A bit of raiser have been preparing for some metre for 100 % Digital . WPK is work out hard as well to play the requirement of 100 % Digital by the end of 2020 . In this consultation , WPK discusses the process , the challenge , benefits and their experience .

Can you give us a little more information about your company?WPK is an authority in the arena of vegetable cultivation in Europe . Their main activity is develop fond veg plant life for the greenhouse gardening industry . In add-on , we cultivate tray plants for open field of battle horticulture . In addition to the focus on vegetable refinement , WPK has developed the House & Garden conception to securities industry flowering pot plants in a typical way . We supply flowering pile plant to various client in Europe .

With the House & Garden concept we are focussing on garden centres , DIY stores , retail and retailers . These products are produced at 3 different localization covering a total of 23 hectares and divided into verbatim sales , clock and clock presales . These dissimilar locations are perfectly equipped for both daytime swop and large mixed orders . Every year , we produce 4.5 million flowering mickle industrial plant for House & Garden , with the main crops being the seasonal plants Celosia and Platycodon .

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Are you presently active in / with Floriday?We are currently not yet participating in Floriday , but we are busy working on the readiness for 100 % Digital . At the goal of the year we want to be ready to switch fully to Floriday . We are working at the greenhouse with Navision . At the second the organisation is not yet parallel to Floriday , but it is being worked on . Everything must be ready this year , so that we can start up using the chopine and meet the requirement of 100 % Digital .

Which functionality in Floriday would you like to use this year ? Or what kind of functionalities would you like to see in the future in Floriday?If we can fully switch to Floriday , we will utilise all functionality in Floriday and thus arrange everything for our daily trading activities . As presently as our software software system is associate to the Floriday weapons platform , we can get start . In the meantime , we ’ve already attended a number of workshops , so we know the basics of the chopine and hopefully we will find our way around it quickly .

What do you suppose are the advantages of 100 % Digital ? What benefit do you experience from 100 % Digital?The true reward of 100 % Digital , of course , will only be have once we start working this way . It will gain us greatly that the go will always be up to date and that we will gain more sixth sense . It ’s a matter of properly setting up , making good preparation , pay stuffy attention on a daily basis and , of grade , obtaining the order .

Why is 100 % Digital authoritative to you / your company?As observe before - transparency . We can quickly process our offer and because the orders will soon all be take in through Floriday , we will be able-bodied to keep a good overview . In addition , we know that we have to move forward and that this move towards digitisation is necessary . We have chosen to join in from the starting signal , so that we can experience everything and also allow time for this modification . We think it is significant to be part of this variety and to bring together in at an former stage .

Which things still need to change for abide by with 100 % Digital?A colleague has focused on this project and has looked into it . He attended several workshop , had a spate of contact with other cultivator and write a manual of arms for the other colleagues . As a solution , everything from WPK is ready for 100 % Digital . Only the link from our system to Floriday is not yet in space . As soon as this is done , we can get to work !

What are your expectations for the future?Digitisation in our sector is important , we all have to keep up with this . I ’m funny to see how other companies will undertake this process . If everything goes well and works the right way , we are going to take a grown stride fore in price of efficiency . The insight will keep open us a lot of clock time if everything goes well .

As far as ‘ digitisation ' is concerned , what would you care to tell your fellow growers?Keep up with this development and make clip for it . This is really very important ! It ’s an ambitious destination and it accept some time and cooking , but attempt to keep up . It ’s a shame if you ’re left behind and ca n’t keep up or run out of time . After all , we have to do it together !