine are just a first step. from the foundational systems and line. The software gives these people They state that this is only the supplemented by tribal knowledge. AI superpowers while leaving them beginning of what can be achieved in SWARM spoke to the CEO of a global still fully in charge of the decision. The democratizing AI. meat production firm who revealed that approach aims to augment humans, not most of the critical business decisions replace them. Right now, the SWARM Challenge in his organization were made every Modeler is on a need-to-know basis, so day by people using spreadsheets, and It all starts by letting those people in you must be invited to use it, or catch a he highlighted that AI was simply not the middle of the organization use SWARM employee at one of the Agri- reaching or supporting these people. SWARM Challenge Modeler to rapidly Food events where they are handing This is where SWARM comes in, define their problem in business terms, out golden tickets for access. providing a new way for those and then mapping this to solutions. 'Commercially, we want as many decisions to be made, and giving the people to have access as soon as 18 | JUNE 2022

possible' said Anthony Howcroft, the wider audience and you can register to “Startups are an CEO and founder. 'Equally, we need to gain early access here: Challenge amazing place balance the needs of existing Modeler Registration. to work if you customers and ensure they remain have the right delighted with our service. We will not Leadership at SWARM Engineering personality. The over-extend. This is a managed roll- opportunities out.' The leadership at a company such as SWARM Engineering requires for personal Later this year, though, the company entrepreneurs that are thorough, growth are will make the product available to a innovative, with high energy. They are huge, and if not only paving the way for change at things work out the financial payback is pretty good too. I think the best employees do it because they like the independence, the flexibility, and the ability to be part of a close-knit team making something special happen”, Anthony adds. 19

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their customers and in the industry at large, but also He also takes very seriously the responsibility act as a source of support and motivation for the to make a substantial return to the team. stakeholders; customers, employees, partners, investors – whether they put the first or last The company is led by their CEO, Anthony dollar into the company. Howcroft, who started as a Computer Operator for General Foods (which became Kraft). At that time Anthony's views on constant vigilance as a General Food's most well-known brand was need or a strategy? Maxwell House coffee, and it was an interesting opportunity for a nineteen-year-old to run the entire “Vigilance is a word that conjures up guards corporate overnight batch processing on IBM on a rampart, nervous, alert for danger. I'm not mainframes. Anthony soon moved into the software sure that's how many of us want to live. In a development team, and worked as a developer for corporate environment, should you rabidly several years, before choosing to move into Sales & defend your IP, guard your customers against Marketing. Anthony has gained valuable experience raids by competitive vendors, and chain your working for both startups and corporations, and was employees with aggressive non-compete a co-founder and executive at DATAllegro, the US- clauses? Some companies do, but I think it is based data warehouse vendor acquired by better to create value, push forward, and keep Microsoft. Anthony ended up running Microsoft's innovating. I don't want to be constantly big data team across EMEA for five years, before looking over my shoulder, I want to be looking returning to California to work on a software forwards to a bright future.” startup. How does Anthony deal with the SWARM culture competition in the market, on a professional and a personal level? The SWARM team doesn't have an office or fixed hours, and they don't have a limit on vacation or “The pace of life never seems to slow down, even a required computer system – Microsoft or especially as an individual in a startup. It is an Apple are equally welcome. Instead, they share adage that people should follow their passion values; a commitment to excellence, a belief in so that work is a joy. There's truth in that, I bringing products to market that can deliver love doing many aspects of my job. I'll tell significant benefits to their clients, and an open and you, though, I'm not a big fan of reading large honest channel of communication. There is a daily legal documents or modeling multiple video conference, making sure that everyone is clear cashflow scenarios. There are times we all on the activities and goals, and are kept up to date need to unwind. I think sport, music, and on successes and any issues that need fixing. reading are all great options.” This approach enables the team to feel connected Anthony runs twenty miles a week and plays with the company, its targets and values, the guitar for half an hour each night. While he collaborating to provide clients with the best states that his reading is now restricted to possible products and support. They work hard to weekends and flights, Anthony still manages to foster this environment but never take it for granted, get through 40 or more books a year, and staying grounded and focused on the big picture published his own non-fiction book recently ahead. called Questions – A User's Guide, which became an Amazon bestseller. He tells us that Anthony's thoughts on the responsibilities of an much of the research for that book, and many entrepreneur? of the learnings, are being rolled into the SWARM Challenge Modeler. “An entrepreneur's responsibility is to change the world, for the better. If you aren't doing that, why bother?” 21





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Digital currencies will barriers to utilizing crypt-enabled debit cards bridge the undoubtedly have an cryptocurrencies in their daily lives, gap between regular money and influence on financial which must be overcome if digital bitcoin, providing a solution. systems. According to the World money is to gain widespread Economic Forum, 86 percent of the adoption and eventually replace fiat Wirex, for example, is prioritizing world's central banks are as the dominant monetary system. the acquisition of local banking investigating the advantages and licenses in order to secure the disadvantages of central bank Legal Documents & Smart assets of its clients. In fact, the firm digital money. Cryptocurrencies Contracts is licensed to issue electronic fiat were a big issue at the World money and payment instruments by Economic Forum's Davos Agenda The blockchain is used to keep the UK Financial Conduct this year. Leaders in the blockchain track of digital money production Authority under the Electronic sector met electronically to discuss and transfer. This capability is ideal Money Regulations 2017, with concerns such as legislation and for storing and enforcing legal equivalent licenses in Japan and the which features were necessary for documents in the form of smart the industry's continuing growth. contracts. Smart contracts are computer programs that run when Cryptocurrencies based on the certain criteria are satisfied and are blockchain provide an alternative to maintained on a blockchain. This established money systems like fiat. enables legal agreements to be Digital currency may theoretically automated so that all contract remove control of money away participants are immediately aware from institutions and return it to the of the conclusion, with no time lag people by eliminating the power of or need for an intermediary. The governments and central banks. adoption of legal papers and smart Unfortunately, the world has been contracts will be driven by the slow to accept this concept. Despite automation of workflows, its inherent promise, Bitcoin has triggering the next step when had a bad image throughout the criteria are satisfied, and first decade of its existence. The irreversibly recording status on the public impression of the emerging blockchain, especially when the asset class has shifted due to cheaper cost of conducting business enterprising criminals, crowds out paper-based contracts. unscrupulous investors, and institutional apprehension. Crypto-enabled debit cards Speculators and initial coin offerings (ICOs) took advantage of In recent years, a number of United States due soon. There is a the potential to earn a quick creative fintech startups that try to lot of market volatility right now. buck—often at the cost of give alternatives to bitcoin Cryptocurrencies, unlike traditional inexperienced investors—during exchanges have thrived. These fiat currency, are vulnerable to the crypto boom of 2017. include mobile-based systems that severe market volatility. This Thankfully, the focus has shifted let customers to buy and exchange implies that the value of tokens like away from cryptocurrencies as a a variety of digital and fiat bitcoin, XRP, and ethereum might speculative asset and toward currencies. Wirex cards, for fluctuate dramatically in a single aiming to solve many of the example, may turn any fund into day. The value of a single bitcoin problems that consumers and fiat instantly, letting clients to soared from $5,940 to more than companies face throughout the spend it in stores and online just $19,190 at the end of 2017, before world, from faster and cheaper like cash. Although exchanges are cross-border transfer to banking the still an important element of the unbanked. However, most ordinary bitcoin infrastructure, they lack the people still face considerable practicality and simplicity to allow everyday payments. As a result, 26 | JUNE 2022

plunging in January 2018. Skewed of ordinary people, rather than closed worldwide network of wealth distribution can cause central banks and government financial institutions that works to volatility, with a few high-net-worth entities. The irony is that without expedite settlement among its people or organizations exerting the assistance of such members. Cryptocurrency's general disproportionate pricing power. organizations, widespread adoption is unavoidable, but However, macroeconomic acceptance of digital money is whether it will replace or just considerations and public image are improbable. After all, changing a supplement the present fiat money vitally important in the digital money system that has ruled for system remains to be seen. Fintech currency industry. Despite the fact over 50 years is no easy task and companies will continue to create that its underlying blockchain necessitates a massive revamp of methods to assist businesses and technology enables for safe low-cost the global financial infrastructure. individuals in using digital money payments and transfers outside the in everyday life until that day traditional banking rails, The financial elite has long been comes. cryptocurrency's inherent volatility skeptical about cryptocurrencies' ability to become a mainstream Conclusion makes it an undesirable means of monetary system, citing examples exchange. of fraud, crime, and a lack of We believe that the popularity of Mainstream adoption of digital regulatory control. \"Central banks digital currencies and currency might not happen have been sleeping at the wheel cryptocurrencies will continue to immediately over the future of our money grow, and that banks, governments, Cryptocurrency supporters are a system being defined by a tiny and other institutions will be dreamy lot. Decentralised digital number of banks, payment powerless to stop it. The beast's currency is claimed to be an businesses, and now internet very nature is adaptive, responsive, alternative to traditional fiat money giants,\" says Fran Boait, executive and technologically adept, implying that puts control back in the hands director of advocacy organization that the developers behind it can Positive Money. overcome practically any obstacle placed in their way. The only However, governments and people who should be concerned commercial organizations are those who have invested throughout the world are starting to millions in such currency. Because see the advantages of a tokenized the dependability of any currency economy over the present fractional cannot be guaranteed, caution reserve banking system. Central should still be maintained when Bank Digital Currencies are being taking risks with large sums of investigated by the Bank of money. England, Sveriges Riksbank, Bank of Japan, and European Central Bank (CBDCs). The Bank of England stated in a financial stability assessment released in December 2019 that \"stablecoins might partially replace or supplement present payment arrangements.\" This concept is also being accepted by private businesses. Wirex teamed with IBM towards the end of 2019 to become the principal issuer of regulated stablecoins on the IBM World Wire Network, a 27





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Guaranteed reliability, Redefining Food Supply Chain! As it is rightly said that nothing in this world is permanent, and that applies to our ever-changing needs and demands too. What remains a constant need is - Food. Yes, whatever we do, it brings us back to food, as you are what you eat! There is no questioning the importance of food and especially the Food Supply Chain industry. There is always a growing need for trusted and reliable Food Supply Chain companies, that can rise to challenges and deliver exceptional results, every time! This search brought us to Foods Connected. Foods Connected is a leading name in the Food Supply Chain industry, offering highly advanced and successful solutions. Roger McCracken holds the leadership of the company, paving the way for its unrivaled service offerings, and pushing its growth. Today in an insightful interview we have, Roger McCracken, Co-Founder & Managing Director at Foods Connected Ltd. Let's get to know more about the company, Roger's story behind starting Foods Connected, and more! Brief us about the company, what inspired you to start the company? I hail from Northern Ireland and co-founded Foods Connected with Paul Armstrong and Gary Tyre, in direct response to the 31

need for digitization of everyday food tailored to real-world applications, Please tell us about the team of industry supply chain processes to based on requirements from our Foods Connected? improve quality, minimize risk and customers and the in-depth knowledge reduce costs for food businesses. of our team of industry experts. Foods Connected was born out of our passion for solving problems and With family livestock & arable farming Foods Connected is designed maximizing opportunities within the background and having worked in the specifically for the food industry, Food Industry. Our lively, passionate meat processing sector for many years, specializing in end-to-end supply chain and extremely dedicated team I understood the problems facing the management including; Supplier collaborates with our customers to food industry and was therefore well Compliance, Food Safety & Quality, understand the changing problems and positioned to establish the technology CSR, Procurement & Supply Chain, opportunities that the food industry solutions required to help solve key Specifications & NPD, Traceability faces and develop innovative ideas and industry challenges. and Reporting & Analytics. simple solutions based on this to deliver real value in the industry. I saw the opportunity to create an innovative software solution that “Creativity is thinking up Over the last 10 years, the Foods allows food businesses to cut down on new things. Innovation is Connected business has gone from the use of excel spreadsheets and paper strength to strength - from a team of by logging all their supply chain doing new things.” just 2 to a team of now over 80 staff approval, quality assurance plus members across the UK and Australia trading and planning negotiations on Foods Connected has been built with plans to expand to other locations, one easy-to-use cloud software entirely by food industry experts, many while currently serving customers platform, reducing costs and time of whom previously worked on factory across Europe, APAC and North massively. floors and therefore have first-hand America! experience of the issues food The Foods Connected cloud-based businesses face daily and have a solid Please tell us about your professional software platform provides optimized understanding of how best to experience? transparency and control over the implement customer projects to complete supply chain for food maximize returns and mitigate risk. Foods Connected was designed with retailers, food manufacturers, and industry experts at the core. With a foodservice providers and is used We harness research, development, and farming background and having globally by key players in the food innovation to revolutionize processes previously worked locally within the industry. The platform has transformed and improve sustainability in food. By food industry, I inherently understood the way the food industry operates and combining industry expertise in the problems the food industry faced conducts daily tasks, to make food conjunction with Foods Connected's and had clear ideas around the production safe, sustainable, ethical, reporting and analytics tools, technology solutions required to solve and simple. businesses operating in this space can them. stay one step ahead of the external What are the products or services forces that impact and influence their While working for a leading UK meat the company focuses on? How are daily operations. company, I noticed that although food your services different from those in businesses had good digital systems the market? The Foods Connected platform is the already in place to manage finance, only digital supply chain solution on production, and inventory management Foods Connected innovates & the market offering tracking, control, processes, there was an opportunity in transforms food supply chain processes and reporting across all key areas of the market to create an innovative through our one-stop-shop software the food supply chain within one single software solution to speak to the real solution that delivers increased pane of glass view. needs of businesses working within the transparency over each element of space. supply chain management for our customers in the simplest way possible. By digitizing the core processes, I All of our supply chain functionality is knew this would transform 32 | JUNE 2022

Any client experience you would like to highlight? At Foods Connected we are proud to receive consistently positive feedback from our customers. Our secret is going above and beyond to ensure customers can get the full benefit of our solutions, providing high-quality customer service, building tools to meet their needs, and working with them to improve their experience. Hear directly from our customers below on how they have incorporated Foods Connected into their processes and how the software has transformed the effectiveness of their operations. “Foods Connected has provided the framework to capture agreed sales & purchasing outcomes in one centralized location. This enables ease of comparison on all best price options for more informed business decisions.” – Woolworths procurement, supplier management, needs of the industry, having recently “We needed a solution to manage food safety, and technical standards for updated our suite of solutions to include our expansive supply chain globally, the food industry. These processes traceability, sustainability, and recipe to create greater transparency over were previously completed using a management tools. every tier of our diverse network. range of admin-heavy manual Foods Connected has provided us methods, including excel spreadsheets, We have become key players within the with several integrated solutions, pen and paper, emails, and phone calls, supply chain software space tailored to bringing visibility to our operations, a time-consuming process - often the food industry and are now operating to better track our supplier leading to a duplication of work. globally - from the UK, throughout compliance, mitigating any potential Europe, as far as Australia. This is risks.” – Marley Spoon Therefore, to improve quality, something we are very proud of, coming minimize risk and reduce costs for from small towns in the north of Ireland “Using Foods Connected has allowed food businesses, Foods Connected was and building from a team of 2 to now a us to drive standard processes across born. team of over 80 staff members - and still our business, helping capture data in growing rapidly! a consistent way meaning the What are the key achievements of analytics allows us to easily see your business journey? Looking back on how far we have come comparable performance on any and all the faces that have joined us level.” – Ornua Foods A key achievement of our journey is along the way to help get us to where the level and scale at which we are we are make us extremely proud of now operating. Foods Connected are what we have achieved. And we're only continually innovating to meet the just getting started! 33

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