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Food Distribution and Retail (MP)

Introduction to Digital Distribution and Logistics (FDRC)


Description
• Course Pitch
This course is designed around the innovations addressing the food transparency & traceability within the food supply chains. Accurate information about food, from its origin on the farm to its consumption, is pivotal in ensuring the efficient and timely distribution of food products to consumers while maintaining quality standards. Various digital tools and systems are now in use across the food supply chain to monitor and gather pertinent data about food items. This enables consumers to access traceability details about the food they consume, all while contributing to the reduction of food waste.

The course and the assessment will build your understanding and confidence around sorting, grading, cold chain, big data, IoT, blockchain and other storage & logistics innovations.

• Content & Assessment Guidelines
Please review the course outline below to set your expectations related to the content & certificate assessment needs for the course. You can complete the assessment and download Agribusiness Academy completion certificate. You can expect to complete this course and certification assessment in about 3-5 hours. We wish you a lot of success with the course/pathway and very sure that it will help you gain more clarity and execution confidence towards your outcome.

• Course & the Pathway Connection
This course can be pursued independently or as part of “Food Distribution and Retail” learning & reflection pathway. The pathway is designed to help you navigate through the retail and consumer side innovations and the value propositions designed around these innovations. The role of technology and the sustainability demands consumer are asking of their retailers is changing the retail competitive landscape and business models. If you choose to enroll in the pathway, you'll have the option to receive an extra certificate upon completing the reflection exercise for the pathway. Enrolling to the pathway also gives you access to our facilitators via the AA Slack channel. You can review and enroll to the full pathway by following this link: https://lms.agribusiness.academy/catalog/index/cat:185

• Contact
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Content
  • Welcome
  • Lessons
  • Post Harvest Technologies
  • Case Example: HarvestMark
  • Collective Solutions
  • Case Example: FoodLogiQ
  • Case Example: InSights Vision
  • The Importance of Consistency in Supply
  • Cold Chain
  • Case Example: ColdPICK
  • Case Example: TeleSense
  • Efficient Food Networks
  • Blockchain for the Food System
  • Case Example: IBM Food Trust
  • Case Study: Walmart & IBM
  • Case Study: Expanding Markets for Perishable Crops
  • Review Your Learning
  • Assessment
  • Certificate Test
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever