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Contained.io solves operational productivity challenges for supply chain actors using our BlueRing™ platforms which makes collecting, distributing and optimising data easy.
Incorporating our multi-LLM model 9AI™ platform places artificial intelligence at the core of your business without changes to your process or interference with your existing IT stack.
BlueRing™ & 9AI™ empower finance, buying, sales & technical teams to make more effective decisions faster.
Contained’s 9ai™ & BlueRing™ platforms empowering actors to become productivity powerhouses.
Growers
Growers reap many commercial benefits through coherent connected data sets.
Linking claim requests against quality control documents, harvest information & farm data creates several operational & commercial opportunities:
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Effective defence against claims
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Optimise harvest & warehouse processing
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Immediate & cohesive data sets for Agronomists
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AI enabled analysis and predictions
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Optimisation of quantities, Q*
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Automate ESG reporting
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Enormous time saving
Claims → Quality → Farm → Harvest
Digital & AI enablement reduces time & costs offering transparency to receivers from warehouse to hub.
Importers
Real-time visibility across the supply chain processes gives importers a strategic advantage in the supply chain.
Linking manifests with quality data, ERP systems & financial systems create significant time & commercial opportunities across business groups:
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Effective enforcement of claims by linking quality data to manifest & quality reporting
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Automatically distribute & receive quality data in real time reduces error & keystrokes
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Make distribution decisions rather than report hunting
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Automate process of Manifest to QC reports
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AI enabled traceback of goods in seconds
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Automate ESG & other external reporting requirements
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Automate customs data organisation
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Incorporate telemetry
Manifest → Quality → Stock → Distribution → Farm
AI-powered forecasting and waste reduction deliver measurable savings, turning supply chain data into a competitive advantage.
Receivers
In the complex world of mass market receivers collating data from hundreds of farms & suppliers is an enormous data challenge. BlueRing™ & 9ai™ can simplify this process, offering a single data source for supplier management & commercial optimisation
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Avoid unnecessary claims
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Automate & strengthening claims
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Reduce hub movements
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Automate ESG reports
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Automate Government Submissions
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Optimise supplier activities
Supplier→ Quality → Distribution
AI enabled digitalisation of process reduces keystrokes, errors & time to action.
Freight Forwarders
In the increasingly competitive world of freight management every process improvement brings time & accuracy benefits. Contained’s 9ai™ platform automates data management from a range of sources including packing lists, invoices, phytosanitary & manifests in a broad range of document types such as pdf, scans* & xls.
Couple this with a bespoke business rules engine to suit the way you work, whether you use BlueRing™’s direct connection to HMRC systems or your own submission & billing platform, your business will save valuable time and money whilst improving accuracy.
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Reduces time spent, saves money and improves accuracy
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Completes documentation for:
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CDS/HMRC
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IPAFFS/DEFRA
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AI enablement brings flexibility & control whilst automating the process of generating cusotms entries.
*subject to quality
Internal Stakeholders
Contained’s BlueRing™ & 9ai™ platforms have been designed to work within your existing processes and systems; no intrusion & no confusion. BlueRing™ & 9ai™'s audit trail gives all business units transparency & accountability; empowering them to focus on decision making.
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Finance – real time stock & cost management
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Sales – Unparalleled transparency building trust with clients
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Technical – Saves time spent, increases efficacy & accuracy
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IT – Non-intrusive implementation bringing data in a single source without interfering with your current IT stack.
BlueRing™ & 9ai™ are powerful leading edge technologies which combine to create more effective decision making in your business, offering transparency across systems, customers & people.
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